Apple Motion 3 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Motion

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To add a horizontal or vertical guide to the Canvas:

1

In the Toolbar, click the Select/Transform tool (or press S).

2

Click in the gray area of the horizontal or vertical ruler, and drag into the Canvas.

As you drag, the value of the guide is displayed in the Canvas.

Note: Guides must be enabled in the View menu (press Command-semicolon) to
display the guides.

The ruler units are in pixels, with the 0,0 point in the center of the Canvas.

3

When the guide is in the location you want, release the mouse button.

To simultaneously add a horizontal and vertical ruler to the Canvas:

1

In the Toolbar, click the Select/Transform tool (or press S).

2

Drag from the corner in which the rulers meet into the Canvas.

3

When the guides are in the location you want, release the mouse button.

To remove a guide from the Canvas:

m

In the Toolbar, click the Select/Transform tool (or press S), then drag the guide off the
Canvas.

To change the location of the rulers:

1

Choose Motion > Preferences.

2

In the Canvas pane, choose a ruler layout from the Ruler Location pop-up menu.

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