Use 3d onscreen controls – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 21

3D compositing

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Use the 3D Transform tool

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Select the 3D Transform tool in the toolbar (or press Q).

Two things happen immediately when you select the 3D Transform tool. The onscreen controls
change, and the object’s HUD displays additional 3D transform controls.

Choose an axis type.

Drag to move along

X and Y axes.

Drag to move along

Z axis.

Drag to move along

X and Z axes.

Use 3D onscreen controls

When you select the 3D Transform tool, three colored arrows appear in the Canvas near the
center of the image. Each arrow corresponds to one of the three coordinate axes. In the default
view, the Z axis points directly toward you, so only the tip of the blue Z arrow is visible. Dragging
an arrow moves the image along an axis.

Z-axis drag handle

X-axis drag handle

Y-axis drag handle

Move an object using the onscreen controls

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Select the object to move.

2

Drag a colored arrow.

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