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Set a transition’s duration and curve in the Motion panel.

Open the Motion panel with the first button in the button row at the top right, the curve-shaped one. With nothing selected, it edits the current scene’s transition. With an object selected, it edits that object’s transition.

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Target and property

Click the curve-shaped button again to close the panel. In Animation mode, a scene that has a transition gets a curve badge on its thumbnail in the Scenes list. Clicking that badge also opens the panel for that scene.

Target

Below the title, what you’re editing shows as “Scene: name” or “Object: name”. If you change the selection while the panel is open, the target changes too. A scene’s transition plays when you move from that scene to the next one.

  • No selectionThe current scene
  • Select an objectThat object
  • Select several objectsAll of them at once
  • Select keyframesBetween keyframes · the title becomes Motion - Keyframe or Motion - Keyframes
TargetSelecting the circle with the panel open makes it the target. Video: While the Motion panel shows Scene: New Scene, clicking the circle on the canvas changes the target to Object: Ellipse 1, and Inherited from Scene with Easing · 300ms appears.

Property

Choose which part gets the transition. The names in the list always appear in English, and a name with its own values gets a • after it. Scenes have only default and style.

Names in the property list and what each one moves
Name in the listWhat it moves
defaultEverything not set separately
transformPosition · rotation · scale · skew · 3D rotation
sizeWidth and height. If not set, they move with transform.
opacityOpacity
styleFill · stroke · effects, path shape, corner radius. A scene’s style also applies to its background.

Editor tab

Kind

Choose None, Easing, or Spring. None means the target has no transition of its own. An object then follows its group’s or scene’s transition, and if there is none anywhere, it switches straight to how it looks in the next scene. When keyframes are selected, Step shows instead of None (Work with keyframes).

  • Choose EasingSet it with a curve and duration
  • Choose SpringSet it with stiffness, damping, and mass
  • Choose NoneNo transition of its own
KindClicking Easing shows a curve, and clicking Spring shows three values. Video: In the Motion panel showing No Transition, clicking Easing brings up a curve and a Duration field. Clicking Spring then brings up Stiffness, Damping, and Mass sliders and an estimated duration.

Inherited from Scene

Shows when an object has no transition of its own. The object follows the scene’s transition, summarized like “Easing · 300ms”. Click Override to load those values and change them for this object alone.

Curve

A graph of the easing’s speed: time runs across and progress runs up. To change it, drag its two control points or type numbers in the x1 · y1 · x2 · y2 fields. Going above 1 vertically makes the motion pass the target and come back. The faded curve is the saved one.

  • Drag a pointChange the curve
  • ⌘+drag a pointSnap to the grid
  • ⇧+drag a pointHorizontal or vertical only
CurveDragging the upper control point higher makes the curve go above 1 and come back. Video: Dragging the upper control point of the easing curve upward makes the curve rise above 1 and come back, and the y2 number below changes. The saved curve stays behind, faded.

Duration · Delay

Duration is how long the motion takes, and Delay is how long it waits before it starts. Both are in milliseconds (1000 = 1 second). When you first turn on easing, the duration is 300.

  • ↩Finish typing
  • escBack to the value before typing

Stiffness · Damping · Mass

The spring’s three values. Higher Stiffness pulls harder and moves faster, lower Damping bounces more, and higher Mass feels heavier. A spring has no set duration: the estimated time until it settles shows in place of Duration, like “~1430 ms”.

  • Drag a sliderChange the value
  • Type a numberAn exact value
Stiffness · Damping · MassLowering Damping makes the curve bounce more and the estimated time grow. Video: Dragging the spring’s Damping slider to the left makes the curve bounce more, and the estimated time in place of Duration grows.

Recent

Curves and springs you’ve saved with Apply collect here. Click one to load its values into the panel. Right-click one to add it to favorites or remove it. The menu items, such as “Add to Favorites”, appear in English even when the interface is in Korean.

  • Click oneLoad its values
  • Right-clickFavorites · remove

Preview

Plays the transition to the next scene on the canvas with the panel’s current values, then comes back. You can preview values you haven’t saved, and while it plays the button becomes Stop. With only one scene, nothing moves.

  • Click PreviewPlay to the next scene and come back
  • Click StopStop playing
PreviewThe circle moves to its spot in the next scene, then returns to the first scene. Video: Clicking Preview in the Motion panel takes the canvas to the next scene as the circle moves to its spot on the right and grows, and a moment later the first scene comes back.

Apply · Revert

Apply saves the panel’s values to the target. When there are unsaved values, Apply is highlighted and Revert appears. Revert goes back to the saved values. To delete a transition, choose None and click Apply.

Templates tab

Templates

There are 20 named curves and springs in five groups: Basic · Smooth · Expressive · Snappy · Bouncy. When you click one, the panel switches back to the Editor tab with its values filled in and plays the preview once. “Reveal”, “Exit”, and “Pop” are also curves that change only the speed. They don’t make objects appear or disappear.

  • Click a templateLoad its values · preview
  • Right-clickFavorites
TemplatesClicking a template puts its curve in the Editor tab and plays the preview. Video: Clicking Overshoot in the Templates tab of the Motion panel returns to the Editor tab with its curve and a duration of 500 filled in, and the preview plays once on the canvas.

Favorites

Right-click a template and choose “Add to Favorites” to collect it in the Favorites group at the top of the list. Recent and Favorites are kept in the browser or app you’re using, not in the project.

Title row

Copy · Paste

The Copy button in the title row remembers the panel’s current kind, curve, duration, and delay. Switch the target to another scene or object and click Paste, and those values are applied right away.

  • Click CopyRemember the current values
  • Click PasteApply them to the target right away
Copy · PastePaste in the second scene applies the transition copied from the first scene right away. Video: In the Motion panel opened for the second scene, which showed No Transition, clicking the Paste button applies the easing curve copied from the first scene right away.

Move objects differently

Tip

Make one object different. Select the object, click Override, change the values, and click Apply. An object’s transition takes priority over the scene’s.

Tip

Start them one after another. For each object, click Override, increase only Delay (0, 100, 200, and so on), and apply. They follow the same curve, each starting a little later.

Tip

Set a group all at once. Select a group and give it a transition. The objects inside it that have no transition of their own use the same motion.

Nothing is saved until you click Apply

Clicking a kind, dragging the curve, or choosing a template changes the values only in the panel, and Preview doesn’t save them either. If you close the panel or select another object now, your changes are lost. When Apply is highlighted, click it to save.

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Updated 10/12/2026 · The videos on this page were recorded in the current editor.

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