Shape behaviors overview

Although you can animate shapes in your project by applying standard behaviors, a special category of behaviors is designed for use with shapes and their parameters.

There are nine Shape behaviors:

• Apply Pen Pressure maps stylus pressure to width, opacity, spacing, jitter, and other parameters when you draw a paint stroke with a Wacom tablet.

• Apply Pen Speed maps stylus speed to width, opacity, spacing, jitter, and other parameters when you draw a paint stroke with a Wacom tablet.

• Apply Pen Tilt maps stylus angle to width, opacity, spacing, jitter, and other parameters when you draw a paint stroke with a Wacom tablet.

• Oscillate Shape animates a shape by cycling its control points between two values.

• Randomize Shape animates a shape by applying a random offset to each control point.

• Sequence Paint animates the individual dabs of a paint stroke in sequence over time.

• Track Points pins the control points of a shape or mask to a moving clip or animated object.

• Wriggle Shape animates a shape with an effect similar to the Randomize Shape behavior, but more slowly.

• Write On draws a paint stroke or shape outline in the Canvas over time.

You apply a Shape behavior the same way you apply standard behaviors to any object in Motion. And after you apply a Shape behavior, you can modify its parameters in the Behaviors Inspector to create highly customized animations.