Morph Tool

Ribbon

• Revert: This reverts all changes that have been made in the current tool.
• Straighten Pathways: This will delete the existing pathways and change them to straight lines.
• Reset to Hold: This will reset the selected performers to a hold.
• Curved Shape: This will toggle between a straight line and curved line between the editing handles.
• Handles: This is the number of editing handles used to morph the shape.
• Delete Half (Minus): Deletes half of the current edit handles.
• Add Half (Plus): Adds half of the current edit handles.

Tool Specific Inspector Options: Spacing Options

• Use Existing Ratio: When adjusting the form the intervals will stretch at the existing ratio. For example if you have a mixed interval form with 2 step and 4 step intervals and you stretch it out the 4 step intervals will stretch twice as far as the 2 steps to keep the same interval ratio.
• Use Existing Interval: This locks the interval to be the same as the existing form while editing.
• Use Secondary: This will use the interval that the selected performers are in at the secondary anchor.
• Equalized: This will evenly space all selected performers in the shape.
• New Interval: This allows you to assign a specific interval for the shape.
• Interval Style: This will toggle between Free Interval, Horizontally,Locked Interval, and Vertically locked interval.
• Aligned: This will align the performers in the shape to the Left, Right or Center. This is used when your shape is larger than the number of performers filling it.
• Reassign Matching: This allows you to assign a new matching order for the morphed shape.
• Do Not Change: Keep the same matching order.
• Proximity Matching: This will match the performers based on the closest performers first. Then continually check for the next closest performer until all performers are matched.
• Customize: Custom match the performers based on the current performer selected. Click on the performer you want to match the indicated performer with.
• Clear: Clears all matching lines from all selected performers.
• Arrows: Move the indicator from the current performer to the next or previous performer to be matched.
• NO Symbol: Removes the match from the indicated performer.
• Swaps: Matched performers can be drug on top of other performers to swap the matching assignments.
• Shifts: Matched performers can be drug on top of other performers to rematch and shift all matches down the form.

Mirroring Widget

• Pattern: Enables the mirroring pattern option.
• Pattern Information: Enter a custom pattern for the selection of performers or groups to mirror.

• M or X: Mirror All Directions
• H: Mirror Horizontal
• V: Mirror Vertical
• N or O: No Mirror

Example with 6 selected shapes:

• To mirror the first to of every 3 shapes:
• Pattern: M M N
  

Presets

• Alternating Mirror: Mirrors the other performers or groups vertically and horizontally.
• Alternating Horizontal Mirror: Mirrors the other performers or groups horizontally.
• Alternating Vertical Mirror: Mirrors the other performers or groups vertically.
• Pattern Presets: These are quick buttons to set a mirroring pattern. The pattern options are:
• Alternating XO Opposite Mirror: Mirrors the O vertically and horizontally.
• Alternating XO Horizontal Mirror: Mirrors the O horizontally.
• XO Vertical Mirror: Mirrors the O vertically.
• XXOO Opposite Mirror: Mirrors the Os vertically and horizontally. The number of XX or OO in the pattern indicates the number of performers or groups that will go in that letter’s direction.
• Group By Shape: When selected and multiple shapes are selected each shape is mirrored.
• Group By Place: When selected individual performers are mirrored.

Sequencer Widget

• Sequence Transition: The transition can be sequenced when enabled.
• Step Off: Number of counts in which performers step off.
• Drop Off Every: Number of count in which performers Drop off and complete the transition.
• Drop Off After (Duration): The total count duration a performer will march during the sequence to create the drop off.
• Drop Off Using: The stride size that the performers will take to get to the ending position to create the drop off.
• Pick New Leader: Enables the ability to choose a new performer to start the sequence.
• Pattern: Need more information on how this works.
• Group By Shape: The sequence settings are applied to each group as a whole.
• Group By Place: The sequence settings are applied to each performer individually.
• Change Order: Allows you to change the order of the performers sequence.
• Identify Action: Identifies the action that the performers or groups are taking .
• Identify Order: Identifies the order that the performers are sequencing in.
• Preview: Enable Preview animation of the sequence and adjust the test speed of the sequence.

Display Options

• Dim Other Positions: Makes positions that are not selected dimmer.
• Measure: Toggle the stride size measurements on or off. Adjust the opacity of the stride size background.