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144Motion User Guide
• Highlights: A checkbox that, when selected, causes lit layers to show highlights. This
parameter has no effect if Shading is set to Off. Click the disclosure triangle to reveal
an additional Shininess parameter.
• Shininess: A slider that sets the strength of a layer’s highlights. Higher values create
a glossier appearance. This parameter is disabled when the Highlights checkbox is
deselected.
See Add lights in Motion.
Shadows parameters
The Shadows parameter controls appear only when the parent group is set to 3D.
• Cast Shadows: A checkbox that sets whether a shadow is cast when a layer lies
between a light source and another layer.
Note: This parameter does not affect drop shadows.
• Receive Shadows: A checkbox that controls whether neighboring layers’ shadows affect
the current layer. When this checkbox is deselected, light affects the layer as if the
shadow-casting layer did not exist.
• Shadows Only: A checkbox that, when selected, specifies that a layer blocks light and
casts a shadow, while the layer itself does not appear in the scene.
See Intro to 3D shadows in Motion.
Reflection parameters
The Reflection parameter controls appear only when the parent group is set to 3D. The
Reflection parameter controls are not available for 3D particle emitters, 3D replicators,
or normal text layers. However, the Reflection parameters are available for flattened text,
which is activated by the Flatten checkbox in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector.
• Reflectivity: A slider that controls the shininess of the layer’s surface. When set to 0%,
there’s no reflectivity. When set to 100%, the layer is totally reflective, like a mirror.
• Blur Amount: A slider that controls how blurry the reflection appears, creating the
appearance of soft focus due to the surface quality of the reflecting layer.
• Falloff: A checkbox that controls whether the reflection fades with distance from the
layer, producing a more realistic result. Click the disclosure triangle to show additional
controls that adjust the falloff effect: Begin Distance, End Distance, and Exponent. The
Exponent slider adjusts how quickly the reflection becomes fainter as reflected layers
move away from the reflecting layer.
• Blend Mode: A pop-up menu that determines the blend mode used for the reflection.
See Reflection controls in Motion.
Media parameters
The Media parameters (available when an image layer is selected) contain a thumbnail of
the current layer and the “To” pop-up menu.
• To: A pop-up menu that lets you choose another image layer in your project to replace
the current layer. The replaced media remains in your project in the Media pane.
Timing parameters
Use the Timing controls to set the selected object’s In and Out points, as well as the
duration of the object. See Timing controls in Motion.