Creating custom styles

You can create custom styles by giving an object a set of attributes, and then saving it in the Styles palette. This saves the object attributes as a new style without saving the object itself.

To add a style to the palette:

1. Select an object whose style you want to save.
2. Do one of the following:
• Click the New button  in the Styles palette.
• Drag the object onto the Styles palette.
3. In the Name dialog box, type a name for the style.
4. To keep the style layers intact, select Layers.
5. Select which aspects of the object you want to save as part of the style:
• Layers saves any layers or layer effects as part of the style.
• Ignore Color of First Layer prevents the fill attribute of the first object layer from being saved as part of the style. If checked, you can apply this style to other objects without overriding their current color, for instance.
• Layer Animation/States keeps any layer-based animations or rollovers in the style. (See Understanding animation terminology and About rollovers.)
• Object Scripts keeps scripts assigned to objects in the style.
• Keyframe Scripts/Labels keeps scripts and labels assigned to keyframes in the style.
• Object Animation/States saves any object-based animations or rollovers as part of the style.
6. Click OK.

The style is placed in alphabetical order in the list of available styles.

Note: Sounds are not saved as part of an object's style. If you want to save a sound or apply it to an object, see Working with sound.

To add a style to the palette by placing it in the Styles folder:

1. Rename the LiveMotion style file in Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS) to give it the name that you want to appear in the Styles palette. To be recognized in Windows, the filename must end in the .liv extension.
2. Place the file into the Styles folder located in the LiveMotion folder.
3. Choose Refresh from the Styles palette menu to refresh the contents of the Styles palette. The new style is placed in alphabetical order in the list of available styles.

To share styles with other users, create the style and provide them with a copy of the file from the Styles folder.

To replace a style in the palette:

Add a style, and give it the same name as an existing style.

To delete a style from the palette:

1. In the Styles palette, select the style you want to delete.
2. Click the Trash button .

Note: Deleting a style erases it from your hard drive. This action cannot be undone.