Creating a particle system from a clip – Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual

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Tutorial 4

Working With Particles

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3

Click in an empty part of the Layers list so that no objects are selected.

4

Play the project (press the Space bar).

5

Stop playback when finished.

6

Save your project (press Command+S).

Creating a Particle System From a Clip

The Library contains an animated clip of a single butterfly. In this exercise, this clip is
used as a cell source for a new particle emitter. The particle systems created in Exercise
1 of this tutorial were based on images. This time, the particle system created is based
on a multiple-frame clip.

To add the butterfly clip:

1

In the Library, click the Content category, then select the Particle Images subcategory.

2

In the stack, select Butterfly.mov.

3

In the Preview area, click the Apply button.

The Butterfly.mov clip appears in the center of the Canvas.

4

Play the project (press the Space bar).

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