Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 314)

Chapter 9 Behaviors 314
For organizational purposes, it’s best to save custom behaviors to the Favorites or Favorites menu
category.
2 Drag the customized behavior to save from the Layers list, Timeline, or Inspector into the stack at
the bottom of the Library.
When you save a customized behavior, it is saved in the /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Motion/Library/ folder.
Note: If a custom behavior is dragged to another subcategory, such as the Glow (Filters)
subcategory, it is placed in the Behaviors category and the Behaviors category becomes active.
Save multiple behaviors to the Library
1 Open the Library and select the Favorites, Favorites Menu, or Behaviors category.
2 In the Layers list, select all behaviors to save and drag them to the stack, holding down the
mouse button until a drop menu appears.
3 Choose “All in one file” or “Multiple files” from the drop menu, then release the mouse button.
“All in one file” saves behaviors together. They are listed as one item in the Library. “Multiple files”
saves the behaviors as individual objects in the Library.
4 To name the file or files, do one of the following:
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Control-click the icon, choose Rename from the shortcut menu, then enter a descriptive name.
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Select the icon, click “Untitled,” then enter a descriptive name.
Note: When you Control-click the icon, choose Edit Description from the shortcut menu to enter
custom notes about an item saved in the Library.
Create a folder in the Behaviors, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category
You can create additional subfolders to further organize custom items. Folders created in the
Behaviors category appear in the Library sidebar.
1 Open the Library and select the Behaviors, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category.
2 Do one of the following:
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Click the New Folder button (+) at the bottom of the window.
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Control-click an empty area of the Library stack (the lower section of the Library), then choose
New Folder from the shortcut menu.
Note: You might have to expand your stack window or use icon view to access an empty area.
An untitled folder appears in the subcategories list in the Library sidebar.
3 With the new folder selected, click the name, enter a new name, then press Return.
Create a folder in a Behaviors subcategory
1 Open the Library and select a Behaviors subcategory, such as Basic Motion.
2 Do one of the following:
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Click the New Folder button (+) at the bottom of the window.
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Control-click an empty area of the Library stack (the lower section of the Library), then choose
New Folder from the shortcut menu.
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