The Tick element has the following required attributes:
duration
The duration of the tick, for a given second, in the range (0.0-1.0). For
example, a value of 0.2, would mean the movement would take place over the
first 200ms, then no movement would occur in the remaining 800ms.
strength
The strength of the tick movement, should be in the range (0.0-1.0].
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