Group tracks – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 8
Timeline
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Group tracks
You can perform editing tasks in the group track, even if the track is collapsed and all objects in
the group are not visible in the Timeline track area.
Group tracks contain two colored bars. The narrow, dark-blue upper bar edits all objects in the
group as a single unit. It is labeled with the name of the group (“Group” by default). The lower
group bar—taller and a lighter shade of blue—edits individual objects in the group. The lower
group bar displays information about the names of individual objects in the group, as well as the
number of objects that overlap in composited areas of the Timeline.
Lower group bar
Upper group bar
Motion lets you move objects in the Timeline via the group track. Depending on where you drag
in the group track, you can move all objects, individual objects, or just those objects that overlap
in time (composited objects).
Trimming the edges of the upper group bar trims the edges of the objects in the group. If there
is only one object, trimming the upper group bar trims that object. If there is more than one
object lined up with the edge of the group, trimming the group trims all of those objects.
Before
After Trim
You cannot trim overlapping objects via the group track.
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