Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Keyframing
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Note: Items saved to the Library appear in the Finder with a .molo extension (“Motion Library
object”). These items cannot be opened from the Finder.
If you create an animation that uses multiple curves and you want to save the cumulative effect
of the animation, you can save all curves as one item in the Library.
Although you can save animation curves into the Content category, it is generally recommended
that you save items that you use frequently in the Favorites category—some Motion Library
categories contain so many items that using the Favorites or Favorites Menu categories can
save you search time. In the Favorites category, you can create additional folders to organize
custom items.
You can also create folders in existing categories, including Favorites, Favorites Menu, or Content.
Folders created in the Content category appear in the Library sidebar. Folders created in
subcategories, such as Basic Motion, appear in the Library stack and not the sidebar. For more
information on creating folders in the Library, see
on page 313.
Animation curves saved to the Favorites Menu category can be applied to objects using the
Favorites menu.
Save an animation curve to the Library
1
Open the Library and select the Favorites or Favorites Menu category.
2
Drag the name of the parameter animation curve to save from the parameter list in the Keyframe
Editor into the stack at the bottom of the Library.
When you save an animation curve, it’s placed in the /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Motion/Library/Favorites/ folder or the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/
Motion/Library/Favorites Menu/ folder.
Note: If you drag an animation curve to another subcategory, such as the Glow (Filters)
subcategory, the curve is placed in the Content category, which becomes active.
Save multiple animation curves to the Library
1
Open the Library and select the Content, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category.
2
In the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor, select the animation curves you want to save and
drag them to the stack, holding the mouse button down.
3
When the drop menu appears, choose “All in one file” or “Multiple files.”
“All in one file” saves the animation curves together, listed as one item in the Library. “Multiple
files” saves the curves as individual items in the Library.
4
To name the file, do one of the following:
•
Control-click its icon in the Library stack, choose Rename from the shortcut menu, then enter a
descriptive name.
•
Select the icon, click its name, then enter a descriptive name.
Note: When you Control-click an animation curve icon in the Library stack, the Edit Description
shortcut menu item becomes available. This is a handy tool for entering custom notes about an
item saved in the Library. After you choose Edit Description, enter your notes in the text field,
then click OK.
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