Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Using Behaviors
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Behavior Effects in the Keyframe Editor
If you open the Keyframe Editor and look at a parameter that is affected by one or
more behaviors, you see a non-editable curve that represents the behavior’s effect on
that parameter. The non-editable curve appears in addition to that parameter’s editable
curve, which can be used to keyframe that parameter.
For more information on combining behaviors and keyframes, see “
Applying and Removing Basic Motion, Particles, Replicator,
Simulation, and Text Behaviors
You apply these kinds of behaviors directly to objects in the Canvas, Layers tab, or
Timeline. Some behaviors automatically animate specific parameters of the object to
which they’re applied. For example, the Throw behavior affects only an object’s Position
parameter, and the Grow/Shrink behavior affects only an object’s Scale parameter.
Other behaviors animate the parameters of other objects surrounding the one you
applied the behavior to. For example, the Attractor behavior causes other objects to
move toward the affected object by animating their Position parameter.
Important:
Text, Particles, and Replicator behaviors should only be applied to their
namesake objects.
Note: With the exception of the Custom behavior, Parameter behaviors are applied to a
parameter of an object (such as position) rather than to the object itself, and are
applied in a different way. For more information, see “
Editable curve
Non-editable curve
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