Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 311)

To crop an object in the Canvas
1 Click and hold the Select/Transform tool, then choose the Adjust Crop tool from the
pop-up menu.
2 In the Canvas, drag one of the eight handles around the edge of the object to crop it:
• Drag the top, left, right, or bottom handle to only crop that side.
• Drag one of the four corner handles to crop both corresponding sides simultaneously.
• Press Shift while you drag to constrain corner edge cropping to the aspect ratio of the
object.
Note: If an object is corner-pinned, you can no longer enable the Crop mode in the
Canvas (onscreen controls). You can still crop a corner-pinned object by adjusting its
Crop parameter settings in the Properties tab of the Inspector.
Additionally, the crop area and the image can be manipulated separately.
To move the crop area while keeping the underlying image in place
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Press Command and Option while you drag inside the crop area.
To move the image while keeping the crop area in place
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Press Command while you drag inside the crop area.
Using the Adjust Control Points Tool
You can modify a shape or mask directly in the Canvas with the Adjust Control Points
tool.
To modify a shape’s control points in the Canvas
1 Once the shape or mask is created, click and hold the Select/Transform tool, then choose
the Adjust Control Points tool from the pop-up menu.
Note: You can also double-click the shape, or Control-click the object, then choose Edit
Points from the shortcut menu to enter the Adjust Control Points mode.
The object’s control points become active.
2 In the Canvas, drag the points to modify the shape of the object.
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