Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 227)

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A clone layer is created and appears in the Canvas on top of the original layer. In the Layers list,
the clone layer appears with the default name “Clone Layer.” A clone layer icon appears next to
the name.
The clone layer inherits the following properties from its source layer: Rotation, Scale, Opacity,
Blend Mode, and Drop Shadow. Adjustments made to any of these properties of the source layer
after clone layer creation do not propagate to any clone layers made from the same source layer.
The clone layers only inherit changes made to filters and masks in the source layer.
Important: Changes to behaviors don’t propagate to clone layers, unless the behavior affects a
filter or mask in the source layer.
Clone layer layers can be manipulated in the Canvas and Timeline in exactly the same way as the
source layer. However, a clone layer created from retimed layers cannot have its Frame Blending
parameter changed from that of the source layer.
Opacity and Blending parameters
Opacity
The opacity and blending controls for each layer appear in the Properties Inspector and in the
default HUD for any selected layer.
By stacking layers with varying opacities, you can merge images together in ways not otherwise
possible. For example, if you have two full-screen background images you want to use together,
you can set the opacity of the layer in front to 50%, allowing the layer in back to show through.
Image in front Image in back Front image at 50% opacity
You can overlap as many layers as you want, and by varying their opacities, selectively reveal
layers in the back.
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