Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 294)

To select a single object in the Canvas
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Click any object in the Canvas.
To select multiple objects in the Canvas, or to add objects to a selection
Do one of the following:
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Drag a selection box over all the objects you want to select.
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Holding down the Shift key, click all the objects you want to select.
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To add objects to a selection, holding down the Shift key, drag a selection box over objects
you want to add to the selection.
To deselect one of multiple selected objects in the Canvas
Do one of the following:
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Shift-click an object you want to deselect.
All other selected objects remain selected.
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Holding down the Shift or Command key, drag a selection box over one or more objects
you want to deselect.
To select all objects in the Canvas
Do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Select All.
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Press Command-A.
To deselect all objects in the Canvas
Do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Deselect All.
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Press Command-Shift-A.
From time to time, an object may become hidden behind another object. The best way
to select a hidden object is to select it in the Layers tab or Timeline. When you do so, the
object’s bounding box and transform controls appear in the Canvas, even if the object
is completely obscured.
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