Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 42)

42 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Motion
There are five pop-up menus at the right side of the Status Bar that provide access to
these settings: Zoom Level, Resolution, Channels, View and Overlay Options, and 3D
View Options.
Zoom Level
You can zoom in on the Canvas to allow precision alignment and placement of objects,
and you can zoom out to get a sense of the big picture or to see the path of a moving
object. The Zoom Level pop-up menu offers several different default zoom levels. You
can also use the dynamic zoom modes to quickly zoom in or out of the Canvas, or to
zoom specific areas of the Canvas.
Zooming the Canvas does not actually change the size of the images in your project. It
merely changes the current view of the entire window.
To zoom in or out on the Canvas:
m Choose a zoom level from the Zoom Level pop-up menu.
In the following image, 50% is chosen from the Zoom Level pop-up menu.
To use the dynamic zoom mode:
m Press Command-Space bar, then drag diagonally in the Canvas. The zoom occurs
around the spot clicked in the Canvas.
Channels View and Overlay
Zoom Level
Resolution
3D View