Paint stroke tool, Text tool, Rectangle mask and circle mask tools – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 28

Keyboard shortcuts

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Action

Shortcut

Switch a B-Spline point bias

Command-click a B-Spline point

Cancel shape drawing and delete the open shape

Escape

Exit shape drawing mode

Return

Paint Stroke tool

Shortcut

Action

Activate Paint Stroke tool

P

Adjust stroke width

Command-drag in the Canvas

Text tool

Action

Shortcut

Select the Text tool

T

Move the insertion point to the next character

Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow, or Right Arrow

Move the insertion point to the next word

Option–Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow, or Right
Arrow

Move to the beginning of a line of text

Command–Left Arrow

Move to the end of a line of text

Command–Right Arrow

Select characters from the insertion point

Shift–Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow, or Right
Arrow

Select words from the insertion point

Option–Shift–Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow, or
Right Arrow

Select a line of text from the insertion point

Shift–Command–Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Left Arrow,
or Right Arrow

Increase kerning from the insertion point

Option–Command–Right Bracket (])

Decrease kerning from the insertion point

Option–Command–Left Bracket ([)

Select All

Command-A

Deselect All

Shift-Command-A

Exit Text tool

Escape

Rectangle Mask and Circle Mask tools

Action

Shortcut

Select the Rectangle Mask tool

Option-R

Select the Circle Mask tool

Option-C

Select the Freehand Mask tool

Option-P

Draw a mask proportionally

Shift-drag in the Canvas

Draw a mask from its center

Option-drag in the Canvas

Draw a mask proportionally from its center

Option-Shift-drag in the Canvas

Snap the rotation of a mask to 45-degree increments

Shift-drag a rotation handle

67% resize factor

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