Duplicating and Moving Objects in the Timeline


It's time to add another watch still to the project. Rather than start from scratch, let's just duplicate one of the existing watch objects and replace the media with the new watch. Your goal in this exercise is to add the GMT watch to the project and then modify the behaviors and filters as needed.

1.

Click the Stills disclosure triangle to view the contents of the layer in the Timeline, if they're not already visible.

2.

Ctrl-click the detonator_stealth_trans clip in the Timeline and choose Duplicate from the contextual menu.

A new track appears above the detonator_stealth_trans track with a clip called detonator_stealth_trans copy. Let's change the name of the new track to GMT.

3.

In the Layer list on the Timeline tab, double-click the track name detonator_stealth_trans copy and change it to GMT.

The name of the clip in the GMT region changes to GMT. Now let's move the GMT clip in the Timeline to the GMT marker.

Moving a Clip to the Playhead

You can drag a clip along a track in the Timeline to move it, or you can Shift-drag a clip to align it with another element in the Timeline. You can also jump a selected element to the playhead by pressing Shift and the left or right bracket key. How do you know which bracket to use? The [ (left bracket) represents the In point of a clip, and the ] (right bracket) represents the Out point. If you want to move the beginning (In point) of the selected clip to the playhead, you press Shift-[ (left bracket). Let's try it.

1.

Select the GMT clip in the Timeline, if it's not already selected.

2.

Press Option-Cmd-right arrow to move the playhead to the GMT marker.

3.

Press Shift-[ (left bracket) to move the In point of the selected GMT clip to the playhead (GMT marker).

4.

Press Cmd-S to save your progress.



    Apple Pro Training Series Getting Started with Motion
    Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started With Motion
    ISBN: 0321305337
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 283
    Authors: Mary Plummer

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