Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 206)

206 Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects
Note: The Layer tab (that contains the Fixed Resolution parameter) is only accessible
when a layer is selected in the project.
When Fixed Resolution is turned on, objects that are in the layer but are outside of the
Canvas are cropped to the size of the layer defined in the parameter.
When enabled, the Fixed Resolution parameter crops the layer to the size specified in
the Fixed Width and Fixed Height parameters around the anchor point of the layer. This
means that if the layer’s anchor point is offset, the cropping may not occur around the
edges of the Canvas, and objects may become cut off.
To set the resolution of a layer:
1 In the Layers tab (or the Timeline Layer list), select the layer.
2 In the Inspector (press Command+3), click the Layer tab.
Selected layer with an offset anchor point before Fixed
Resolution is turned on
Selected layer with Fixed Resolution turned on and set to
project size. Notice that the text objects are cut off
Anchor point
Anchor point
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