Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 9
Using the Replicator
Note: This parameter is only available when a 2D replicator shape is selected.
Crop
The Crop controls in the Properties tab allow you to hide portions of a replicator
pattern. You can also use the onscreen cropping controls by choosing the Adjust Crop
tool from the Toolbar, then dragging any of the replicator object’s four edges or
corners.
Note: This parameter is only available when a 2D replicator shape is selected.
For more information on cropping objects in Motion, see “
Timing
Once you create a replicator, its duration can be as long or short as necessary,
regardless of the duration of the original sources used for the pattern cells. The
duration of a replicator is defined by the duration of the replicator layer. Changing the
In or Out points of a replicator in the Properties tab, Timeline, or mini-Timeline changes
the duration of the replicator.
While the duration of the source layers has no affect on the replicator, the duration of
each cell affects how long the elements created from that cell are visible in the project.
You can change a cell’s duration by dragging either its position or its In and Out points
in the Timeline. In this way, you can adjust the timing that defines when each cell type
appears. For example, you can create a pattern in which three different types of
elements appear at different times in the animation by offsetting the cells in the
Timeline. In the following image, the arc cells appear first. One second later, the star
cells appear. One second after that, the circle cells appear.
Note: You can animate the opacity of each cell so that it fades in by keyframing the
Opacity parameter in the Replicator tab or the Replicator Cell tab.
For more information on adjusting the timing of layers in the Timeline, see See “