Motion allows you to use a wide variety of video, still image, and audio files within a single project. Since it's a QuickTime standard application, Motion supports many of the same file formats that QuickTime does.
QuickTime video codecs
Motion supports QuickTime video files using nearly any video codec installed on your computer, including, but not limited to:
- Animation
- BMP
- Cinepak
- Component Video
- DV - PAL
- DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
- DVCPRO - PAL
- DVCPRO HD 1080i50, 1080i60, and 720p60
- DVCPRO50 - NTSC
- DVCPRO50 - PAL
- Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit 4:2:2
- Graphics
- H.261
- HDV 1080i50, 1080i60, and 720p30
- Apple Intermediate Codec
- Motion JPEG A and JPEG B
- MPEG IMX 525/60 (30Mb/s, 40 Mb/s, 50 Mb/s)
- MPEG IMX 625/50 (30Mb/s, 40 Mb/s, 50 Mb/s)
- MPEG-4 Video
- Photo - JPEG
- Apple Pixlet Video
- Planar RGB
- PNG
- TGA
- TIFF
- VC H.264
- Video
- H.263
- H.264
- JPEG 2000
- Sorenson Video 3
- Sorenson Video
Still image formats
Motion supports most commonly used still image file types, including:
- SGI
- Photoshop
- BMP
- JPEG
- PICT
- PNG
- MacPaint
- TIFF
- TGA
- JPEG-2
- QuickTime Image Files
- Open EXR
Other image formats
In addition, Motion includes special support for the following image types:
- Layered Photoshop files
- PDF files
Audio formats
You can import audio files with sample rates up to 192 kHz, and with bit depths up to 32 bits. Motion supports mono, stereo, and multi-channel audio files in any of the following audio formats:
- WAV
- AIFF
- .cdda
- MP3
- AAC (AAC files are listed in the Finder with the .m4p file extension.)
- QuickTime Audio, with support for the following audio codecs:
- 8-bit
- 8-bit Unsigned (Little Endian/WAV)
- 16-bit Integer
- 24-bit Integer
- 32-bit Integer
- 32-bit Float
- 64-bit Float
- ALaw 2:1
- AMR Narrowband
- Apple Lossless
- IMA 4:1
- MACE 3:1
- MACE 6:1
- MPEG-4 Audio
Important: You cannot import rights-managed AAC files, such as those purchased from the iTunes Store.
For more information about the file formats supported by Motion, visit the Motion website.