In some studios I find editors disable the snapping clips option, which means clips in the timeline move freely from left or right but don't lock.

In After Effects you can drag audio files onto the timeline backward and forward. But in motion it seems to be stuck in the Audio Editor window.

I was just wondering if there are any options in Motion to do 3D simulation, like there is with After Effects i.e. Null objects, camera and lights.

Anybody trying to import mpg clips into Final Cut will notice the audio will disappear. This is due to the mpg clip probably being muxed. How to solve it?

Here is a tutorial covering the basics of chroma keying using keylight in After Effects 7. In my personal opinion Keylight is the very best you can use.

Here are some nice websites with a variety of free textures, for the use in 3D packages. They are FREE to download and use for any of your renders.

Here is a tutorial showing you how to use the Block Dissolve in After Effects 7 to create several clips fading in/out on a grid (You will need 9 videos).

How to get crisp, sharp and clear vector images into motion 2 when brought in from applications like Illustrator. This is a nice and easy little tip.

This is just a simple example, but it should teach you the basics of using Matrix Extrude in C4D, which is a fantastic feature of C4D.

Suddenly After Effects 7 was crashing on startup on my Mac Pro? After a lot of messing around, I found the way to sort it out on my machine.

I recently updated Apple Motion to 2.1.2, but then it suddenly didn't startup. And up until then it had always worked. But I finally managed to sort it out.

Here is how you extend the length and duration of the timeline in apple motion. It confused me for a while but it's an very easy to change and solve.