Apple Motion 4 User Manual

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Do one of the following:

• To shear the glow, drag a shearing handle.

• To warp the glow, drag a corner handle.

Note: You can also use the value sliders in the Four Corner parameter in the Behaviors
tab. Click the Four Corner disclosure triangle to show the Bottom Left, Bottom Right,
Top Right, and Top Left controls.

Some characters may not appear affected when you drag in the Canvas. However,
when you play the project, all characters are affected.

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Play the project.

The glow distortion is sequenced through the text, based on the settings in the Sequence
Text behavior parameters.

The following task describes an optional workflow in which you can distort text face,
glow, outline, or drop shadow using the above steps, but without using the Add pop-up
menu.

To sequence the warping of a text glow effect without using the Add pop-up menu

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In the lower portion of the Behaviors tab of the Inspector, choose Glow from the Attribute
pop-up menu.

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Chapter 14

Animating Text

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