Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 46)

Description
Keyboard
shortcut
Tool name Button
Available when a text object is selected, allows
you to modify the position and X, Y, or Z rotation
for individual characters (glyphs) in a text object. S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.) Adjust Glyph
tool
A contextual tool that allows you to modify special
controls such as the center point of a Circle Blur,
or the shape of a particle emitter or replicator, or
the start and end points of a gradient. S (Press Tab to
cycle through
tools.) Adjust Item
tool
Allows you to manipulate objects in 3D space
using 3D transform and rotation manipulators. To
return to 2D controls, click the Select/Transform
tool. To display rotational controls in the Canvas,
press the Command key. Q Adjust 3D
Transform tool
Allows you to drag your view of the Canvas in
different directions. The Pan tool never moves
individual objects. To reset the pan, double-click
the Pan tool. To pan the Canvas without selecting
the Pan tool, press the Space bar and drag in the
Canvas. H Pan tool
Allows you to zoom in and out on the Canvas.
Click the point in the Canvas that you want to
zoom toward or away from and drag to the right
to zoom in or drag left to zoom out. To reset the
zoom, double-click the Zoom tool. To zoom into
a specific area of the Canvas, press
Command-Space bar (in that order) and drag an
area of the Canvas. While still pressing the keys,
click to zoom in to the Canvas in 50 percent
increments of the current zoom level. Press Space
bar-Command-Option (in that order) and click in
the Canvas to zoom out in 50 percent increments. Z Zoom tool
Allows you to navigate through your scene as if
you are walking with the camera. Click the Walk
Camera icon, then use the Up Arrow, Down Arrow,
Right Arrow, and Left Arrow keys to navigate. None Walk Camera
tool
Create Tools
The Create tools generate new layers. You can modify the attributes for the newly created
layers in the Inspector. The first button in each group activates any available subtools.
Click this button and hold down the mouse button to see a pop-up list of all the subtools
for that group.
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