Copy and paste objects – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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You can also Control-click the object, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
Ripple delete an object
1
Select the object to delete.
2
Choose Edit > Ripple Delete (or press Shift-Delete).
Cut an object
1
Select an object to delete.
2
Choose Edit > Cut (or press Command-X).
You can also Control-click the object, then choose Cut from the shortcut menu.
Copy and paste objects
As in other applications, in Motion you can copy and paste objects. Copying leaves an object in
place and copies it to the Clipboard for later pasting.
When you paste an object, it is placed at either the position of the playhead or at the beginning
of the project, based on the Create Layers At setting in the Project pane of the Motion
Preferences. For more information, see
on page 117. For the purposes of simplicity,
the remainder of this section assumes you have set the Create Layers At to Current Frame.
The pasted object is placed in a new track at the top of the other layers in the active group. If no
group is selected, the object is pasted into the group it was copied from. If it was copied from
outside the current project, a new group is created. Pasting multiple objects retains the relative
object and layer order of the Clipboard contents.
Objects with applied filters, behaviors, keyframes, and other effects retain those effects when cut,
copied, and pasted. You can also copy or cut filter and behavior objects from one media layer
and then paste them into another media layer, effectively transferring the effect to a different
media item.
In addition to ordinary pasting, Motion lets you paste as an insert, overwrite, or exchange edit.
These three commands appear in the Paste Special dialog:
•
Insert into time region: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, pushing existing objects
farther down in time.
•
Overwrite into time region: Pastes the Clipboard contents into the project, deleting any existing
objects at the same point in time.
•
Exchange media with existing object: Replaces the selected object in the project with the
Clipboard contents.
Note: Paste Special can also be used with selected regions in the Timeline to perform a special
type of paste. For more information, see
on page 284.
Copy an object to the Clipboard
1
In the Timeline layers list, select the object to copy.
2
Choose Edit > Copy (or press Command-C).
Paste an object into the Timeline
1
In the Timeline layers list, select the group you to paste the object into.
2
Position the playhead at the desired time position.
3
Choose Edit > Paste (or press Command-V).
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