Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Using Shapes and Masks
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Click and hold the Select/Transform tool, choose the Adjust Control Points tool from
the pop-up menu, then select a shape in the Layers list or Timeline layers list.
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Control-click an object in the Canvas, then choose Edit Points from the shortcut menu.
Note: Overlays must be enabled in the View menu (or the Canvas View menu) in order
to see the control points and outline of a shape. In addition, if Handles are turned off in
the View > Overlays submenu (or the Canvas View menu), you cannot see a shape’s
Bezier or B-Spline control points when editing. When editing shapes, make sure that
Handles are turned on.
Once you display a shape’s control points, you need to select one or more control
points to edit them.
While editing the control points of a shape, you can quickly select another shape and
remain in control point adjustment mode. This allows for quick modification of another
shape’s control points.
To select another shape in control point adjustment mode:
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While editing a shape using the Adjust Control Points tool, click an unselected shape in
the Canvas or Layers list.
The new shape is selected in control point adjustment mode.
Selecting and Deselecting Control Points on a Shape
The methods you can use to select and deselect points are similar to those available for
selecting and deselecting shapes in the Canvas.
To select one or more control points, do one of the following:
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Click any control point.
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Drag a selection box over one or more points.
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Shift-click unselected control points to add them to the selection.
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Shift-drag a selection box around unselected control points to add them to the
selection.
To select every control point on a shape:
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Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
To deselect one or more selected control points, do one of the following:
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Shift-click one or more selected points.
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Shift-drag a selection box over one or more selected points.
To deselect every control point on a shape, do one of the following:
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Click the Canvas anywhere outside the selected shape.
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Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press Shift-Command-A).