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Apple Motion 2 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting To Know Motion

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Control Buttons

In the lower-left corner of the Keyframe Editor, four buttons provide additional control
over the Keyframe Editor window: Snapping, “Show audio waveform,” “Fit curves,” and
“Clear curve list.”

Snapping: When snapping is enabled, keyframes snap to other keyframes, markers,
grid points, and other snappable items.

Show audio waveform: Turns on the display of audio waveforms for the selected
object.

Fit curves: Automatically scales the graph vertically and in time to include all visible
keyframes and curves.

Clear curve list: Empties the parameter list. This control is only active for custom curve
sets.

Auto scale: Use the Auto scale mode to continuously stretch the graph vertically to fit
all of the curves in view.

To turn on automatic scaling:

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Click the Auto scale button just below the right edge of the ruler.

Clear curve list

Show audio waveform

Fit curves

Snapping

Auto scale button

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