Motion 3 Commands Missing
by Keith Hill
on
Aug 31, 2009 at 10:00:16 pm
Hello,
I'm in Motion 3 and I've noticed that my File, Library and Inspector windows are missing. And, when I select Command +1, 2 or 3 nothing happens. All other commands are working. Also, when I have a, say, a photoshop image in the canvas and I select it with my HUD showing and I click on the Inspector icon in the HUD nothing appears.
Does this sound familiar to anyone. I need to get this resolved but I'm stumped.
Thanks Keith
Keith Hill
Lighted Path Films | Productions
http://www.LightedPath.biz
creator of TheJudahSet.com
Dallas, TX
G5 2Ghz, OS X (v10.4.11), Final Cut Studio 2 | Combustion 2008 | Cinema4D | Mocha | DVX100A 24p
Re: Motion 3 Commands Missing by Stephen Smith on Sep 1, 2009 at 2:33:58 pm
If you are in the File Browser and hit the Command and 1 keys it will disappear. If you hit the Command and 1 keys again it will re-appear. But you already know that. So I think the unfortunate answer is: Trash your Preferences. Here is an article on how to do that: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1885 Hope this helps.
Re: Motion 3 Commands Missing by Keith Hill on Sep 1, 2009 at 3:48:07 pm
Thanks. I found that link in a thread yesterday and performed the un-install.
There appears to be a problem with Motion 3.0.2 operating on my PPC OS X 10.4.11 because when I did the install of Motion 2 everything was fine. When I did the upgrades to make it current the File Browser, Library and Inspector window have disappeared again. This is a bug of some sort. It appears that I need to stay on Motion 2 or something to get my work done.
Keith Hill
Lighted Path Films | Productions
http://www.LightedPath.biz
creator of TheJudahSet.com
Dallas, TX
G5 2Ghz, OS X (v10.4.11), Final Cut Studio 2 | Combustion 2008 | Cinema4D | Mocha | DVX100A 24p
Re: Motion 3 Commands Missing by Keith Hill on Sep 1, 2009 at 4:12:44 pm
Yes, very frustrating.
Well, I went over to the Apple Support Forum and found someone having the same problem when their Inspector was missing. They did the following:
After quitting Motion...
1. Hit Shift-Command-H
2. Click on Library folder
3. Click on Preferences folder
4. Find 'com.apple.motion.plist' (list should be alphabetical so it shouldn't be hard to find) and drag to trash
5. Restart Motion - everything should be fine now
THIS HAS WORKED!
Thing is though. I did this before performing the un-install and it didn't help. I, then did the un-install, then upgrades to 3.0.2 and got the problem back and now followed the above instructions and the commands, browsers are back. Very strange. I hope this problem doesn't come back.
Hopefully this can help someone else.
Thanks for looking at this with me, Stephen.
Keith Hill
Lighted Path Films | Productions
http://www.LightedPath.biz
creator of TheJudahSet.com
Dallas, TX
G5 2Ghz, OS X (v10.4.11), Final Cut Studio 2 | Combustion 2008 | Cinema4D | Mocha | DVX100A 24p
