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Moving and editing overlapping objects – Apple Motion 4 User Manual

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Drag the section left or right to move the object within the group forward or backward
in time.

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Moving and Editing Overlapping Objects

You can move all overlapping objects of a group at once or edit a single object within a
group.

To move overlapping objects within a group

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Click the area of the group track where the overlap is indicated.

The selected area may exceed the overlapping region if an object extends beyond the
overlap.

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Drag the section to move all of the objects at once.

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You can also use the shortcut menu to select any one of the overlapping objects in order
to edit that object directly. This is one way that you can manipulate individual objects
within a group without having to expand the group.

To edit one item in an overlapping area of a group

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Control-click the overlapping area of the group, then choose the object you want to
manipulate from the shortcut menu.

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