Apple Motion Interface
Trapcode Shine has been ported to run as an FX Plug in Motion 3.0 and later.
Accessing Shine
The Shine Filter is accessible from the Library tab under the Filters > Trapcode category.
Interface
Trapcode Shine offers nearly the same control
s as the After Effects version, except for the presets under the Colorize... menu.
Colorize...
Shine does not feature built-in presets under the Colorize... menu. This is a limitation of the FX Plug format.
Note: The Colorize.. presets are now available as Favorites that you can drag and drop from the Library > Favorites tab. Simply drag and drop the preset onto the target layer in the Timing panel or into the preview.
Float Support in Motion
The Trapcode Shine filter will support greater than 8-bit per channel output but you have to change the Project settings to render using 32-bit Float settings. Choose Edit > Project Properties... and then click the Bit Depth pop-up to change the value to 32 Bit (Float). Click the Dither button if you plan to output to lower bit depth formats.
Pre-Grouping
Shine cannot naturally expand the bounds of Text Objects or other objects in Motion that are smaller than the project size. This causes clipping of the rays which is rarely the
desired result. To avoid this issue you will need to create a Group and set the Fixed Resolution to the project output size or larger. Here is a preview of the Motion Timeline with the Fixed Resolution tag set to off.
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Clipping in the Preview | Fixed Resolution off |
To Avoid the clipping issue simply click the Fixed Resolution button on for the selected group where Shine is applied.
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Clipping Fixed | Fixed Resolution On |