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Apple Motion 2 Tutorials User Manual

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Tutorial 1

The Motion Interface

To show an object in the Inspector:

1

Make sure the upper green box object is selected.

2

Click the Inspector icon in the upper-right corner of the Dashboard.

Note: You can also do one of the following to display the Inspector:

Click the Inspector tab in the Utility window.

Press Command+3.

Click the Inspector icon on the right side of the Toolbar.

The Inspector appears (is brought to the front). In the Inspector, four tabs divide the
various parameters into categories: Properties, Behaviors, Filters, and Shape (Object).

Note: The fourth tab is called the Object tab (in this example, the Shape tab), and
changes depending on the type of object selected. For example, if a mask is selected,
the last tab is the “Mask” tab.

3

Optionally, click the various tabs to see the controls available for the object.

4

Click the Properties tab.

5

In the Shear parameter row, drag the first value slider (drag in the value field) to set an
X shear value of approximately 40 degrees.