Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 146)

146 Tutorial 3 Working With Text
Creating the Project
To start, you create a new tutorial project and import a QuickTime movie as a
background element.
To create the project:
1 Choose File > New.
2 In the Select Project Preset dialog, choose NTSC Broadcast SD from the Preset pop-up
menu, then click OK.
A new, blank project appears.
3 Choose Edit > Project Properties (or press Command+J) to open Project Properties.
4 Click the Duration field, type 120 to set the duration of the project to be 120 frames,
then click OK.
5 Choose File > Save (or press Command+S) to display the Save As sheet.
6 Type “Text Sequence Tutorial” for the project name.
7 Browse to the location where you want to save the project, then click Save.
To import the movie file:
1 In the File Browser, locate the National Geographic folder, then double-click it to display
its contents.
2 Drag the hippos.mov file to the center of the Canvas, using the Dynamic Guides to
assist you.
Adding Text
Now you add a text element and set the text style to prepare for the sequence effect.
To add text:
1 Click the Text tool in the Toolbar.
2 Using the Text tool, click the Canvas to add a text object, and type “Huge & Hungry”
into the text object.
3 Press Esc to exit text-edit mode and select the text object.
4 Use the Dashboard to change the font to Apple Chancery.
5 Set the font size to 56 points.