Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 324)

324 Chapter 4 Using the Timeline
Timeline Layers List
The Timeline layers list mirrors the Layers tab in the Project pane and displays your
project objects (groups, layers, filters, behaviors, and so on) and their stacking order.
Behaviors, filters, masks, and keyframes applied to an object can also be displayed. In
the Timeline layers list, you can reorder objects. This change is immediately reflected in
the Layers list in the Project pane. You can also lock tracks to prevent further editing on
those tracks and disable entire tracks to omit them from view in the Canvas.
Object Names
You can rename any object in Motion. This can be helpful if you are using more than
one version of an asset, using multiple cameras, or if you want to categorize things into
named groups. Masks, shapes, particles, and other content you generate within Motion
are created with generic names. Renaming them allows you to better manage and
keep track of them while you work.
To rename an object:
1 In the Timeline layers list, double-click the name of the object.
2 Type a new name in the editable text field.
3 Press Return or Tab.
Although Motion allows you to rename objects you import from your disk, changing
the object’s name in the Timeline layers list does not modify the name of the file on
disk. This allows you to use one source clip multiple times and name each instance
uniquely inside Motion.