Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1390)

• Turning on the Drop Shadow parameter
• Turning on the Four Corner parameter
• Turning on the Crop parameter
• Applying any filter
• Adding a mask
• Adding a light
The following operations on a 3D group trigger the rasterization of that group:
• Making blending changes
• Applying certain filters
• Adding a light to a 3D group with the Flatten parameter enabled (in the Group tab of
the Inspector)
Once an operation triggers a rasterization on a group, the following occurs:
• A rasterization indicator (resembling an LED) appears next to the parameter in the
Properties tab.
Rasterization indicator
• A small outline appears around the rasterized 2D group, 3D group, emitter, replicator,
or text icon (to the left of the group name) in the Layers tab and Timeline layers list.
Rasterization frame
Note: Unlike vector graphics, rasterized groups may lose quality when scaled.
Important: 3D particle emitters, 3D replicators, and nonflattened text objects are treated
as 3D groups for the purposes of rasterization.
1390 Appendix A About Rasterization