3d canvas overlays – Apple Motion 4 User Manual

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Once you add a camera to a project, the Camera menu becomes available in the upper-left
corner of the Canvas.

Camera menu

3D Canvas Overlays

There are six 3D overlays that can appear in the Canvas: the Camera menu, the 3D View
tools, the Inset view, the 3D grid, the 3D Compass, and the 3D scene icons. You can turn
the display of each of the overlays on or off in the Canvas.

3D View tools

Camera menu

3D grid

Inset view

3D Compass

3D scene icons
(camera, light)

To modify the appearance of 3D overlays
Do one of the following:

Choose View > 3D Overlays, then choose the type of 3D overlay you wish to show or
hide.

Choose the type of 3D overlay you wish to show or hide from the View pop-up menu in
the Status Bar.

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Chapter 18

3D Compositing