Apple Motion 4 User Manual

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Underneath the Parameter pop-up menus are the Sequence Control parameters, which
determine how the added parameters affect the onscreen elements. These controls
include options for setting the direction of the animation, whether the animation is
applied per element or to the whole pattern, the number of times the animation cycles
through the pattern, and so on.

Sequence Control
parameters

Add or Remove
parameters

Important:

Before any sequencing animation can occur, you must explicitly add at least

one parameter to the behavior from within the Inspector or HUD and then set a value
for that parameter. Until a parameter is added, adjustments in the HUD have no effect.

Adding Parameters to the Sequence Replicator Behavior

In the following example, the Rotation, Opacity, and Scale parameters are added to the
Sequence Replicator behavior. The behavior is applied to a replicator with its Shape set
to Burst, and its Origin set to Center. This example uses the source object from

Example:

Creating an Animated Replicator

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Burst replicator pattern prior to applying
Sequence Replicator behavior

Replicator
source object

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Chapter 12

Using the Replicator

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