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Apple Motion 3 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Motion

Mark Play Range Out: Sets the play range Out point to the location of the playhead
(Option-Command-O).

Reset Play Range: Moves the play range In and Out points to the first and last frame of
the project (Option-X).

Play: Starts playback of the project (Space bar).

Loop Playback: Turns looping on and off. When looping is enabled, playback
automatically repeats from the beginning of the play range after the end is reached
(Shift-L).

Record Animation: Turns keyframe recording on and off. For more information on
recording animation, see “

Animating in the Canvas

” on page 506.

Recording Options: Opens the Recording Options dialog where you can set the
granularity of keyframe recording.

Go to Submenu

This submenu contains all of the different commands to navigate to a particular frame
within your project. All of these commands move your playhead to a new location.

Project Start: Moves the playhead to the first frame of the project (Home).

Project End: Moves the playhead to the last frame of the project (End).

Play Range Start: Moves the playhead to the project In point (Shift-Home).

Play Range End: Moves the playhead to the project Out point (Shift-End).

Previous Frame: Moves the playhead backward by one frame (Left Arrow).

Next Frame: Moves the playhead forward by one frame (Right Arrow).

10 Frames Back: Moves the playhead backward ten frames (Shift–Left Arrow).

10 Frames Forward: Moves the playhead forward ten frames (Shift–Right Arrow).

Previous Keyframe: Moves the playhead to the previous keyframe in the project
(Option-K).

Next Keyframe: Moves the playhead to the next keyframe in the project (Shift-K).

Previous Marker: Moves the playhead to the closest marker earlier in time (Option–
Command–Left Arrow).

Next Marker: Moves the playhead to the closest marker later in time (Option–
Command–Right Arrow).