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105Motion User Guide
3. Click a layer in the canvas.
The layers move and rescale back to their original positions; the layer is selected in the
canvas; and the playhead moves to the middle frame of the selected layer.
Add and remove layers and groups in Motion
You can add and remove layers or groups in the Layers list. You can also add or remove
layers (but not groups) in the canvas.
Add a layer to your project
In Motion, do one of the following:
• In the toolbar, click Import, then drag a media file from the dialog that appears to the
Layers list or canvas.
• Drag a media file from the macOS Finder to the Layers list or canvas.
• Drag a content item from the Motion Library to the Layers list or canvas.
For more information about adding content, see Intro to adding and managing content
in Motion.
Create a group in the Layers list
In Motion, do one of the following:
• In the toolbar, click Add Object, then choose Group from the pop-up menu.
• Control-click an empty area of the canvas (in the gray area outside the composition),
then choose New Group from the shortcut menu.
An empty group is added above the existing groups in the Layers list.
• Choose Object > New Group (or press Shift-Command-N).
An empty group is added above the currently selected object. (If no object is selected,
the empty group is added at the top of the Layers list).
Duplicate a layer
In Motion, do one of the following:
• In the Layer’s list, Option-drag the layer to the position you want (or Option-drag a layer
in the canvas).
A duplicate of the layer you dragged is placed in the new position.
Note: You can also Option-drag layers between different open Motion projects (to the
canvas or Layers list).
• Control-click a layer in the Layers list or canvas, then choose Duplicate from the
shortcut menu.