Introduction
Whether you look at motion graphics on television or printed on a billboard, the images that we see are made and organized into patterns. Replicators in Motion 5 make the process of creating patterns and repeating designs extremely simple. We can even animate these replicator systems using behaviors and keyframes so that they move together as if they were in sync.
Replicators share similarities to particles, in that, when you create a replicator, the element you use is brought into a cell referenced by it. Unlike particles, replicators do not have life spans. They remain fixed on the screen from where you chose to create them. In Motion, almost any item (a group, video file, Photoshop still, or even a vector illustration) can be used as a source inside a replicator. The following cookbook recipes will introduce you to the fundamentals of using the replicator in Motion along with the main parameters, functions, and behavior parameters you should be familiar with in your replicating...
