Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 661)

Chapter 9 Using the Replicator 661
Other Persistent Parameters
In addition to the Shape parameter, the Shuffle Order and Reverse Stacking parameters
also remain available regardless of what is selected in another parameter.
Shuffle Order: When enabled, rearranges the order in which the elements appear.
When Shuffle Order is turned on, the Replicate Seed parameter becomes available.
• Replicate Seed: Although the result of turning on the Shuffle Order parameter
seems random, it’s actually deterministic. This means that the random variation in
the element order is based on the number shown here. Unless this seed number is
changed, a replicator with the same parameter settings always appears the same. If
you don’t like the current random shuffle order, you can change the seed number by
typing a new number or clicking Generate. This changes the random calculations
performed for that pattern.
Reverse Stacking: Inverts the order in which the elements are stacked. To see the
effect of this parameter, elements must be overlapping.
Pattern with Shuffle Order disabled Pattern with Shuffle Order enabled
Pattern with Reorder disabled: The element to
the right overlaps the next cell to the left. Pattern with Reorder enabled: The element to
the left overlaps the next cell to the right.
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