Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Introduction to the Motion interface
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Light: Appears when a light is selected and contains controls to change the light type, color,
intensity, and falloff. When the Shadows checkbox is selected, parameters become available
that control the shadow cast by a Point or Spot light. For more information on working with
lights and shadows, see
on page 939 or
on page 944.
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Rig: Appears when a rig is selected and contains buttons that allow you to choose widget
types to map multiple parameters to a single control. For more information on rigging, see
on page 370.
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Media: Appears when an item is selected in the Media list of the Project pane. (For more
information see
on page 69.) These parameters deal mostly with
attributes of the file on disk or how the file is interpreted by Motion. Because multiple
project objects can reference a single media file, the pane contains a list of linked objects.
Making changes in this pane affects all objects that refer to the selected media file. For more
information on working with media parameters, see
on page 178.
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Text: Appears when text is selected and contains all controls that affect the text. The Text
Inspector is divided into three panes:
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Format: Contains standard controls to adjust font, size, tracking, kerning, justification,
alignment, line spacing (leading), and so on. Additionally, this pane contains a large text-
entry field where you can edit the contents of text used in your project. The Format pane
also includes a pop-up menu of preset text styles.
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Style: Contains controls to adjust the fill, outline, glow, and drop shadow of selected text.
Each section is grouped and can be turned on or off by selecting the checkbox next to the
category name. The Style pane also includes a pop-up menu of preset text styles.
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Layout: Contains paragraph style controls to set text on a path, text direction, text rendering,
how text objects are affected when behaviors are applied, and how anchor points are used.
This pane also contains controls to create a type-on effect or to modify text path options. For
more information on working with text parameters, see
on page 612.
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Mask: Appears when a mask is selected and contains controls to change the mask’s shape, to
define how multiple masks interact, to invert a mask, to smooth the shape of a mask or adjust
its softness, or to change the color of the mask in the Canvas. This inspector also contains
position value sliders for mask control points. For more information on working with mask
attributes, see
Mask controls in the Inspector
on page 899.
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Image Mask: Appears when an image mask is selected and contains Mask and Mask Options
controls. These controls allow you to change the mask’s source, reference frame (if the source
is a clip), offset, wrap mode, source channel, blend mode, and so on. For more information, see
on page 902.
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Shape: Appears when a shape is selected and contains controls that affect the shape. The
controls are divided into four panes:
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Style: Contains controls to modify the fill and outline of a shape and the brush type of an
outline or paint stroke. This pane also includes a pop-up menu of preset shape styles.
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Stroke: Contains controls for modifying paint strokes. Use these controls to set stroke color
and brush scale, and to adjust opacity, spacing, width, and other parameters.
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Advanced: Contains controls that allow the dabs of a paint stroke to be animated
like particles.
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Geometry: Contains controls that allow you to change the shape type, to close or open a
shape, to smooth a shape, and to adjust the position of a shape’s control points using value
sliders. For more information on working with shapes, see
Shapes, masks, and paint strokes
on page 828.
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