Motion 5 and the evil beach ball

Motion 5 and the evil beach ball

by David Mathis

on Jul 19, 2014 at 11:57:38 pm

Currently running OS X 10.9.4, FCP 10.1.2, and Resolve 11 on mid 2012 Mac Pro. For some reason Motion will launch but have the lovely beach ball shows up for a few seconds before I can make a selection. Running most current version and had this issue with 5.1 as well. Only plug ins is Red Giant Universe and that is it. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Also, what are some good resources for really getting to know Motion? A great little application and want to learn more.

Thanks!

Re: Motion 5 and the evil beach ball

by Mark Spencer

on Jul 20, 2014 at 2:00:05 am

Trashing preferences may help. What graphics card are you using?

You might want to check out rippletraining.com for my Motion tutorials.

Mark

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
http://www.applemotion.net

Re: Motion 5 and the evil beach ball

by David Mathis

on Jul 20, 2014 at 4:00:28 am

Graphics card is ATI Radeon 5770 HD, did trash preferences. Still getting beach ball.

I am an avid user of FCP X!

Re: Motion 5 and the evil beach ball

by Mark Spencer

on Jul 20, 2014 at 11:09:30 am

That's a decent card - how much RAM do you have?

You might try reinstalling Motion, it's quite easy - just delete the app, then re-download from the app store.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
http://www.applemotion.net