Motion 5 - Sorting Objects in the Media list

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Sorting Objects in the Media list

The Media list contains the following columns that provide information about each object
in your project.

Description

Column

Displays a thumbnail of the media object.

Preview

Lists the filename of the source media on disk where the object is
linked. If you change the name of corresponding linked objects in
the Layers list, this name doesn’t change.

Name

Lists the type of file, whether it’s a still image, QuickTime movie,
image sequence, or audio file.

Kind

Indicates that the media is in use in the project.

In Use

Displays the total duration of the object, in frames or timecode,
depending on what is displayed in the Timeline.

Duration

Displays the frame size of the object, in pixels.

Frame Size

For QuickTime movies, displays the codec used. For still images,
displays the method of compression that’s applied based on the
file type.

Format

Specifies the color depth of the image.

Depth

Displays the video frame rate of the object, in frames per second.

Vid Rate

For audio files and QuickTime movies, displays the sample rate of
the audio.

Audio Rate

For audio files and QuickTime movies, specifies the bit depth of the
audio.

Audio Bit Depth

Shows the size of the source media file on disk.

File Size

Shows the file creation date of the source media file on disk.

File Created

Shows the file modification date of the source media file on disk.
This is a useful parameter to use for file management.

File Modified

To move a column to the right or left in the Media list

µ

Drag a column header to the right or left to move it.

To increase or decrease the size of each item’s thumbnail in the Media list
Do one of the following:

µ

Use the scale control at the bottom of the Media list.

µ

Drag the separator between the rows of items.

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Chapter 6

Creating and Managing Projects