Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 18

Compositing With the MultiPlane Node

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If you have many layers stacked up within a single MultiPlane node, you may want to
turn one or more layers invisible to make it easier to manipulate the remaining layers.
Invisible layers aren’t output when the script is rendered. For more information, see

Showing and Hiding Layers

” on page 506.

Layer Controls

When you select a layer, that layer’s onscreen controls appear superimposed over it.

Center Controls

All transformations you make to a layer occur relative to the center point, indicated by
crosshairs in the middle of the onscreen controls.

To move the center point:

m

Hold down the Control key, and drag the center point to a new location.

Rotate X, Y, and Z
controls

Global axis
controls

Pan controls

Scale controls

Center controls

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