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Table Of Contents
- Motion User Manual
- Contents
- Motion 2 Documentation and Resources
- Getting To Know Motion
- Creating and Managing Projects
- Creating New Projects
- Managing Projects
- Editing Project Properties
- Browsing Media Files in Motion
- File Types Supported by Motion
- Adding Media to Your Project
- Managing Objects in Your Project
- Deleting Objects From a Project
- Exchanging Media in a Project
- Object Media Tab Parameters
- Using Media in the Library
- Organizing Layers and Objects in Motion
- The Background of Your Project
- Selecting Objects and Layers in the Layers Tab
- Reorganizing Objects in the Layers Tab
- Nesting Layers Inside Other Layers
- Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
- Showing and Hiding Layers and Objects
- Fixing the Size of a Layer
- Locking Layers and Objects
- Collapsing and Uncollapsing Layer Hierarchies
- Renaming Layers
- Searching for Layers and Objects
- Sorting Layers and Objects in the Media Tab
- Customizing and Creating New Templates
- Basic Compositing
- Using the Timeline
- Using Behaviors
- Keyframes and Curves
- Using Text
- Working With Particles
- The Anatomy of a Particle System
- Using Particle Systems
- Creating Graphics and Animations for Particle Systems
- Advanced Particle System Controls
- Animating Objects in Particle Systems
- Using Behaviors With Particle Systems
- Applying Filters to Particle Systems
- Particle System Examples
- Saving Custom Particle Effects to the Library
- Using the Replicator
- The Difference Between the Replicator and a Particle System
- The Anatomy of the Replicator
- Using the Replicator
- Advanced Replicator Controls
- Animating Replicator Parameters
- Using the Sequence Replicator Behavior
- Using Behaviors With Replicators
- Applying Filters to Replicators
- Saving Custom Replicators to the Library
- Using Filters
- About Filters
- Working With Filters
- An Introduction to Filters
- Working With Filters
- Enabling, Renaming, and Locking Filters
- Copying, Pasting, and Moving Filters
- Reordering Filters
- Changing Filter Timing
- Blur Filters
- A Fun Effect That Can Be Used With All the Blur Filters
- Border Filters
- Color Correction Filters
- Distortion Filters
- Glow Filters
- Keying Filters
- Matte Filters
- Sharpen Filters
- Stylize Filters
- Tiling Filters
- Working With Third-Party Filters
- Working With Generators
- Using Shapes and Masks
- Working With Audio
- Exporting Motion Projects
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Video and File Formats
- Supported File Formats
- Standard Definition vs. High Definition Video Formats
- Popular Video Codecs for File Exchange
- What Is Field Order?
- Using Square or Nonsquare Pixels When Creating Graphics
- Differences in Color Between Computer and Video Graphics
- Using Fonts and Creating Line Art for Video
- Scaling Imported High-Resolution Graphics
- Creating Graphics for HD Projects
- Integration With Final Cut Pro
- Using Gestures
- Index
Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Projects 201
To move an object up or down within a layer:
1 In the Layers list, click anywhere on the object or layer row, and hold the mouse button
down.
2 Drag the object or layer up or down in the list.
A position indicator appears to show the new position the selection occupies when
you release the mouse button.
Note: You can also use the Bring and Send commands in the Object menu to move
objects up and down in the nested hierarchy within any layer. This is especially useful
when working with selected objects directly in the Canvas. For more information, see
“
Layer Arrangement Commands in the Object Menu” on page 219.
If you want to organize the objects in your project into multiple layers, you can create
new, empty layers at any time.
To create a new, empty layer, do one of the following:
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Click the New Layer button (+) at the top of the Layers tab.
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Choose Object > New Layer (or press Shift+Command+N).
New layers always appear at the top of the Layers tab, and are numbered incrementally
based on the number of layers you’ve created so far.
When you have more than one layer, you can move objects back and forth between
them, changing their nested relationship in your project.
To move an object from one layer to another:
1 Select one or more objects.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the selected objects to a new position underneath another layer.
A position indicator appears to show the new position the selection occupies when
you release the mouse button. If you drag the selected objects within a nested layer,
the length of the position indicator shows which position the selection occupies
within the layer hierarchy.
• Select one or more objects, choose Edit > Cut (or press Command+X), then select
the layer you want to paste it into, and choose Edit > Paste (or press Command+V).
You can also copy an object from one layer to another.
To copy an object from one layer to another, do one of the following:
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Option-drag one or more selected objects from one layer to another.
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Select one or more objects, choose Edit > Copy (or press Command+C), then select the
layer you want to paste it into, and choose Edit > Paste (or press Command+V).
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