Apple Motion 3 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Motion

Animation Menu States

Depending on the current condition of the parameter for the selected object, the
Animation menu displays a different icon. The following table shows the Animation
menu icons.

Current Frame Field

The current frame field appears between the Show pop-up menu and the keyframe
editing tools .

For more information, see “

Timecode and Current Frame Fields

” on page 64.

Keyframe Editing Tools

There are three different tools available to assist in editing keyframes and curves in the
Keyframe Editor. For more information about using these tools, see “

Modifying

Keyframes

” on page 538.

Edit: Select and edit keyframes.

Sketch: Draw curves with keyframes. You must have a parameter active (checkbox
enabled) and selected in the list to be able to sketch a curve.

Icon

Name

Description

No Keyframes

The parameter has no associated keyframes.

Keyframing Active

Keyframing is active on this parameter but the playhead
is not currently positioned on a keyframe.

Current Keyframe

The playhead is currently positioned on a keyframe for
this parameter.

Behavior Applied

This parameter is being controlled by a behavior, as
opposed to a keyframe. When a behavior is applied to a
layer or group, the name of the behavior also appears in
the Animation menu.

Current frame field

Box

Sketch

Edit

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