Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 144)

• Click the eyedropper, then in the Canvas, click an object of the desired color.
• Click the color well’s disclosure triangle and manipulate the individual Red Green Blue,
(and when applicable, Opacity) sliders.
Pop-Up Color Palette
When you control-click a color well or click the adjacent pop-up arrow, a temporary color
palette appears.
New color
Original color
Click here to select a
grayscale color.
The pointer becomes an eyedropper and an info area on the right displays the RGB and
HLS values for the current pointer position. A swatch displays the currently saved color
alongside the new one.
One advantage to picking colors this way is that as you move the pointer, the Canvas
updates dynamically. Click to lock the currently selected color.
The Colors Window
You can also use the Mac OS Colors window within Motion. This gives you access to the
familiar color pickers such as the web-safe palette or the crayons picker.
Color Picker Selector
Currently selected color
Active Color Picker
Saved Swatches
The Colors window has four sections: the icons at the top select different picker interfaces;
the large color swatch shows the currently selected color; the middle section shows the
currently active picker; and at the bottom, the row of boxes can be used to save swatches.
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