MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE314Another method to cut and copy is the Edit: Duplicate command whichcopies the currently selected object and makes a duplicate at the sametime. The advantage of the Duplicate command is that you do not have topaste the object, therefore allowing you to quickly create copies of objectsas you work. (This is ideal if you are creating temporary objects toexperiment on and do not want to affect the original.)Note:You can add an object or its style to the Production Library by clicking theappropriate command from the right mouse button pop-up menu. Once added, youcan copy it to another object by dragging-and-dropping its thumbnail onto theobject.Performing a paste operationWhen pasting an object, CG Infinity gives you a variety of options forcontrolling which attributes of the object to paste. For example, to pastethe object as is, click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar or Edit:Paste [ CTRL + V ]. This places the object in the center of the current view.To paste only certain attributes, such as the fill color or shadow, clickEdit: Paste - Object Style. This opens the Paste Object Style dialog boxwhich allows you to select which attributes to paste. Once you click OK,the attributes are pasted to all selected objects. (If no objects are selected,this command is disabled.)Two other paste commands, Moving Path and Object as Moving Path,enable you to paste the moving path attributes of an object or use the pathof an object as a moving path. To apply an object’s moving path to anotherobject, click Edit: Paste: Moving Path. This opens the Paste Moving Pathdialog box which allows you to select between pasting the path and/orkeyframe information to the currently active object.The Object as Moving Path command allows you to use the shape of anobject as a moving path for the currently active object. For example, youcould draw around a background image in the edit window frame and thenpaste the shape of the resulting object as a moving path for another objectto follow. (For more on moving paths see ‘Creating a moving path’, page334.)
