Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 924)

Grid
The Grid generator creates a grid pattern made of two different colored lines. By default
they are white lines on a black background. Using the controls in the Inspector, you can
customize the colors and line widths of the grid, and add additional graph paper lines.
Default Grid generator Modified Grid generator (brown lines over a blue
background that is set to .23 opacity, over a
butterfly image)
Parameters in the Inspector
Offset: Sets the coordinates of the center of the grid. Coordinates are calculated from
the center of your object, which is the coordinate origin.
You can also use the Adjust Item tool to adjust this parameter using the onscreen controls.
For more information, see
Editing Generators Using Onscreen Controls .
Line Color: Sets the color of the grid lines.
BG Color: Sets the color of the grid background.
BG Opacity: Sets the opacity of the background. Values range from 0 to 1.
Feather: Sets the feathering or sharpness of the grid lines. Values range from 0 to 1.
Line Width: Sets the width of the grid lines.
Autofit: Rounds grid background width and height values to ensure that there aren’t
any partial columns or rows at the edge of the grid.
BG Width: Sets the width of the background or space between the lines.
BG Height: Sets the height of the background or space between the lines.
Graph Paper Lines: Adds an additional grid pattern on top of the existing grid. With this
option selected, the Graph Line Color and Graph Line Frequency controls become available.
Graph Line Color: Available when the Graph Paper Lines checkbox is selected, defines
the color of the “graph paper” lines.
Graph Line Frequency: Available when the Graph Paper Lines checkbox is selected, sets
how frequently a grid line is also a graph line.
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