Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 25)

Tutorial 1 The Motion Interface 25
Turning Behaviors On or Off in the Layers Tab
As mentioned previously, you can tell that the boxes layer has a behavior (Fade In/Fade
Out) applied to it from the icon that appears to the right of the layer name in the
Layers tab. You can easily enable or disable the effect of a behavior in the Layers tab.
Note: Similar icons appear for objects with applied filters or masks.
To turn the effect of the behavior on or off:
1 In the Layers tab, click the behavior icon in the boxes layer.
A red slash appears to indicate that the behavior is disabled.
2 Play the project (press the Space bar).
Notice that the boxes no longer fade in over the first 20 frames of the project, but
remain at 100 percent opacity.
3 Click the behavior icon again to reactivate the behavior.
Using the Inspector
While the Dashboard provides access to the most commonly used controls, the
Inspector contains every single parameter that can affect the object. Use the Inspector
to transform objects, change blend modes or colors of objects, adjust object and
footage properties, adjust the parameters of all behaviors or filters applied to an object,
create keyframes, and so on.
Adjusting Parameters in the Properties Tab
The Properties tab contains controls for the basic object properties, such as Position,
Rotation, Scale, Blend Modes, Opacity, and so on. In this section, shear the green shape
objects.
Behavior icon