Motion 5 Won't Export Key Frames

How big is the “jump” when it loops?

To make it loop seamlessly, ideally you should have one keyframe set just outside of the exported content and not at the last frame.

For example if the project is 10 seconds at 30fps then you should make frame 301 (not 300) equal to the first frame, and export up to frame 300.

You are not doing anything wrong.

You need to temporarily increase the project duration to set that keyframe. Then set it back and the keyframe will remain.

Click the clock above the timeline, so it shows the duration.

It will look like this:

Then click the time area, and type the time:

and press enter.

Adjust the keyframes as needed, and then change the duration back to ten seconds.

Two things:

you may want to try deleting the application preferences. Corrupted preferences do sometimes cause weird behavior. To delete preferences, hold down command and option while starting Motion and click Delete Preferences.

If the problem persists, could post some screenshots or maybe a youtube video so we can get a look at just how different the export is vs what is seen in

Motion; or perhaps share the Motion project (or a similar sample project) so we can test?

Luis

This little piece of basic advice is so helpful and so important for understanding how the timeline and keyframing in Motion works. Thanks a lot!!!