Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 143)

To use a source well
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Drag an object from the File Browser, Library, Layers tab, or Media tab into the empty
box.
Once accepted, the name and a thumbnail of the source object appears in the well and
is used as a source for the effect.
To replace the contents of a source well
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Drag a new object directly onto the well.
The old source is replaced with the new one.
To clear a source well
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Drag the icon in the well out.
A “poof” animation occurs and the well is emptied.
Important: Once an object has been added to the well, modifying the original source
object has no effect on the instance of the object used in the well.
Color Controls
Many objects and effects in Motion have attributes that can be set to a specific color (or
a range of colors in the form of a gradient). Text objects, shapes, generators, particle and
replicator systems, and other types of objects have color settings. Many filters such as
borders, glows, keying, and some stylize effects also have user-definable color settings.
Color well Eyedropper
Color controls consist of several related elements, including the color well, pop-up color
palette, colors window, eyedropper, and individual sliders for the different color channels.
Color Well
A color well is the small color box you click to open the Colors window to change the
color of a selected object, such as text, a shape, or particles. The color well has two parts,
a swatch and a disclosure button.
To change the color of an object
1 Select the object you want to modify.
2 Click the relevant tab in the Inspector, then do one of the following:
• Click the color well and pick a color from the Colors window.
• Click the disclosure button or control-click the color well and pick a color from the
pop-up color palette.
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