Groups Layers and Blend Modes
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| How can you create a rectangle in your composition? | Press R, or in the Canvas toolbar choose the Rectangle from the Create set. | |
| What does the Add blend mode do? | The Add blend mode will act as the name implies: A light pixel in the foreground image will lighten up the corresponding pixel beneath it to a value of full white, while a dark forground pixel will decrease the visibility of the background pixel | |
| What key do you press to open the HUD? | F7 | |
| Describe 2 ways to add a new group to the Layers tab | Click the Add (+) button at the top of the Layers tab. Alternatively, you can select a layer and hold down the mouse button. Move your mouse pointer to the left. The hollow circle at the left of the position indicator aligns with the Group label, and a round green plus symbol is visible, signifying that a new group will be created just below the pointer. | |
| How do you make a clone layer? | Select the layer and press K. | |
| What does baking do? | Baking creates a single element from a layer or group with all effects, behaviours, and properties applied. That new layer can be automatically re-imported into Motion 3 to replace the source material, while preserving all of its source elements. | |
| How can you temporarily turn off effects for a group? | Click the gear icon to the right of the group's name so that a red line strikes through it. Click it again to re-enable. | |
| Describe how you would make the last frame of a clip in your sequence hold for an extra 100 frames. | From the Timing section of the Properties tab in the Inspector, set the End Condition to Hold and set the End Duration to 100 frames. |
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