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As mentioned above, the rest of the controls are dynamic—they appear depending
what is selected from the Shape and Arrangement pop-up menus. Select a replicator
cell in the Layers tab or Timeline to edit its parameters in the Dashboard. The angle and
scale parameters always appear in the Dashboard.
Creating a Simple Custom Replicator Pattern
Creating a custom replicator pattern begins by selecting an object in your project to
use as a source object for the cells of a new replicator pattern. An object is replicated in
the same manner as making particles—you select the object that you want to
replicate, then click the Replicate icon in the Toolbar. By default, a filled rectangular
pattern is created from the source object. You can then modify the replicator
parameters to suit your project needs.
Note: Like all other customized objects in Motion, you can save a replicator to the
Library. For more information, see “
Saving Custom Replicators to the Library” on
page 699.
To create a pattern from a source object:
1 Place an object that you want to replicate into your project. This example uses the “5-
sided star” object from the Shapes category in the Library. Once added to the project,
the star object is scaled to 20 percent.
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