Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 302)

Using the Select/Transform Tool
The default transform tool is the Select/Transform tool, which activates onscreen controls
that enable you to adjust an object’s scale, position, and rotation.
Scale handle
Rotation handle
Anchor point
Bounding box
Scaling
When you select an object, eight scale handles appear around the edge of the object’s
bounding box. Drag the handles to resize the object. By default, the width and height of
an object are not locked together when you adjust scale handles. This means that the
aspect ratio of an object can be freely changed. (The aspect ratio of an object is the ratio
of its width to its height.) To preserve an object’s aspect ratio, press Shift while dragging
a scale handle. Changes made to the scale of an object are applied to the Scale parameter
in the Properties tab of the Inspector.
Note: The onscreen Select/Transform controls for Motion-created shapes include a
roundness handle in the upper-left corner of the bounding box that is not present in the
Select/Transform controls for other objects. For more information, see
Creating and Editing
Shapes .
To resize the height and width of an object in the Canvas independently
1 Click to select the object in the Canvas.
Note: If you have another tool selected, such as the Mask tool, pressing the S key returns
you to the transform tools. If necessary, tab through the transform tool states to activate
the Select/Transform tool.
A bounding box appears around the selected object.
Note: You can also Control-click the object in the Canvas, then choose Transform from
the shortcut menu.
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