You can export your project as a movie file using the Export Movie command in the Share menu. Use this option when you want to use the media in another application, copy it to an external drive for a client to review, or publish it to an unsupported website.
You can limit what’s exported from your project to objects you select using the Export Selection to Movie command. This is useful for exporting background or foreground plates , excluding parts of the composition as a stand-alone movie file.
You can also export only your project’s audio using the Export Audio command. You might want to do this to create an audio file that contains a mix of all the project’s audio tracks.
You can export your project’s visuals as an image sequence—a set of sequentially numbered still-image files that are compatible with a many professional finishing, compositing, and grading applications—using the Export Image Sequence command.
Choose Share > Export Movie (or press Command-E).
Choose an export format from the Export pop-up menu.
This menu provides a list of codecs.
Choose an option from the “Open with” pop-up menu:
Choose an option from the Include pop-up menu: Video and Audio, or Video Only.
If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.
For more information about options available in the Render pane, see Render Options for Sharing.
To see details about the file to be output, click Summary.
Click Next.
Enter a name and choose a location for the exported file, then click Save.
Motion renders and saves your movie.
Important: The Export Movie command does not use background rendering, so you must wait until rendering is finished before you can continue to work in Motion.
Select objects in the Layers list or the Timeline.
If nothing is selected, the Export Selection to Movie command won’t work.
Choose Share > Export Selection to Movie (or press Command-Option-E).
Choose an export format from the Export pop-up menu.
This menu provides a list of codecs.
Choose an option from the “Open with” pop-up menu:
Choose an option from the Include pop-up menu: Video and Audio, or Video Only.
If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.
For more information about options available in the Render pane, see Render Options for Sharing.
To see details about files to be output, click Summary.
Click Next.
Enter a name and choose a location for the exported file, then click Save.
Motion renders and saves the objects you selected as a movie.
Important: The Export Movie command does not use background rendering, so you must wait until rendering is finished before you can continue to work in Motion.
Choose Share > Export Audio.
Choose an audio format from the Export pop-up menu.
Select “Open with Application” to have the exported movie open in its default application.
If you export a file with audio only, the default application depends on the file type. AC3 and CAF files open in QuickTime Player; AAC (.m4A), AIFF, Wave, and MP3 files open in iTunes.
If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
To use background rendering, click Advanced.
For more information about background rendering, see Background Rendering.
To see details about files to be output, click Summary.
Click Next.
Enter a name for the audio file, choose a location, then click Save.
Your audio file is rendered and saved. To monitor the render progress, use Share Monitor. For more information, see About Share Monitor.
Note: The number of audio files exported depends on the setting of output channel pop-up menu in the Master track area at the bottom of the Audio list. If the menu is set to stereo, a single stereo file is output. If it’s set to 5.2, six separate audio files are output, corresponding to each surround track. For more information, see Selecting Output Channels.
Choose Share > Export Image Sequence.
Choose an image sequence file format from the Export pop-up menu.
To export frames from a project that uses nonsquare Pixel Aspect Ratio (such as NTSC or PAL) so the resulting files use square pixels, turn on “Scale image to preserve aspect ratio.”
If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.
For more information about the options available in the Render pane, see Render Options for Sharing.
To use background rendering, click Advanced.
For more information about background rendering, see Background Rendering.
To see details about files to be output, click Summary.
Click Next.
Enter a name for the image sequence and choose where to write it.
Important: This command creates a folder using the name you entered. The image sequence files are saved here.
Click Save.
Motion renders and saves an image sequence. You can monitor the render progress using Share Monitor. For more information, see About Share Monitor.
You can use a finished Motion project in another Apple application by exporting the project as a QuickTime movie. A movie exported to your Movies folder can be accessed through the Media Browser used in many Apple applications, including GarageBand, Pages, and Keynote.
Choose Share > Export Movie (or press Command-E).
Choose an export format from the Export pop-up menu.
This menu provides a list of codecs.
Choose None from the “Open with” pop-up menu.
Choose an option from the Include pop-up menu.
If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the entire sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.
Click Next.
Enter a name and location for the exported file, then click Save.
Motion renders and saves your movie, which can now be imported into an iMovie project using the File menu. For more information, see iMovie Help.
Follow steps 1–6 above.
Enter a name and set the location for the exported file to /Users/username/Movies/, then click Save.
Motion renders and saves your movie to your Movies folder. You can now import the movie into applications such as GarageBand, Keynote, and Pages using the Media Browser button. For more information, see the particular application’s Help.
Note: You can import movies from any Finder folder into GarageBand, Keynote, or Pages, but movies not saved to your Movies folder will not appear in the Media Browser.