Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 220)

Chapter 7 Basic compositing 220
2 In the Canvas, drag the four corner handles to stretch the layer into a shape.
After you distort a layer, you can revert to the layer’s original shape by deselecting the layer’s
Four Corner checkbox in the Properties Inspector. Doing so resets the shape of the layer without
resetting the shape you defined in the Four Corner parameters of the Properties Inspector.
Shear a layer in the Canvas
1 Choose the Distort tool from the 2D tools pop-up menu in the toolbar.
2 In the Canvas, drag a shear handle to slant the layer. The top and bottom handles angle the layer
horizontally. The left and right handles angle the layer vertically.
Note: Shearing a layer using the Distort tool does not affect the Shear parameter in the
Properties Inspector. Instead, the Distort tool modifies the Four Corner parameters to simulate a
Shear effect. You can still modify the Shear parameter, effectively shearing the shear simulation
for interesting results.
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