Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 12
Using Shapes and Masks
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 Color Repetitions: Drag this slider to increase the number of times the gradient is
repeated over the stroke.
 Pick From Color Range: The third option in the Opacity Over Stroke pop-up menu.
Dabs are tinted at random, with the range of possible colors defined by a gradient
editor. A point on the gradient is randomly chosen, so the relative sizes of each color
region determine the frequency of the color being used. When you choose Color
Over Stroke from the Stroke Color Mode pop-up menu, the Color Range control
becomes available:
Color Range: A gradient editor that appears when the Stroke Color Mode is set to
Pick From Color Range. Use it to define a range of colors used to randomly tint the
stroke’s paint dabs. The direction of the gradient colors is not relevant, only the
number of colors that appear within the gradient. The Color Range parameter has
the same controls as the Color Over Stroke parameter. For information on using
gradient editors, see “
Spacing Over Stroke: This mini-curve editor allows you to customize the spacing of
the dabs over the length of the stroke. You can create a curve that gradually increases
the dabs’ spacing over the length of the stroke; create a curve that varies the dabs’
spacing over the length of the stroke, and so on. Select or add a keyframe in the graph
to make changes to the Spacing Over Stroke and Stroke Length parameters. In the
following illustrations, the default value of 100% creates an even distribution of the
dabs—based on the value set in the Spacing parameter in the Style pane.
Spacing Over Stroke mini-curve editor
A straight line in the mini-curve editor yields
evenly spaced dabs over the length of the
stroke.