Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 136)

136 Tutorial 3 Working With Text
To apply changes to selected text:
1 In the new text object, select the word “kenya.”
2 In the Format pane of the Inspector, click the Family value list, then choose Apple
Chancery for the selected letters.
3 Using the Size slider in the Dashboard, adjust the font size of “kenya” to 54 points to
match the rest of the line more closely.
Changing Opacity
Now you change the opacity of the new text object.
To change the opacity of a text object:
1 Choose the Select/Transform tool.
If the object was previously in text-edit mode, the object is automatically selected. If
you had already clicked off of the object, click it again to select it.
2 In the Dashboard or the Properties tab of the Inspector, drag the Opacity slider to 70
percent.
Applying the Crawl Left Behavior
Now you send the text in from the right edge using the Crawl Left behavior.
To apply the Crawl Left behavior:
1 In the Canvas, select the “kenya | bila shaka pride” text object.
2 In the Toolbar, click the Add Behavior icon.
A pop-up menu appears.
3 Choose Text Animation > Crawl Left.
Before adjusting the Crawl Left behavior parameters, you may want to play the project
and watch the default behavior. Since the text should finish its movement with all the
letters revealed, you need to start the animation with letters hidden.
4 Select the text object and shift it to the right along the bottom edge, until just the first
word “kenya” is visible.