Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 376)

Chapter 10 Rigs and widgets 376
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Sequential: Each time the template is used (in a single project) in Final Cut Pro, the setting
of this pop-up menu changes, rotating through the available menu items. The first time
the template is used, this pop-up menu defaults to the first menu item. The next time the
template is used, the pop-up menu is set to the second menu item, and so on. For example,
in a wipe transition template with a pop-up menu widget assigned to control the shape of
the wipe, the first time you add the template to the Final Cut Pro timeline, the wipe is a star;
the next time you apply the template to the Final Cut Pro timeline, the wipe is a circle, and
so on.
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Random: Each time the template is used in Final Cut Pro, another menu item from this
pop-up menu is assigned by default. For example, in a title template with a pop-up menu
widget assigned to control the title’s font, each successive time the title is used in a project, a
font is randomly selected from the font list.
Slider widget
Slider widgets let you select values interpolated between snapshots. When you drag the slider,
the affected parameters change gradually, ramping between the values of adjacent snapshots.
Each snapshot assigned to a slider is represented by a separate snapshot tag—a small shaded
circle underneath the slider widget.
Double-click the area below the slider to add snapshot tags. Parameters at this position inherit
their values based on the interpolation point between the two snapshot tags. For example, in a
slider mapped to the Color parameter, adding a tag midway between snapshot tags set to red
and blue generates a snapshot set to purple.
Snapshot tags can be dragged left and right and even reordered. To delete a snapshot tag, drag
it away from the area under the slider.
Clicking a snapshot tag sets the value of the slider to the tag’s value and enables the tag’s
snapshot for editing. Setting the slider to values between tags causes the rigged parameter
values to be interpolated between the surrounding snapshot values.
The activation checkboxes in the Rig Inspector (highlighted blue when selected) and in the
Layers list (beside the slider widget) have no effect on the constituent parameters of the slider.
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