Apple Motion 3 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Using Text
Note: The Glow “Fill with” options—Color, Gradient, and Texture—are equivalent to the
controls for the Face parameters. For information on using these controls, see “
To reset the text glow parameters:
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Click the reset button in the Glow parameter row.
Text Drop Shadow Controls
Use the Drop Shadow controls to create a drop shadow on text, and to adjust the
shadow color, opacity, offset from the text layer, softness, and angle. All of the Drop
Shadow parameters can be animated.
Drop Shadow: A checkbox that enables and disables the drop shadow effect. Drop
Shadow is disabled by default.
Note: When the Flatten checkbox is turned on in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector,
the Properties tab also contains controls to enable and disable a text layer’s drop
shadow. The Drop Shadow controls in the Properties tab of the Inspector are
independent of the controls in the Text Inspector. Enabling Drop Shadow in both
locations adds to the existing shadow.
Fill with: Choose and item from the “Fill with” pop-up menu to set the fill for the
shadow. As with the Face, Outline, and Glow controls, you can set the shadow fill to
Color, Gradient, or Texture.
Color: Click the color well to select a color for the shadow. Click the Color disclosure
triangle to adjust the individual Red, Green, and Blue color channels.
Opacity: Sets the opacity of the text shadow.
Blur: Sets the softness of the text shadow.
Scale: Sets the size of the shadow.
Distance: Specifies the offset of the text shadow.
Angle: Sets the angle (or direction) of the drop shadow.