Today's quick tip is about turning a picture with transparent background into a filled shape.
Remember the time when you had to use the Bezier tool to draw on a picture to get an object's shape out of it? Man that was messy and time-consuming. Since Motion 5 Team added the new Fill filter in updated version 5.3.1, it has been possible for you to quickly fill an entire layer without having to use separate layer and mask. Brilliant idea, isn't it?

Wondering how to create the particle hummingbird at the end of this video? Check out this step-by-step tutorial:

OR you can download the project file here:
By the way, hummingbird is my most favorite bird! What's yours? 😀
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