Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 440)

Chapter 12 Keyframing 440
Motion lets you keyframe color values, position, rotation, opacity, and almost every other
parameter in the application. Further, keyframes allow you to animate static filters and modify
behaviors, resulting in complex, precisely timed animations.
There are several places in Motion to create and edit keyframes and the values between them,
represented in the Keyframe Editor as animation curves. For example, you can animate basic
properties such as scale, rotation, and screen position by manipulating the object in the Canvas.
You can also use the Inspector and HUD to set and modify values for most options in the
application. Any time you adjust a slider or other control, you can lock that change to the
current frame, thereby setting a keyframe. From that point on, no matter what else you do, that
parameter finds its way to that specific value when playback reaches that frame.
Keyframed Opacity
parameter
Preview area shows
state of keyframed
object at the
current frame.
HUD displays current
value of animated
Opacity parameter.
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