“Apophysis for Beginners – Part 1” by Stacy Reed
Now let’s experiment with some new shortcuts!
With the second transform selected, use your arrow keys to move the triangle around on the grid and watch what happens. By clicking the Up arrow three times, the triangle moves upward three .1 units. Watch your preview box to see the changes occurring to your flame.
The Shift + arrow keys will cause the triangle to move 10x that amount. Try it out.
“Where did it go?” you might ask… well, if you have a roller mouse, you can zoom in and out of the viewing area by scrolling up and down. If you’re looking for keyboard shortcuts, try + and – on your alpha pad.
Zoom out and you’ll find the second triangle..
The Page Up rotates the triangle anti-clockwise and Page Down rotates it clockwise.
You can change the number of moving units and the degrees of rotation under the Triangle Tab.
Now right click on the second triangles. A menu will appear, allowing you to change the selected triangle in a number of ways (reference image below).
Choose Duplicate and a third triangle will appear directly on top of the second triangle.
he Insert button is an easier way to duplicate a selected triangle using your keyboard.
Go ahead and move this triangle around a bit and watch what happens in the preview window. Drop it where you like. 🙂
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