View tools – Apple Motion 4 User Manual
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On the top-right side of the Toolbar is a series of icons that adjust the Motion interface.
These controls hide and show the various panes, tabs, and windows that comprise the
Motion interface.
The following tables itemize each of the tools in the default tool set, by group. The first
group is the View set. Once you have selected a tool and an object in the Canvas, you
can switch between tools by pressing the Tab key. Press Shift-Tab to cycle through the
tools in the reverse order.
View Tools
The View tools enable you to adjust and manipulate objects in the Canvas. The first button
in this group activates eight subtools. Click this button and hold down the mouse button
to see a pop-up list of all the subtools.
Description
Keyboard
shortcut
Tool name
Button
Select/Transform tool is the default. This tool
selects and moves objects in the Canvas. You can
scale objects by dragging their corner points or
rotate an object by dragging its center point.
If you have another tool selected, such as a mask
tool, pressing the S key selects the previous tool
option selected in the Select/Transform tools. If
you are using the Adjust 3D Transform tool, press
Shift-S to choose the Select/Transform tool.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools. An
object must be
selected in
order to tab
through the
tools.)
Select/Transform
tool (arrow)
Changes the point around which an object scales
or rotates. To use it, drag the current anchor point
to a new position.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Anchor
Point tool
Distorts an object by moving two adjacent corners
at the same time, leaving the other two corners
locked into place.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Shear
tool
Changes the direction and offset of an object’s
drop shadow. This tool never moves the object
itself.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Drop
Shadow tool
Allows you to distort an object by moving one of
the corner points, leaving the other three corners
locked into place. The image is stretched and
distorted to fit the shape you create.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Four
Corner tool
Allows you to hide portions of an object by
dragging the edge or corner of the object.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Crop
tool
Allows you to modify points and Bezier handles
for masks, shapes, and motion paths.
S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.)
Adjust Control
Points tool
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Chapter 2
The Motion Interface