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# NSSymbolAppearEffect

A type that makes the layers of a symbol-based image appear separately or as a whole.

```
@interface NSSymbolAppearEffect : NSSymbolEffect
```

## Overview

An appear transition causes a symbol to become visible using a scaling animation. You can choose to scale the image up or down and to animate the symbol by individual layers or as a whole.

## Topics

### Accessing symbol effects

[`appearDownEffect`](/documentation/Symbols/NSSymbolAppearEffect/appearDownEffect)

An effect that makes the symbol scale down as it appears.

[`appearUpEffect`](/documentation/Symbols/NSSymbolAppearEffect/appearUpEffect)

An effect that makes the symbol scale up as it appears.

[`effect`](/documentation/Symbols/NSSymbolAppearEffect/effect)

An animation that makes the layers of a symbol-based image appear separately or as a whole.

### Determining effect scope

[`effectWithByLayer`](/documentation/Symbols/NSSymbolAppearEffect/effectWithByLayer)

An effect that makes each layer appear separately.

[`effectWithWholeSymbol`](/documentation/Symbols/NSSymbolAppearEffect/effectWithWholeSymbol)

An effect that makes all layers appear simultaneously.


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