Nest groups inside other groups, Constrain group size – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 6
Create and manage projects
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Nest groups inside other groups
You can also nest groups inside other groups. You might do this if you’re creating a layer
hierarchy to control the relationship of one group of layers to another, or if you’re grouping
layers to which you want to apply a single set of behaviors and filters.
Nesting a group works the same way as nesting a layer.
Move a group inside another group
1
Select one or more groups.
2
Do one of the following:
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Drag the groups onto another group.
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Drag the groups to a position underneath another group.
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Choose Edit > Cut (or press Command-X) to cut the groups, then select the group where you
want to paste, and choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).
Constrain group size
By default, the size of a group is determined by the layers in that group. Because animated
objects often grow in size, the active height and width of a group (its resolution) can become
large. You can constrain the resolution of a group to a specific width and height in the Group
pane of the Inspector.
The project in the following image contains a particle system. The animated particles, although
not visible when they move off the Canvas, make the group containing them large.
Group with Fixed Resolution disabled
Boundary of
particle system
Boundary is limited to
height and width set in
Group inspector
Group with Fixed Resolution enabled
You can crop the size of a group that contains growing objects using the Fixed Resolution
checkbox in the Group pane of the Inspector. If a project contains animated objects that move or
expand beyond the edges of the Canvas and you don’t activate the Fixed Resolution checkbox,
your computer processing time can increase.
Note: The Group pane of the Inspector (which contains the Fixed Resolution parameter) is only
accessible when a group is selected in the project.
When the Fixed Resolution checkbox is selected, objects in the group but outside the Canvas are
cropped to the size of the group defined in the parameter.
67% resize factor