Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Introduction to the Motion interface
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Note: You can also press Command-Apostrophe (‘).
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Guides: Turns display of manually created guides on and off. Guides can only be created if
rulers are displayed. You can change the color of the guides in the Canvas pane (Alignment
section) of Motion Preferences.
Note: You can also press Command-Semicolon (;).
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Dynamic Guides: Turns display of automatic dynamic guides on and off. These guides appear
when dragging a layer past edges of other layers when snapping is enabled (choose View >
Snap). You can change the color of dynamic guides in the Canvas pane (Alignment section) of
Motion Preferences.
Note: You can also press Shift-Command-Colon (:).
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Safe Zones: Turns display of the title safe and action safe guides on and off. By default, these
guides are set at 80% and 90%. You can change these settings and the color of the guides in
the Canvas pane (Zones section) of Motion Preferences.
Note: You can also press the Apostrophe key (‘).
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Film Zone: Turns display of film aspect ratio guides on and off. This can be helpful if you are
creating a project for videotape to be transferred to film. You can change the size of the
guides as well as their color in the Canvas pane (Zones section) of Motion Preferences.
Note: You can also press Shift-Quotation Mark (“).
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Handles: Turns display of object handles in the Canvas on and off. Some onscreen
transformations, such as resizing, require visible object handles. Handles appear only on
selected objects.
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Lines: Turns display of lines that outline an object on and off. Lines appear only on
selected objects.
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Animation Path: Turns animation paths on and off. These editable paths indicate the route
along which animated objects travel. If the selected object is not positionally animated, this
command does not appear to have any effect. If handles are not displayed, the path curves
cannot be adjusted in the Canvas. Except for the Motion Path behavior, animation paths
created by behaviors are for display only and are not editable.
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Show 3D Overlays: Turns 3D overlays in the Canvas on and off, including Camera overlays, 3D
View tools, Compass, Inset view, 3D grid, and 3D scene icons. (3D overlays appear in projects
that contain 3D groups.)
Note: You can also press Option-Command-Slash (/).
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3D View Tools: Turns the Camera menu and 3D View tools in the Canvas on and off. For more
information, see
on page 920.
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Compass: Turns the 3D Compass in the Canvas on and off. Using red, green, and blue axes, the
compass shows your current orientation in 3D space. The red axis is X (horizontal), the green
axis is Y (vertical), and the blue axis is Z (depth). For more information, see
on page 918.
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Inset View: Turns the Inset view in the Canvas on and off. When enabled, a temporary window
appears in the lower-right corner of the Canvas displaying an Active Camera or Perspective
view of the project, helping you stay oriented as you move objects in 3D space. In the 3D
pane of Motion Preferences, you can change the size of the Inset view, as well as control
whether the Inset view appears on transform changes, on all changes, or manually. For more
information, see
on page 922.
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