Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 265)

Chapter 3 Basic Compositing 265
Switching Among Transform Tools
Before you transform an object, you should make sure that the pointer is set to the
correct transform tool. These tools can be selected from the Toolbar.
The six main 2D transform tools are:
Select/Transform: Scales and rotates selected objects.
Adjust Anchor Point: Offsets the anchor point used for all object transforms.
Adjust Shear: Tilts objects, either horizontally or vertically.
Adjust Drop Shadow: Manipulates object drop shadows directly in the Canvas.
Adjust Four Corner: Stretches an object into different polygonal shapes.
Adjust Crop: Cuts off pixels from any of the object’s four edges.
Note: Each transform tool also allows you to select and reposition objects in the
Canvas.
The Adjust Control Points tool becomes available when a shape or mask is selected and
is used to adjust a Bezier or B-Spline control points. The Adjust Item tool becomes
available when the selected item has additional onscreen controls, such as a filter or a
gradient generator.
To switch among transform tools, do one of the following:
m Click the Select/Transform tool in the Toolbar, then, while holding down the mouse
button, choose a transform tool from the pop-up menu.
m With an object in the Canvas selected, press Tab. Pressing Tab repeatedly cycles the
Canvas through each of the transform modes in order.
Note: Press Shift-Tab to cycle through the transform modes in reverse.
Select/Transform tool
Adjust Shear tool
Adjust Four Corner tool
Adjust Control Points tool
Adjust Anchor Point tool
Adjust Drop Shadow tool
Adjust Crop tool
Adjust Item tool (adjusts filters or particle emitter shapes)