Generic inspector controls – Apple Motion 4 User Manual

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The Auto Fit checkbox sets whether Motion automatically scales the animation curve to
fit within the confines of the mini-curve editor.

Auto Fit turned on in the
mini-curve editor

Generic Inspector Controls

In addition to the common parameter control types listed above, there are several other
controls that are widely used within the Inspector tab.

Reset button:

Automatically restores the parameter value (or in some cases, an entire

set of parameters) back to its default value.

Reset button

Preset pop-up menu:

The Library contains style presets that can be applied to text and

shapes. The Style Preset pop-up menu allows you to apply a preset style to the selected
text. The Shape Style pop-up menu lets you apply a style to the selected shape (including
paint strokes). Through this menu, you can also save custom text and shape presets to
the Library.

Style Preset pop-up
menu

For example, the Style Preset pop-up menu in the Text Style pane allows you to save text
style, format, or all (the parameters set in the Format pane and the parameters set in the
Style pane).

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