Apple Motion 2 Getting Started - Manual (Page 34)

34 Chapter 1 Orientation
The Inspector
While the Dashboard contains the “popular” controls, think of the Inspector as the
school principal—with its eye on everything. The Inspector contains all parameters—
including the parameters found in the Dashboards—for all objects and effects within a
project. You can use the Inspector to transform objects, change blend modes or colors
of objects, adjust object and footage properties, adjust all behavior or filter parameters,
create keyframes, and so on.
To display the Inspector, do one of the following:
m In the Utility window, click the Inspector tab.
m In a Dashboard, click the Show Inspector button.
m In the Toolbar, click the Inspector icon.
m Choose Window > Inspector, (or press Command+3).
Parameter Basics
A parameter can be described as a property whose value determines the
characteristics or behavior of an object. In a basic example, a Scale parameter set to a
value of 200 at frame 1 and a value of 50 at frame 30, makes that object two times its
original size (200 percent) at frame 1 and scales it down to one-half its original size
(50 percent) at frame 30.
Show Inspector button
Inspector icon
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