Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 94)

94 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Motion
To play a preview of an effect such as a generator:
m Click the object you want to preview.
The preview starts playing.
To apply an effect:
1 Select the object to which you want to apply the effect.
2 Select the effect in the Library.
3 Click the Apply button in the Preview area.
The effect is added to the object.
You can also drag the effect from the Library directly to the object.
The Sidebar
The middle section of the Library contains navigational controls as well as a list of
folders of effect types available in Motion.
Clicking a folder in the Sidebar displays it’s contents in the file stack below. Above the
list of drive and folder icons in the Sidebar are several controls to navigate and sort the
contents of the window.
Forward and Back buttons: Step backward and forward through the folders most
recently viewed. These work similarly to the Forward and Back buttons in a web
browser.
Path: Displays the file system hierarchy (folders inside of folders) for the currently
viewed folder.
View as icons/View as list: Controls the view of the file stack. Click the left button to
set the display to icon view. Click the right button to set the view to list view.
View buttons Forward/Back buttons
Path pop-up menu
Search field
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