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566Motion User Guide
3. From the Layers list, drag the image into the Image Source well, and when the pointer
becomes a curved arrow, release the mouse button.
A thumbnail of the image appears in the well and is used as the source for the shape
of the replicator pattern. To hide the original shape you created in step 1, deselect its
checkbox in the Layers list.
If your source image has areas of varying transparency, you can set a minimum opacity
value necessary to create a replicator element on the source image using the Emission
Alpha Cutoff slider. For example, when set to 50%, elements appear only at points
where the alpha value of the image is equal to or greater than 50% opacity.
4. To set the type of pattern, click the Arrangement pop-up menu, then choose an option:
• Outline: Pattern elements are placed along the rectangular outline of the image
source.
• Tile Fill: Pattern elements are flanked in rows and columns inside the borders of the
image source.
• Random: Pattern elements are distributed in random fashion inside the borders of
the image source.
Replicator cell controls in Motion
Adjust replicator cells using the controls at the bottom of the Replicator Inspector (for
replicators with a single cell) or in the Replicator Cell Inspector (for replicators with
multiple cells):
• Align Angle: A checkbox (available when Shape is set to Rectangle, Circle, Image, Box,
or Sphere, and Arrangement is set to Tile Fill or Random Fill) that forces replicator
elements to rotate to match the shape they’re positioned on.
• Angle: A dial to set (in degrees) the rotation of the replicator elements. When the 3D
checkbox is selected in the Replicator Inspector, the default dial modifies the Z angle.
To modify the rotation of the pattern elements on all three axes (X, Y, and Z), click the
disclosure triangle and adjust the X, Y, and Z dials. When the 3D checkbox is selected,
this parameter group also displays the Animate pop-up menu (described below).