Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 9
Using the Replicator
Drop Shadow
Drop shadows can be applied to replicators. The drop shadow of the replicator affects
objects composited behind the replicator—if the pattern contains overlapping
elements, the shadow does not appear on the individual elements. When the Drop
Shadow parameter is enabled for the source object (in the Properties tab in the
Inspector), overlapping pattern elements appear with a drop shadow.
For more information on working with drop shadows, see “
Four Corner
The Four Corner controls in the Properties tab allow you to stretch a replicator object
into different polygonal shapes by moving one of the corner points, leaving the other
three corners locked into place. Adjusting the corners of the replicator affects the entire
pattern as a whole.
Cropping
The Crop controls in the Properties tab allow you to hide portions of a replicator
pattern. You can also use the onscreen cropping controls by choosing the Adjust Crop
tool from the Toolbar, then dragging any of the replicator object’s four edges or
corners.
For more information on cropping objects in Motion, see See “
Timing
Once you create a replicator, its duration can be as long or short as necessary,
regardless of the duration of the original source objects used for the pattern cells. The
duration of a replicator is defined by the duration of the replicator object. Changing
the In or Out points of a replicator in the Properties tab, Timeline, or mini-Timeline
changes the duration of the replicator.
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