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415Motion User Guide
Switch between custom curve sets
Use the Manage Curve Sets dialog to switch back and forth between custom curve sets
that contain common animated parameters. For example, if you created a custom curve set
for an object’s Position and Rotation parameters, and your project also contains another
object with animated Position and Rotation parameters, you can switch back and forth
between their curve sets.
1. In the Keyframe Editor in Motion, click the Show Curve Set pop-up menu, then choose
Manage Curve Sets.
2. In the Manage Curve Sets dialog, select the Relative checkbox in the left column.
The curve set is displayed for the currently selected object.
Save an animation curve in Motion
After you apply keyframed animation to an object, you can save its curve to the Library
and then apply your custom animation to an object in any project. Further, if you create
animation that uses multiple curves and you want to save the cumulative effect of the
animation, you can save all curves as one item in the Library.
Animation curves saved in the Library appear with a custom icon.
Save an animation curve to the Library
1. In Motion, open the Library and select the Favorites or Favorites Menu category.
2. Drag the name of the parameter animation curve to save from the parameter list in the
Keyframe Editor into the stack at the bottom of the Library.
The saved animation curve is placed in the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/
Motion/Library/Favorites folder or the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Motion/
Library/Favorites Menu folder.
Note: If you drag an animation curve to another subcategory, such as the Glow (Filters)
subcategory, the curve is placed in the Content category, which becomes active.
Save multiple animation curves to the Library
1. In Motion, open the Library and select the Content, Favorites, or Favorites Menu
category.
2. In the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor, select the animation curves you want to
save and drag them to the stack, holding down the mouse button.
3. When the drop menu appears, choose “All in one file” or “Multiple files.”
“All in one file” saves the animation curves together, listed as one item in the Library.
“Multiple files” saves the curves as individual items in the Library.
Note: When you Control-click an animation curve icon in the Library stack, the Edit
Description shortcut menu item becomes available. This is a handy tool for entering
custom notes about an item saved in the Library. After you choose Edit Description, enter
your notes in the text field, then click OK.