Boris FX Boris Calligraphy Version 2.0 - Manual (Page 79)

Boris Calligraphy 79
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The illustrations in this exercise use Eddie Fisher font at 132 points, but you can use
whatever type of text you like.
7. Click the Force Center JustiÞcation button.
8. When the text appears the way that you want, click Apply then close the Text window.
Make sure that Text Wrap is set to No Wrap. This parameter is found in the Page
tab in the Text window. By default it is set to No Wrap.
9. Make sure the playhead is at the beginning of the clip. If it’s not, reposition it.
Then click the Add Keyframe button for the Text Type On parameter. This
parameter is found in the Type On parameter group. You may have to scroll
down the window.
A dot appears at the beginning of the green line in the Viewer, indicating a keyframe
has been added.
10. Set Text Type On to 0.
11. Set Reveal Time to 1200 and Fade to 0.
12. Move the playhead to time 00:00:03:15 in the layer. Set Text Type On to 100.
13. Preview the animation. Several characters fade on at a time.
Time 00:00:01:00 Time 00:00:02:00 Time 00:00:03:00
Changing the parameters under the Type On tab affects each character as it “types”
onscreen. You will adjust some of the other parameters to experiment with other
animation effects.
14. In the Type On parameter group, set Shift Y to -480. Set Scale Y to 3000.