Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 876)

In the following image, the yellow glow is offset from the white text based on the size
of the text characters because Relative is chosen from the Position Type pop-up menu.
Scroll Text Behavior
The Scroll Text behavior allows you to quickly create scrolling or crawling text. Scroll Text
can also be applied to other objects, such as shapes and images, to create integrated
credits, prologues, and so on.
When the Scroll Text behavior is applied to text, whether the text is imported (RTF or TXT
files) or created in Motion, the Scroll Direction is set to Vertical by default (in the Behaviors
tab) and the layout is automatically set to Scroll in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector.
When Scroll Direction is set to Horizontal, layout is automatically set to Crawl in the Layout
pane of the Text Inspector. When the Scroll Text behavior is actively applied to text, you
cannot change the Layout Method parameter unless the Allow Layout Override checkbox
is selected.
Note: The Adjust Glyph tool is not available with the Scroll or Crawl layout methods.
To create a vertical scroll
1 Apply the Scroll Text behavior (from the Text Animation behavior category) to the layer
you want to animate.
For information on applying text behaviors, see Applying a Text Behavior .
Because the Scroll Direction is set to Vertical and the Start Off-Screen checkbox selected
by default, the layer shifts to below the Canvas for the beginning of the scroll. The
direction, position, and speed of the scroll can be changed in the Inspector or HUD.
2 Click the Play button.
The layer automatically scrolls upward in the Canvas.
3 To edit the text, double-click the text in the Canvas.
876 Chapter 14 Animating Text