Creating a NS or EW Motion Path

Motion is essential to transform your drawings and images from still life pictures to animated movies.

In the Camera View window, you can stretch the peg to create a motion path that goes from north to south and east to west. All elements that are attached to the peg will follow the motion path of the peg.


	Tick marks appear on non-constant (tweened) segments of motion paths. The tick marks represent the intermediate position of the element as it is interpolated between keyframes. If your motion path is constant, no tick marks will appear on your motion path because the motion is not tweened.

To create NS and EW motion for a peg:

1. Click the peg's name in the Timeline window to select it. The peg appears in all Sceneplanning View windows. You can hide other elements to make it easier to identify and modify pegs.

2. Select Tools > Sceneplanning Tools > Motion. This activates the Motion tool.

3. In the Camera View window, drag the motion points at the beginning or end of the motion path to give the motion path a direction. Your mouse pointer becomes a four-headed arrow when you position it over a motion point that you can move.

Drag the motion points from left to right to create a path that goes from west to east.
Drag the motion points from top to bottom to create a path that goes from north to south.


	When you are creating motion paths, elements linked to a peg may be offset from the motion path. This can make it difficult to visualize how an element will change position as it follows the peg. You can display peg ghosts in the Camera View window to see the path that an element linked to a peg will follow. To display peg ghosts: Select View > Pegs > Show Peg Ghosts.