[Mark Spencer]

You can’t change the default. But you can modify a line, then drag it to the Shapes folder or the Favorites folder in the Library, and just drag it back in every time you need one.

Or, use a rectangle with fill and no outline and make it skinny.

However, if you plan to have “hundreds of lines” in a single project, I’d highly recommend you look at using a replicator or emitter or cloning.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

I just create a new group, put a big white rectangle shape in it covering the full canvas, then add black shapes for the overlays. Then export this black and white image as a pict or jpg, and then turn off the group so that it won’t show up in the actual menu. Import both the Motion project file and the image into DVDSP – apply the project file as the menu and the image as the overlay, then draw your buttons to expose the overlay (button highlights).

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

If you want to keyframe, then don’t use a behavior at all. Just keyframe the layer’s Rotation parameter.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

It sure it, here’s how to do it:

https://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak90

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Motion text objects are vector-based in that you can scale them as much as you’d like with no loss in quality. However you can’t manipulate them like shapes.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

When you add an image sequence the playhead has to be on frame 1 otherwise you might get some strange behavior – that has been my experience.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You try putting everything in a group, cloning the group, turning off the group, and retiming the clone. Won’t always work with 3D projects.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Or, in FCP, just drop the HD template in an SD sequence. It will scale/letterbox automatically.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You might try the Spring simulation behavior to get started.

Can you give an example of a behavior acting “violently inconsistent”? I’ve never seen that.

—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Brilliant solution

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net