Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 366)

366 Chapter 5 Using Behaviors
End Offset: A slider that lets you offset the end of the behavior’s effect relative to the
last frame of its position in the Timeline, in frames. Adjust this parameter to make the
behavior stop before the actual end of the behavior in the Timeline. Using this slider to
stop the effect, instead of trimming the end of the behavior in the Timeline, freezes the
last random value generated by this behavior for the remaining duration of the object.
Trimming the end of the behavior resets the parameter to its original value.
Apply To: The Apply To pop-up menu shows the parameter being affected, and can be
used to reassign the behavior to another parameter.
Related behaviors
“
Oscillate ,” “ Ramp ”
Reverse
Unlike the Negate behavior, which inverts the value of the parameter to which it’s
applied, the Reverse behavior reverses the direction of any animation that affects a
parameter, whether it’s caused by behaviors or keyframes. For example, when you
apply the Reverse behavior to path animation that begins at the left and moves to the
right, the animation path won’t move, but the object will instead begin at the right and
move to the left. The Reverse behavior basically switches the beginning and ending
points of animated objects.
Dashboard control
The Dashboard control allows you to change the parameter assignment.
Parameters in the Inspector
Apply To: The Apply To pop-up menu shows the parameter being affected, and can be
used to reassign the behavior to another parameter.
Related behaviors
“
Average ,” “ Negate ”
Stop
The Stop behavior suspends the animation of all behaviors that meet all of the
following criteria:
• Are below it in the Layers tab
• That also affect the parameter it’s applied to
• That are active at its In point in the Timeline
Each behavior’s effect on the object is frozen at the first frame of the Stop behavior in
the Timeline. Keyframes that are applied to that parameter cease to have any effect for
the duration of the Stop behavior in the Timeline.
Affects Parameters affected
Individual parameter Any
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