Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1474)

Random Seed: When you first enable Random, an initial random “seed” is created. If you
are not happy with the randomness of the character selection when you first select the
Random checkbox, click Generate or enter a value in the field. This creates a new random
seed which changes the way the characters are selected. The random variation in the
text selection is based on the random seed number displayed in the Generate field.
Note: Generate has no effect unless the Random checkbox is selected.
Direction: Sets the direction of the sequence through the text to travel Left to Right
(default) or Right to Left.
Select: A pop-up menu that specifies how the values set in the parameters (for example,
Opacity set to 0%) are applied to the text. The choices include Character (default), Word,
Line, All, and Custom.
• Character: Selects single characters of text to be affected by the values set in the applied
parameters.
• Word: Selects the separate words of text to be affected by the values set in the applied
parameters.
• Line: Selects the separate line of text to be affected by the values set in the applied
parameters.
• All: Selects all characters of text to be affected by the values set in the applied
parameters.
• Custom: Allows you to offset the start and end points of the selection (based on the
location of the selection).
When Select is set to
Custom, the Start and
End parameters become
available.
1474 Appendix E Obsolete Text Behaviors