Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 624)

624 Chapter 9 Using the Replicator
Each cell appears under of the Replicator object in the Layers tab and Timeline Layer
list. Once replicated, the source object remains in its original position in the Layers tab.
If you clicked Replicate in the Toolbar (or chose Objects > Replicate), the source object
is disabled by default. If you dragged the source object to an existing replicator object,
the source object remains enabled.
The replicator and cells have separate sets of parameters that control the look of the
elements. If you imagine the replicator as the “pattern,” the cells (and their elements)
are the “stitches” of that pattern. The pattern is created by selecting a shape on which
to arrange the elements. Changing the parameters of the replicator changes the shape
on which the elements are arranged, while changing the cell’s parameters affects each
individual element in the replicator, such as its angle, color, and scale.
Replicator
Cells
First replicated source object (now disabled)
Second replicated source object (remains
enabled since it was dragged onto the
replicator object in the Layers tab)
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