Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 263)

Using Custom Objects from the Library
When you drag a custom object from the Library to the Canvas, the center of the object
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 object, the object is added at the center of the
Canvas.
When you drag objects to the Canvas that were saved with the “All in one file” drop
menu option, the objects 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 object, the objects
are added at the center of the Canvas.
Note: 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 add a media object to the Favorites category
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Drag a media object from the Layers tab or Media tab, or from the File Browser, into the
Favorites folder in the Library.
When adding your own content, you can create additional folders to add subcategories
that appear in the subcategory column.
To create a new subcategory within any category
1 Open the Library and select a category.
2 Click the New Folder button (+) at the bottom of the Library.
3 Rename the new folder to suit your needs.
This new folder appears in the subcategory column whenever that category is selected.
To remove objects or folders from a Content category
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Select an object or folder in the Library stack, then do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Delete.
• Press Command-Delete.
When Library Media Becomes Unavailable
As with any other object used in a Motion project, Library media used by a project must
be present and installed on the current computer for those objects to appear correctly
in Motion. If someone gives you a project file and you don’t have the same filters, fonts,
or LiveFonts that they do, a warning appears when you open the project that lists the
items that are unavailable.
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