Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 252)

Chapter 8 Timeline 252
Tip: You can show the Timeline on a second display, providing a larger workspace for
manipulating the timing of objects. For more information, see
View the Canvas or Timing pane
on a second display on page 96.
To learn more about working in the Timeline, choose a topic in the Help table of contents (the
sidebar to the left of this window).
Manage Timeline layers
Manage Timeline layers overview
The Timeline layers list mirrors the Layers list in the Project pane and displays your project
objects (groups, layers, filters, behaviors, masks, and so on) and their stacking order. Keyframes
applied to an object can also be displayed. In the Timeline layers list, you can reorder objects.
This change is immediately reflected in the Layers list in the Project pane. You can also lock tracks
to prevent further editing of those tracks and disable entire tracks to omit them from view in
the Canvas.
Enable Timeline tracks
To the left of each track in the Timeline layers list is an activation checkbox that turns that
track on and off. When a track is turned off (disabled), it is ignored in the Canvas. Not only can
you turn video or audio on and off, you can also disable or enable effects such as masks, filters,
and behaviors.
Disabled tracks
appear dimmed.
Activation checkbox
is turned off.
Turn visibility for an object on or off
m Click the checkbox at the left edge of the track you want to control.
When the box is checked, visibility is on, and when the box is unchecked, visibility is off.
Additionally, when a track is disabled, the entire track is dimmed in the Timeline.
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