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Save an animation curve in Motion

After you apply keyframed animation to an object, you can save its curve to the Library and then apply your custom animation to an object in any project. Further, if you create animation that uses multiple curves and you want to save the cumulative effect of the animation, you can save all curves as one item in the Library.

Animation curves saved in the Library appear with a custom icon.

Custom curve icon in Library

Save an animation curve to the Library

  1. In Motion, open the Library and select the Favorites or Favorites Menu category.

  2. Drag the name of the parameter animation curve to save from the parameter list in the Keyframe Editor into the list at the bottom of the Library.

The saved animation curve is placed in the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Motion/Library/Favorites folder or the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Motion/Library/Favorites Menu folder.

Note: If you drag an animation curve to another subcategory, such as the Glow (Filters) subcategory, the curve is placed in the Content category, which becomes active.

Save multiple animation curves to the Library

  1. In Motion, open the Library and select the Content, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category.

  2. In the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor, select the animation curves you want to save and drag them to the list at the bottom of the Library, holding down the mouse button.

  3. When the drop menu appears, choose “All in one file” or “Multiple files.”

    “All in one file” saves the animation curves together, listed as one item in the Library. “Multiple files” saves the curves as individual items in the Library.

Note: When you Control-click an animation curve icon in the Library list, the Edit Description shortcut menu item becomes available. This is a handy tool for entering custom notes about an item saved in the Library. After you choose Edit Description, enter your notes in the text field, then click OK.

Although you can save animation curves into the Content category of the Library, for ease of organization it’s recommended that you save items you use frequently in the Favorites category. For information on naming items saved to the Library, saving multiple items of different types to the Library, as well as creating and organizing folders in the Library, see Save custom objects to the Library.

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