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Control-click a color well to display the color picker, and drag in the color spectrum to

select a color.

The Animation menu

In the Inspector, notice that most of the parameters are followed by a “–” button at the

end of the parameter row. This provides access to the Animation menu, in which you

can add keyframes, reset a modified parameter, choose to show an animated

parameter in the Keyframe Editor, and so on. If the parameter is affected by a behavior,

a behavior icon appears in the Animation menu and allows quick access to the

Inspector tab for that behavior.

There are two modes of working with the Animation menu. When the Record button is

enabled, a keyframe is created any time a parameter is adjusted in the Inspector. You

can use the Animation menu to create a keyframe without changing a value, for

example, to hold an animated parameter’s value for a specified frame range.

When the Record button is disabled, you can add keyframes explicitly in the Animation

menu. In the following example, an object’s position is keyframed so the object travels

across the screen. The Animation menu in the Inspector is used to create the

keyframes, and the Record button is disabled.

To explicitly create keyframes in the Inspector (when Record is disabled):

1 Select the object to be animated and show the Inspector.

2 Go to the frame where you want to set the first keyframe.

Drag here to lighten or darken the

selected color.

Displays original color

Displays new color

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