Light Sweep Tutorial Apple Motion |
This simple tutorial shows how to make a light shine out through a logotype. It covers most of the basic controls in Shine. Just follow the steps below. The result will look like the movie on the right. |
Begin in Apple Motion 3 or later. Make a new project. Choose the Presentation - Small preset 640*480 29.97fps. Open the Timing panel. Move to frame 60 and choose Mark > Mark Play Range Out to set the duration to 2 seconds. Create a new Text Object by choosing the Type tool and typing "SHINE in the canvas area. Center the text and make the size ~170 pt. |
Right-click on the Text Object in the Timing pane and choose Group. |
Next, reveal the inspector for the new Group and click the Fixed Resolution button as shown. This will expand the output of the text layer and allow the Shine light rays to appear outside the bounds of the text. |
Now, let's change the colors by using a favorite. Open the Library window and then click the Favorites category in the left-side of the browser. Note: If you are used to using Shine in After Effects, you will find that the colorize presets have been moved to favorites in Motion and are no longer accessed from the Colorize... pop-up menu. |
Next, choose the Shine Enlightenment preset. Drag and drop this onto the topmost Group in the Timings panel. Note: If using a multicolored logotype, and the desired effect is to let the light rays pick up the colors of the logo, then use Colorize None. |
To make the rays a bit longer, increase Ray Length to 8.0. To brighten up the image a bit, set Boost Light to 1.0. |
The Preview window should look something like this: Turn keyframing on by clicking the Auto Keyframing button. Set the Source Point value to -240, 0 on frame 1. Go to frame 60 and change the value to 240, 0. This will sweep the light rays across the text. |
Now, let's try a mask. Open up the Pre-Process group and check the Use Mask checkbox. Using Radius and Feather you can tweak the size and softness of the mask. For this tutorial, simply leave them at the defaults. Change the Resolution menu to Half (this will speed up previews) and then hit Spacebar to play. |
Finally, let's use a transfer mode to make the logo more visible. In the Transfer Mode pop-up, select Add. Set Source Opacity to 20%. Note that you have to change the transfer mode first, since Source Opactity has no meaning when transfer mode is None. |
Choose Mark > Ram Preview > Play Range to render the 60-frame animation. Then hit Play to preview. |