Adobe LiveMotion 1.0 - Interface

Home > Build > Software > Live Motion

by Don Herion

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Timeline Navigator
The timeline is where you animate objects and their attributes. All objects are stacked in layers on the left. To the right are the animation markers or keyframes for each object and its various attribute. The top is the timeline and the current time marker.

Timeline Navigator

Current Time
This indicates the actual location of the current time marker, down to the exact frame (1). These buttons allow you to play, rewind, fast forward, advance or go back one frame at a time and play the audio of the project you are working on.

Current time

Composition List
Here is a listing of every object and every component/attribute of that object in your animation. They are listed in Z-mode, top layer to bottom (1). You can animate any object, its position, opacity, rotation,size, etc. (2). You can expand or collapse an object's hierarchy (transformations, layer, and attributes) to reduce screen clutter (3). This button (4) controls interactive behaviors you can apply to the animation.

Composition List

Keyframe Window
This is where you can add, edit and delete keyframes which control all aspects of an objects animation. You can shift a section of animation by sliding the bar or part of an animation by dragging the ends (1). You can create, delete or move individual keyframes for specific attributes too (2).

Keyframe Window

Timeline Zoom Bar
This bar at the bottom of the screen allows designers to zoom in/out on the keyframe window (1) and scrub across the timeline (2).

Timeline zoom control and scroll bar

Live Motion Interface
Tool Bar
Composition Window
Transform Palette
Color Palette
Gradient Palette
Library Palette
Layers Palette
Timeline