Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 785)

Image: Drag the image you want to use as the source texture into the image well.
Frame: When using a movie or an image sequence as the texture source, use the slider
or value sliders to specify the start frame for the texture.
Hold Frame: When using a movie or an image sequence as the texture source, select the
Hold Frame checkbox to freeze the frame specified in the Frame parameter. The selected
frame is used as the texture for the text layer’s total duration.
Offset: Drag or enter a number in the Offset value sliders to specify the X and Y values
of the position of the source texture (relative to the text layer).
Wrap Mode: Use the Wrap Mode pop-up menu to specify how the edge of a texture is
treated when the texture is offset and appears cut off in the text or is too small to fill the
text to which it is applied. There are three options:
• None: As the default wrap mode, the texture remains transparent beyond the edge of
the source image.
• Repeat: Similar to tiling behavior, the texture source is repeated beyond the edge of
the source image.
• Mirror: Beyond the edge of the source image, the texture source is reflected like in a
mirror-duplicated, tiled, and alternately reversed to encompass the full width and height
of the text.
Text Outline Controls in the Style Pane
Use the Outline controls in the Style pane to create text outlines. You can change the fill
of the outline, as well as its opacity, softness, width, and layer order. With the exception
of Layer Order, all of the Outline parameters can be animated.
Note: You can warp the outline of text independently of its other style parameters. For
more information, see
Adjusting Glyph Attributes .
Outline: A checkbox that enables and disables the outline of the text. Outline is disabled
by default.
Fill with: Choose an item from the “Fill with” pop-up menu to set the fill for the outline.
As with the Face controls, you can set the outline fill to Color, Gradient, or Texture.
785 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text