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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
54 Chapter 1 Orientation
The grouped objects are nested into a layer within the original layer. The new layer is
named “Layer” by default.
Note: You can also group layers. When two or more layers are grouped, a new layer is
created that contains the original layers. You cannot group objects from different layers.
To ungroup grouped objects:
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Choose Object > Ungroup (or press Command+Option+G).
Changing Blend Modes and Opacity
Like filters, blend modes are one of motion graphics artists’ best friends. However,
while filters are the kind of friends who will share a dinner and a good story with you
(as long as you buy), blend modes are the kind of friends who show up on moving day.
Blend modes affect the way images in a stack are combined, and can create a
completely new look for a composite with little expense in processing time. Using
blend modes with two of the same image (one below the other in the Layers list) can
give a dull image an immediate face lift, as shown in the following images.
The grouped objects are nested into a new layer.
Normal blend mode
Overlay blend mode
Multiply blend mode
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