• Apple Motion

  ‘Attracted to’ question

  Posted by Jack Sewell on September 25, 2008 at 4:13 pm

  Hi,

  I can’t seem to work out how to designate what object the object I have applied the effect to, is attracted to. (wow, what a sentence!)

  In the ‘object’ box, it says ‘none’ and there are no drop down menus or anything, I’ve tried to drag and drop into it. No joy.

  Help!? 🙂

  Many thanks.

  David Bogie replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  David Bogie

  September 25, 2008 at 5:43 pm

  There are subtle limitations to the type of objects you can use for attractors. See the maul for that.
  You’re using an image well, Motion’s catchall repository for layer and object references. I searched the Motion manual for IMAGE WELL and got these out of 65 hits:

  Allows you to drag an object (usually a clip, still
  image, or shape) to provide input data for a
  type of effect. For example, a bump map filter
  needs an image to provide the bumps, or a
  Repel From behavior needs to know what
  object from which to move away. An example
  of an Image well is the Attracted To behavior’s
  Object parameter.

  Important: Several Simulation behavior parameters contain object wells into which
  target objects used as attractors, repellers, orbiters, and so on, are dragged. Dragging
  an object to a well may be tricky—be sure to click the object name in the Layers tab
  and immediately drag the object to the object well (without releasing the mouse
  button). The behavior must remain active even though you are dragging another
  object in the Layers tab. If you click the object in the Layers tab and release the mouse
  button, that object becomes selected, and the behavior’s parameters are no longer
  displayed. This behavior is true of all wells, including mask source and image wells.

  Important: Dragging an object to a well may be tricky—be sure to click the object
  name in the Layers tab and immediately drag the layer to the Object well (without
  releasing the mouse button). The behavior must remain active even though you are
  clicking another object in the Layers tab. If you click the object you want to drag to the
  Object well and then release the mouse button, that object becomes selected, and the
  behavior’s parameters are no longer displayed. This is true of all wells, including Mask
  Source and Image wells. To show the Orbit Around behavior parameters again, select
  the Orbit Around behavior.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

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