want to place more objects on the screen with more filters and effects, you’ll need
more VRAM.
CPU speed determines how many complex behaviors and simulations can be applied
to composite objects in real time. Processor speed has less impact on the number of
layers that can be drawn to screen. The amount of available VRAM is more important
for layers.
Visit www.apple.com/finalcutpro/motion/specs/ for a current list of system requirements
and supported hardware. In addition, be sure to install any Apple updates to the Motion 5
software.
Using Motion on a Laptop
Some of the keystrokes identified in this book work differently if you use a MacBook Pro.
Specifically, you need to hold down the Function key (Fn) at the bottom left of the key-
board when pressing any of the F keys (F1 through F8) along the top of the keyboard.
To avoid this, open the Keyboard section of System Preferences (the Keyboard & Mouse
section in Mac OS X prior to Lion), and in the Keyboard pane, select the “Use all F1,
F2, etc. keys as standard function keys” checkbox. In addition, when you are using
Mac OS X Lion, click the Keyboard Shortcuts button in Keyboard Preferences to disable
all the Mission Control shortcuts.
Even with this checkbox selected, however, you will still need to press the Fn key when
using the Home and End keys, located at the lower right of the keyboard (marked with
left and right arrows).
Gestures
Motion supports two types of gestures: gestures that you perform on the Multi-Touch
trackpad of a MacBook Pro; and the native gestures language in Motion, which is a set of
patterns that you draw using a Wacom Intuos tablet and pen. (Motion gestures are avail-
able exclusively for tablets in the Wacom Intuos family.)
Multi-Touch Gesture Support
You can use two-finger scrolls, three-finger swipes, pinches, and rotation movements on
the Multi-Touch trackpad of a MacBook Pro to perform actions such as scrolling through a
list of files, resizing icons, opening the Project or Timing pane, and moving the playhead.
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