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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 5 Using Behaviors 377
Drift Attractor
Similar to the Attractor behavior, but by default objects within the area of influence
move toward the object of attraction and come to rest, rather than overshooting the
object of attraction and bouncing around.
Dashboard control
The Dashboard has controls for Affect, Strength, and Drag.
Parameters in the Inspector
Affect: A pop-up menu that limits which objects in your project are affected by the
Drift Attractor behavior. There are three options:
• All Objects: All objects in the Canvas are affected by the Drift Attractor behavior.
• Related Objects: The default setting. Only other objects that are within the same
layer as the object of attraction are affected.
• Specific Objects: Only objects appearing in the Affected Objects list are affected by
the Drift Attractor behavior.
• Affected Objects: A list that appears when Specific Objects is selected in the
Affect pop-up menu. Drag objects from the Layers tab into this list to be affected
by the Drift Attractor behavior. Drag the layer icon of objects in your project from
the Layers tab to add them to this list. Objects from any layer in a project can be
dragged to the Affected Objects list. To remove an object, select the object in the
list and click Remove.
Strength: A slider defining the speed with which attracted objects move toward the
target object. With a value of 0, attracted objects don’t move at all. The higher the
value, the faster attracted objects move.
Falloff Type: A pop-up menu that determines whether the distance defined by the
Influence parameter falls off linearly or exponentially.
• Linear: Object attraction falls off in proportion to the object’s distance.
• Exponential: The closer an object is within the area of influence, the stronger it’s
attracted, and the faster it moves toward the object of attraction.
Falloff Rate: This value determines how quickly the force of attraction between objects
affected by this behavior falls off. When Falloff Type is set to Exponential, object
attraction falls off with distance. When Falloff Type is set to Linear (default), the
attraction falls off uniformly. A low Falloff Rate value results in objects quickly getting
up to speed as they move toward the object of attraction. A high Falloff Rate causes
objects to accelerate much more slowly.
Affects Parameters affected
Other objects Position
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