Status

Available

Released

Jan 16th, 2006

Particle systems, behaviors, generators, and advanced effects in Motion 2!

This program contains over 4 hours of pro-level Motion instruction from industry recognized video expert Jamie McCallister. Building on the foundation contained in Motion 101: Mastering Motion 2, Jamie delves into the deep secrets of using Motion 2.

The program starts with a detailed explanation of how to use text to for title sequences and other creative displays - don't forget, text is the main way to visually impart information to your viewers, and understanding how text works in Motion is a mandatory skill!

The program moves on to explore behaviors and particle systems which let you create complex visual displays in a matter of minutes. You'll also learn how to animate and keyframe all of these creative effects, allowing your motion videos to change over time in wild and imaginative ways.

For a full list of the program's contents, see the table of contents below ...

• Motion 101: Mastering Motion 2
• Motion 201: Advanced Motion 2

For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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• Effects Overview
• Filter Order
• 02:31
  01: Filter Order
• Kaleidoscope Filter
• 01:35
  02: Kaleidoscope Filter
• Behaviors Example
• 03:02
  03: Making a Ball
• 01:04
  04: Creating Text
• 03:49
  05: A Ball Repelling Text
• Generators
• 02:08
  06: Generators Example-Caustics
• 03:25
  07: Generators Example-Cellular
• 02:44
  08: Generators Example-Swirly
• Creating Particles
• 03:53
  09: Creating Particles
• 04:27
  10: Colors in Particle Systems
• 03:25
  11: Adding Dimensions to Particles
• 02:32
  12: Changing Emitter Direction
• Text Overview
• Creative Text
• 04:28
  13: Stylizing Text
• 03:24
  14: Giving Text a Path
• Text Behaviors
• 01:55
  15: Adding Text to Video
• 04:10
  16: Blurring With a Text Behavior
• 03:36
  17: Choosing Behaviors
• Getting Deeper into Motion
• Keyframe Interpolation
• 04:08
  18: Going Into Keyframe Interpolation
• Markers
• 03:04
  19: Adding and Using Markers
• Menus
• 00:57
  20: The Motion Menu Explained
• 03:16
  21: The File Menu Explained
• 02:52
  22: The Edit Menu Explained
• 01:34
  23: The Mark Menu Explained
• 01:44
  24: The Object Menu Explained
• 03:25
  25: The View Menu Explained
• 01:06
  26: The Window Menu Explained
• 01:08
  27: The Help Menu Explained
• Preferences
• 04:17
  28: Getting Into General Preferences
• 01:15
  29: Setting Appearance Preferences
• 05:16
  30: Project Preference Settings
• 01:28
  31: Canvas Preferences
• 01:37
  32: Other Preferences Outlined
• Favorites
• 04:50
  33: Creating Favorites
• Advanced Filters and Behaviors
• Keying Filters
• 04:46
  34: Setting up a Green Screen
• 03:29
  35: Understanding Keying Filters
• 05:47
  36: Keying a Night Filter
• Parameter Behaviors
• 02:18
  37: Average Parameter Behavior
• 02:16
  38: MIDI Parameter Behavior
• 01:33
  39: Negate and Oscillate
• 01:45
  40: The Rate Parameter Behavior
• 01:00
  41: Reverse Parameter Behavior
• 01:30
  42: The Randomize Parameter Behavior
• 02:17
  43: Wriggling Parameter Behavior
• 01:31
  44: Parameter Behaviors on Parameter Behaviors
• Advanced Particle Systems
• Particles Range Examples
• 02:47
  45: Exploring the Particle Cell
• 02:30
  46: Ranges in the Particle Cell
• 02:01
  47: Replacing Emitter Objects
• 01:07
  48: Generating Random Seeds
• 01:38
  49: Using the Gravity Behavior
• 03:50
  50: Making an Attractor
• 03:50
  51: Dealing With Computer Limitations
• Advanced Particles
• 02:36
  52: Setting up for Fire Particles
• 02:13
  53: Choosing Values for Cell Controls
• 03:48
  54: Adding Color to Particles
• 03:05
  55: Using "Math" Behaviors
• 03:05
  56: Fine Tuning Emitter Settings
• 02:06
  57: Utilizing a Livetype Background
• 03:20
  58: Setting up for Burning Planet
• 02:29
  59: Using a sphere Distortion
• 03:56
  60: Using the "Light Rays" Glow Filter
• 03:21
  61: The "Insect Eye" Distortion Filter
• 03:55
  62: Setting Up to Make Smoke
• 02:43
  63: Cell Controls for Smoke
• 04:02
  64: Creating The Illusion of Physics
• Advanced Text Effects
• Cool Text
• 03:59
  65: Giving Text a Sphere Distortion
• 01:42
  66: Extruding Text
• 03:50
  67: Block Text on a Background
• 02:26
  68: Adjusting Text Styles
• 3D Text
• 01:38
  69: Key-framing a Pivoting Motion
• 02:52
  70: Key-framing Quadrants of a Spin
• 03:00
  71: Sequencing the Spin
• Putting It All Together
• Advanced Replicators
• 03:30
  72: Tracing with Bezier Curves
• 02:10
  73: Time Consuming and Tedious
• 02:46
  74: Replicators Attached to Outlines
• 06:13
  75: Recording in a Sequence Replicator
• 01:36
  76: Adjusting Layer Opacity
• 02:54
  77: Adjusting Values while Rendering
• 01:35
  78: Adding Music to a Movie
• 32bit Floating Point Rendering
• 03:50
  79: 32bit Floating Point Rendering
• Masks in Keying
• 03:36
  80: Masks in Keying
• Global Motion Blur
• 03:17
  81: Global Motion Blur
• Creating Mattes for FCP
• 03:01
  82: Removing a Color in FCP
• 03:37
  83: Tracing Tricks
• 04:17
  84: Using the Matte in FCP
• Using Gestures
• 03:46
  85: Using Gestures

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