Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 284)

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Work with regions
Sometimes you might want to make changes to a range of frames, known as a region. You might
do this to cut or copy a section of time to remove it or move it to a new position in your project.
Regions need not align with object edges in the Timeline. You can create a region that begins
midway through an object or one that includes empty frames beyond the edges of objects.
After you define a region, you can delete or ripple delete it. When you choose Ripple Delete
(choose Edit > Ripple Delete), the region is deleted, and the resulting gap closes. You can cut or
copy the region to move it to the Clipboard so you can paste it somewhere else.
Note: Pasting a region does not paste it at the current playhead location. To move a pasted
region to the playhead location, press the Shift key while you drag the pasted object. As you
approach the current playhead location, the object snaps into place.
You can also paste objects into a defined region using the Paste Special command. You have
three choices for how the “paste into” operation is performed. You can insert, pushing the
existing region down in time; overwrite the existing contents of the region; or exchange the
existing objects with the Clipboard contents. In all these cases, the pasted objects never exceed
the duration of the region they are pasted into.
You can select a region to add blank playback time into your project (which will appear black
in the Canvas). For example, you might want to add some black frames between two objects, or
add frames in as a placeholder for a clip you don’t yet have. This is called inserting time.
Select a range of frames
m Holding down the Command and Option keys, drag in the Timeline ruler.
A light highlighted band appears over the selected frames.
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