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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
Chapter 1 Orientation 51
As shown in the following image, a new layer is created from the repositioned object.
Turning Layers and Objects On or Off
You can turn layers and objects on or off in the Layers tab. An object that is turned off
is invisible to the composite. Objects that are turned off are not rendered in your final
project.
To turn an object on or off:
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In the Layers tab, click the activation checkbox.
A checkmark in the box indicates an active object.
Note: You can also enable and disable masks, filters, and behaviors by toggling their
activation checkboxes. If a layer has some objects turned on, and some turned off, the
checkbox shows a dash instead of a checkmark.
Locking and Unlocking Layers and Objects
To prevent an object or layer from being further modified, you can enable its lock
control in the Layers tab.
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