Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 81)

Tutorial 2 Basic Motion Behaviors 81
3 Position the duplicated shape to the right at the bottom edge of the dolphin objects.
4 In the Toolbar, choose 200% from the Zoom Level pop-up menu.
To quickly pan the Canvas to reposition the image, hold down the Space bar and click
the Canvas. When the pointer changes to the Pan tool, drag in the Canvas to reposition
the image.
Note: You can also select the Pan tool in the Toolbar.
5 With the Select/Transform tool, click the upper-center handle of the rectangle and
move it downward slightly (toward the anchor point of the object) to make the shape
“thinner” than the original shape.
Note: To temporarily disable the Dynamic Guides/snapping as you resize the object,
press Command. To resize the object from the upper and lower sides simultaneously,
press Option.
As you drag the handle, the amount of change is displayed at the pointer.
6 Set the Canvas zoom level back to 100 percent.
Use the Zoom Level pop-up menu to
choose the Canvas zoom amount.