Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1154)

Each customized shape or shape style saved to the Library is saved as a separate file in
the Motion folder of the Application Support directory. For example, a saved custom
shape named “red heart” in the Shapes category of the Library appears in the
Users/username/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Library/Shapes/
folder.
Items that are saved to the Library appear in the Finder with a .molo extension (“Motion
Library object”). These items cannot be opened from the Finder.
Saved Shape Positions
When you drag a custom shape from the Library to the Canvas, the center of the shape
is dropped at the location in which you release the mouse button. If you use the Apply
button in the Preview area to add the shape, the shape is added at the center of the
Canvas.
When you drag shapes that were saved with the “All in one file” option to the Canvas,
the shapes are dropped at the location in which you release the mouse button and are
positioned according to their arrangement when originally saved to the Library. If you
use the Apply button in the Preview area to add the shapes, the shapes are added at
the center of the Canvas.
When you drag a custom mask from the Library into a project, the mask retains the
position with which it was saved (relative to the image or footage on which it is dropped).
To save a shape to the Library
1 Open the Library and select the Favorites, Favorites Menu, or Shapes category.
2 Drag the shape you want to save from the Layers tab or Timeline layers list into the stack
at the bottom of the Library.
Shapes that are saved to the Favorites Menu category can be quickly added to a project
via the Favorites menu.
The saved custom shape appears in the Shapes category of the Library in the
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Library/Shapes/
folder.
To save multiple shapes to the Library
1 Open the Library and select the Favorites, Favorites Menu, or Shapes category.
2 In the Layers tab, select all of the shapes you want to save, drag them to the stack, and
hold down the mouse button.
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