Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 1
Getting To Know Motion
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Transparent: Shows the background area of the Canvas as transparent. A
checkerboard pattern appears where no images block the background.
Alpha Overlay: Displays the image in normal color, but adds a red highlight over
transparent areas of the image.
RGB Only: Displays the normal mix of red, green, and blue channels but transparent
areas (including semi-transparent areas) are treated as opaque.
Red: Displays only the red channel as a range of black to white.
Green: Displays only the green channel as a range of black to white.
Blue: Displays only the blue channel as a range of black to white.
Alpha: Displays the alpha (transparency) channel of the objects in the Canvas.
Inverted Alpha: This setting displays an inverted view of the alpha (transparency)
channel.
View and Overlay Options
This pop-up menu provides access to the various types of guides and controls that can
be viewed in the Canvas. It also has controls to globally turn off some render-intensive
functions, such as motion blur, to accelerate Canvas playback.
Show Overlays: Turns the display of all overlays on and off in the Canvas. This setting
must be on in order to view any of the other overlay items (grids, guides, and so on).
When Show Overlays is active, a checkmark appears beside the menu item.
Note: You can also choose View > Show Overlays (or press Command+/).
Rulers: Turns display of the rulers along the edge of the Canvas on and off. You can
specify where the rulers appear in the Canvas section of Motion Preferences. For more
information on using rulers, see “
Grid: Turns a grid display on and off over the Canvas. You can set the spacing and color
of the grid in the Canvas section of Motion Preferences.
Guides: Turns display of manually created guides on and off. Guides can only be
created if rulers are also displayed. You can change the color of the guides in the
Canvas section of Motion Preferences.
Dynamic Guides: Turns display of automatic Dynamic Guides on and off. These guides
appear when dragging an object past edges of other objects. You can change the color
of the Dynamic Guides in the Canvas section of Motion Preferences.
Safe Zones: Turns display of the Title and Action Safe guides on and off. By default,
these guides are set at 80 percent and 90 percent. You can change these settings and
the color of the guides in the Canvas section of Motion Preferences.
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