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Chapter 1

Getting To Know Motion

All of this can be accomplished in the Project pane, which is ordinarily to the left of the
Canvas.

To display the Project pane, do one of the following:

m

Drag the divider bar on the left edge of the Canvas.

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Click the Project icon in the Toolbar.

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Press F5.

You can also switch the arrangement of the windows so the Project pane appears on
the right side of the Canvas.

To switch the sides of the Canvas and Project panes:

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Choose Window > Layouts > Swap Project Pane and Canvas.

The Project pane contains three tabs: Layers, Media, and Audio. Each of these tabs
allows you to view the elements of your project in a list view.

The Layers Tab

The Layers tab provides an overview of all the objects, effects, and masks currently
used in your project. The hierarchy of items in the list illustrates which objects are
above or below other objects in the Canvas. Objects reside within layers, and masks,
behaviors, and effects are listed beneath the objects to which they are applied. In these
cases, the sub-objects are indented in the list.

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