Source well, Color controls, Basic color controls – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 5
User interface controls
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Source well
Many effects in Motion apply specific parameters from one object to another. For example, the
Bump Map filter applies texture from object A to object B. The Orbit Around behavior causes
object C to circle around object D. You set these object relationships using a control known as a
source well (sometimes called an Image well or Object well). A source well is an empty box into
which you drag a source object to influence a target object.
Use a source well
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Drag an object from the File Browser, Library, Layers list, or Media list into the empty box.
A thumbnail of the object appears in the well, indicating that the object is used as a source for
the effect.
Replace the contents of a source well
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Drag an object onto the well.
The old source is replaced with the new one.
Clear a source well
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Drag the icon out of the well.
The well is emptied.
Color controls
Basic color controls
There are several basic color controls in Motion:
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Color well: A small color swatch that, when clicked, opens the OS X Colors window
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Downward arrow: A button beside the color well that opens the Motion pop-up color palette,
an alternative to the OS X Colors window
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Eyedropper: A control used to pick a color in use in the Motion Canvas
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Disclosure triangle: A control that, when clicked, reveals advanced color controls
Change the color of an object using the basic Motion color controls
Do one of the following:
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Click the color well swatch, then pick a color from the OS X Colors window. For more information,
see
on page 133.
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Click the downward arrow or Control-click the color well, then pick a color from the Motion
pop-up color palette. For more information, see
on page 133.
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Click the eyedropper, then click an object of the desired color in the Canvas. For more
information, see
on page 134.
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Click the disclosure triangle on the left side of the color controls to expose individual Red, Green,
Blue, and, when applicable, Opacity sliders. For more information, see
on
page 134.
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