Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Using Text
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The text stops crawling when the playhead reaches the end of the Crawl Left
behavior bar.
Sequence Text
The Sequence Text behavior allows you to select and apply text Format and Style
parameters, such as Position, Color, Scale, or Opacity, and animate those parameters in
sequence through the characters of a text object. For example, you can create a
sequence in which the text characters fall vertically into place as they scale down, fade
in, and rotate. The sequence works by moving a selection area, represented by small
white lines, through the characters of the text object. You can set the sequence to
repeat, change direction, or to randomize. The location of the selection can also be
keyframed to customize the direction of the sequence. For example, you can animate
the selection to move through half of the text object, return to the beginning of the
text object, then move to the end of the object.
Note: All of the Text Sequence behaviors (in the Text Sequence subcategory) are
presets based on this behavior. This means that each sequence behavior (in the Text
Sequence subcategory) contains at least one text parameter that animates through the
characters of a text object. The Text Sequence behaviors contain the same controls and
are modified in the same manner as the Sequence Text behavior.
Once you have added and modified the Sequence Text behavior, you can save the
behavior to the Library. For information on saving a modified behavior to the Library,
see “
Saving a Modified Text Behavior to the Library
To apply a parameter to the Sequence Text behavior:
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Apply the Sequence Text behavior (from the Text Animation subcategory) to the text
object.
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