The media tab – Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Copy: Copies the object to the Clipboard.
Paste: Places the contents of the Clipboard in the current location.
Duplicate: Creates an identical object to the selection.
Delete: Removes the selected object.
Group: Places the selected objects into a group. (For more on working with groups see
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Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
Ungroup: Restores the components to their ungrouped state if the selection contains
a group.
Active: Turns the object on or off. This is equivalent to clicking the activation checkbox
in the On column.
Blend Mode: Sets the blend mode for the selected object. This is equivalent to setting
a value in the Blend column.
Reveal Source Media: Opens the Media tab and highlights the media file associated
with the selected clip.
The Media Tab
The second tab in the Project pane contains a complete list of media in your project.
Unlike the Layers tab, the Media tab may contain items that are not used in your
Canvas. Also, if you’ve used a single object repeatedly, the Media tab may only show
one version of that object. Effects, generators, and other objects created within Motion
(such as masks, shapes, or text objects) do not appear in the Media tab.
To display the Media tab, do one of the following:
m
Choose Window > Media.
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Press Command+5.
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If the Project pane is already visible, click the Media tab at the top of the pane.
The Media tab provides a great deal of technical information about the media
associated with the objects in your project. This data is displayed in the columns for
each object.
Preview: Shows a thumbnail of the media.
Name: Contains the name of the media. Media names are not editable because they
refer to the actual names of the files on disk.
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