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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Orientation
- About Motion
- Getting Started
- The Motion Interface
- The Utility Window
- The File Browser
- Dynamic Guides
- Importing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Files
- The Canvas
- The Toolbar
- Current Frame and Project Duration Fields
- The Transport Controls
- The Mini-Timeline
- The Library
- Motion Dashboards
- The Inspector
- Parameter Basics
- Using the Animation Menu vs. Using the Record Button
- The Project Pane
- The Playground
- Your No. 2 Pencil
- Using the Timeline
- Using Keyframes in Motion
- Keyframe Basics
- Creating Keyframes in the Canvas
- Using Animation Paths
- Keyframe Interpolation Basics
- Using the Keyframe Editor
- Checking Your Selection
- Recording Keyframes During Playback
- Keyframing Objects With Applied Behaviors
- Keyframing in the Dashboard
- Keyframing in the Inspector
- Keyframing Filters
- Converting Behaviors to Keyframes
- Arts and Letters
- Extra Credit
148 Chapter 4 Arts and Letters
Once the Birth Rate slider is lowered, fewer particles are emitted.
Using the Inspector
As with all objects in Motion, the Inspector contains all parameters for a particle
emitter and particle cells. When an emitter only contains a single particle cell, the
parameters for that cell appear in the Emitter tab, as well as the Particle Cell tab. When
an emitter has multiple cells, only the names and image wells of the cells appear in the
Emitter tab (and can be turned on or off). You can edit the parameters for each particle
cell in their respective Particle Cell tabs.
The following jellyfish image is the result of the above steps and adjusting the Opacity
Over Life, Spin, and Angle Range parameters in the Inspector. For more information on
particles, see Chapter 8, “Working With Particles,” in Motion Help.
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