Writing my first book has been an incredible journey and it couldn't be possible without all the love and support from those around me. First, I would like to thank my family and friends for their patience and help during this time.
Thank you Digital Juice for allowing me to use some fabulous stock footage for the exercise files. They have an incredible collection of content for both Motion and Final Cut to enrich all types of projects. If you like the content used in the exercise files, please visit their website here at: http://www.digitaljuice.com.
Thank you Edward Gajdel for your pictures, Paul Kelly for your graphic files, and Marisa Seguin for your illustrations. Without content creators and collaborators like you, these lesson files would have never been accessible.
I would also like to thank Anne Renehan for giving me my first opportunity to learn Motion, Michael Cianflocca for your review, Jeff Greenberg from www.jgreenbergconsulting.com for your continued inspiration in the video community, feedback and advice, Greg Witz, Jared Kligerman, and Paul Macri at Witz Education who put up with me on a daily basis and who challenge me to produce rich educational content. The whole team at Witz Education truly rocks.
About the Reviewers
Carlos A. Caizares is a Vancouver-based editor, digital compositor, and colorist.
With a background in film and design, Carlos is fluent in Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, DaVinci Resolve, and Adobe Production Premium CS6. He is also proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with a working knowledge of frontend web development through HTML, CSS, and basic jQuery.
His past collaborations include clients such as Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff of Vous Valet Vancouver, jazz singer Jaclyn Guillou, and Rugged Media Inc., to name a few. He has also taught Motion 4 and 5 as a substitute instructor for the Electronic Media Design program at Langara College, Continuing Studies.
He is currently the Editor of Earth Orbit Productions, the Audio Visual Producer of PS98 Music Ministry, and the Principal of his own freelance persona - CARLOS CANIZARES: POST PRODUCTION DESIGNER.
To the ones involved in getting me to where I am today, this book is a culmination of your unwavering love and support. You all know who you are. Thank you so much.
Stefan Gampe lives in Germany and works as a freelancer, video cutter, and a motion graphics designer too.
He has worked for many years with the programs in Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Motion 3, 4, and 5, Color, Soundtrack-Pro, Aperture, and Photoshop.
His clients are from all areas of the media industry as well as companies, individuals, and artists.
A special thank you to all the people who have supported me, and a big thank you to the team at Packt Publishing. Also, a special thanks to Abhishek Kori and Joel Noronha.
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Preface
Creating motion graphics and visual effects in the past used to be a daunting process. Performing tasks such as animating text, match moving, compositing, and connecting individual layers would involve extremely long workflows that would take days, even months to complete. That's where Motion comes in. It was designed to make these tasks simpler and easier so that the user can focus on the creation. The application works seamlessly with Final Cut and has the editor and motion graphics artist in mind every step of the way.