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Apple Motion 2 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting To Know Motion

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Lock: The third column contains the Lock control which prevents any changes from
affecting the object. This column also contains the Link icon for objects with both
audio and picture components.

Note: Changes made in the Timeline Layer list also change the Layers list in the Project
pane and vice versa.

Effects Controls

When certain effects are applied to an object, icons appear in the Name column for
that item. There is an icon for masks, filters, and behaviors. These icons control the
visibility of those effects in the Canvas.

To turn masks off for an object:

m

Click the Masks icon in the Timeline Layer list.

A red slash appears over the icon and the effect is temporarily turned off.

To turn behaviors off for an object:

m

Click the Behaviors icon in the Timeline Layer list.

A red slash appears over the icon and the effect is temporarily turned off.

To turn filters off for an object:

m

Click the Filters icon in the Timeline Layer list.

A red slash appears over the icon and the effect is temporarily turned off.

For all three of these controls, clicking the icon again turns the effect back on.

Filter disabled

Masks
Behaviors
Filters

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