Object menu – Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Selection In Point: Moves the playhead to the first frame of the selected object (Shift-
I).
Selection Out Point: Moves the playhead to the last frame of the selected object
(Shift-O).
RAM Preview Submenu
This submenu contains commands to play back your project in real time, by
temporarily storing the frames in a RAM buffer. For more information on how and
when to use the RAM Preview functions, see “
Play Range: Renders the area between the project In and Out points and stores the
frames in RAM. Once the frames are stored, the region plays back at full speed
(Command-R).
Selection: Renders the range of time occupied by the selected objects and stores the
frames in RAM. Once the frames are stored, the region plays back at full speed (Option-
Command-R).
All: Renders the entire project and stores the frames in RAM. Once the frames are
stored, the region plays back at full speed (Shift-Option-Command-R).
Clear RAM Preview: Clears the RAM cache.
Object Menu
This menu contains all of the commands for manipulating objects within Motion. This
includes their placement in the layer hierarchy and physical alignment in the Canvas.
New Group: Adds a new empty group to the project (Shift-Command-N).
New Camera: Adds a new camera to the project, and lets you specify whether to use
2D or 3D mode (Option-Command-C).
New Light: Adds a new light to the project, and lets you specify whether to use 2D or
3D mode (Shift-Command-L).
New Drop Zone: Adds a new drop zone to your project. Drop zones allow you to
quickly replace footage in a project by dropping clips directly onto the Canvas. A drop
zone appears as a rectangle with a gradient circle in its center. The drop zone’s layer
name appears in the center of the drop zone. Any media item dragged and dropped
into the region defined by the drop zone object automatically replaces the drop zone
placeholder graphic. When media is dragged over the drop zone, a highlight appears
around the drop zone area (Shift-Command-D).
Bring to Front: Moves the selected object to the top of the layers within a group
(Command-}).