Master Project Tasks

The more you work with Motion and the more practice you get as you complete each lesson, the better you'll become with the application. To polish your skills as you work through this book, or as a refresher, you can build a Master Project. Starting with this lesson, and continuing at the end of the subsequent lessons in the book, you will have the opportunity to complete short Master Project tasks. The Master Project tasks focus on Motion features that you've just learned in the lesson. Step by step, lesson by lesson, you will add to your Master Project until it is completed at the end of the book.

In the Master Project tasks for this lesson, you will create two new layers and add objects to those layers.

Adding Layers to the Master Project

The Master Project and all Master Project files are located in the Master_Project folder within the MOTION_INTRO Book Files folder.

1.	Click the Path pop-up menu in the File Browser and select MOTION_INTRO Book Files.
2.	Double-click the Master_Project folder in the File Browser to open it.
3.	In the Finder, open the Master Project_03 file.
4.	Press Cmd-4 to open the Layers tab.
5.	Click the Add new layer button (+) four times to create four new layers.
6.	Rename the layers from top to bottom as follows: Text Weather Leaves Tree Background
7.	Drag the IMG_2256.tif file from the Master_Project folder in the File Browser to the Tree layer on the Layers tab.
8.	Press Cmd-4 to close the Layers tab.
9.	Press Cmd-3 to open the Inspector.
10.	On the Properties tab of the Inspector, change the Scale parameter of the Tree image to 41 percent.
11.	Choose File > Save As and save the first part of your Master Project in the My Motion Projects folder on your Desktop.