Apple Shake 4 New Features - Manual (Page 93)

Chapter 3 Compositing With the MultiPlane Node 93
3 Drag the dimension pointer in the direction in which you want to scale the layer. The
colored arrows correspond to the pan controls.
4 When you move the pointer, the direction in which you first move is indicated by a
single axis arrow, and the layer scales up and down in that dimension.
Creating Layer Hierarchies
You can create hierarchical relationships between layers within a MultiPlane node using
the parentTo parameter. You can lock one layer’s transformations to those of another by
assigning it a parent layer from this pop-up menu, which contains a list of every layer
that’s currently connected to the MultiPlane node. By default, this parameter is set to off.
Note: The MultiPlane node only supports one level of parenting.
To assign a layer a parent layer:
m Choose a parent from that layer’s parentTo pop-up menu.
Once a layer has been assigned a parent layer, it is removed from the parentTo pop-up
menu. When you select a layer that is parented to another, the parent layer appears
with a red border in the Viewer.
You can make local transformations to a layer after you’ve assigned it a parent. This lets
you create an offset between it and the parent layer. Transformations that are applied
to a parent layer also affect all layers that are assigned to it.
Important: Always assign a parent layer before making any local transformations to a
layer itself. Otherwise you may encounter unpredictable results.