Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 68)

68 Tutorial 2 Basic Motion Behaviors
5 Position the objects in the lower center of the Canvas.
The guide appears when the group of objects is centered.
6 Click the Play button (or press the Space bar) to play the project.
Optional: Media Tab Cropping vs. Properties Tab Cropping
As mentioned above, when media is cropped in the Media tab of the Inspector, all
instances of that file in the project are cropped. When cropped using the controls in
the Properties tab, only the selected file is affected. To learn the difference, review the
following optional section.
To observe cropping objects in the Media tab:
1 Click a blank area of the Canvas to deselect any objects.
2 In the Media tab of the Project pane, select dolphins.mov.
3 In the Media tab of the Inspector, adjust one of the Crop values.
All of the dolphin objects are cropped. When an object is cropped in the Media tab, the
object is recentered and shifts its position in the Canvas.
4 Press Command+Z to undo the cropping change.
To observe cropping an object in the Properties tab:
1 In the Layers tab, select one of the dolphin objects.
2 In the Properties tab of the Inspector, turn on the Crop checkbox.