Canvas on second display has removed Keyframe edditor

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Canvas on second display has removed Keyframe edditor

I tried the "Show canvas on second monitor" mode which was great being able to use motion 5 on dual screens. However, now when I load motion I only get the following screen setup. There are none of the red yellow or green buttons either... no keyframe editor and many options in the dropdown menus are greyed out. Feeling frustrated with deadlines and now no way of doing anything as each new project now loads the same way. I have reinstalled only to have the same issue. Anyone know what I have done I am sure there is a simple solution.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 16, 2015 4:20 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 16, 2015 5:48 AM in response to paradigm_shifter

Try Window->Revert to Original Layout; or manually turn on the various parts of the interface: Window->Layers, Window->Inspector, etc.

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Answer 2

Jul 16, 2015 11:44 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I Would do that but all these options are greyed out. In the drop down menus.

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Answer 3

GFXZen

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Jul 16, 2015 12:48 PM in response to paradigm_shifter

Quit motion and re-lauch it while holding the command and options keys. It will give you a dialog asking if you want to delete the preferences. Click the "Delete Preferences" button, this should reset your layout.

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Answer 4

GFXZen

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Jul 16, 2015 6:42 PM in response to GFXZen

I actually did some searching online and what your seeing does seem to be correct. "Show canvas on second monitor" puts the inspector/layer list/canvas and playback controls on your secondary monitor, in full screen. There are no "window controls" (title bar with resizing options) and the timeline and keyframe editor will now show up on you main display. You may want to swap your arrangement (put the timeline on the second display). This can be swapped in the window menu. Or you may need to adjust your system display arrangement (system preferences).

You may want to look here. https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.2/?lang=en#/motn28dd68aa

FWIW, FCPX works basically the same way.

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Answer 5

Jul 17, 2015 7:17 AM in response to GFXZen

I went and tried this again.

As it turns out, if you go to *the second monitor* and use the Window menu there, those options are not greyed out and they work - even though the effect is to turn those items on in the *first monitor*. After doing this one time, I found that the menus were also not greyed out in the first monitor. Every option in the Window menu is working.

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Answer 6

Oct 14, 2015 11:13 AM in response to GFXZen

Thank you a million times! This is what works folks!!!

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