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Timeline – Apple Motion 3 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Motion

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The Timing pane contains three tabs: Timeline, Keyframe Editor, and Audio Editor. Each
of these allows you to view the elements of your project stretched out over time.

Timeline

The Timeline is the most general of the Timing tabs. It can display not only the visual
elements in your project (the layers), but also audio tracks, cameras, lights, keyframes,
and effects such as masks, behaviors, and filters. For more information on using the
Timeline, see “

Using the Timeline

” on page 321.

To display the Timeline tab, do one of the following:

m

Choose Window > Timeline (or press Command-7).

m

If the Timing pane is already visible, click the Timeline tab at the top of the pane.

Timeline Layers List

The left side of the Timeline—the Timeline layers list—is nearly identical to the Layers
tab in the Project pane. Objects appear in the project hierarchy categorized into layers
and groups. The three columns are identical to the columns in the Layers list.