Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 634)

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Color/Gradient/Texture: Use these color controls to set the text fill color, gradient, or texture,
depending on which item is selected in the “Fill with” pop-up menu. Click the disclosure
triangle to adjust additional parameters.
For information, see
Change text color on page 634, Apply a gradient to text on page 638, and
Texture parameters in the Style pane on page 640.
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Opacity: Drag this slider to set text opacity, regardless of the fill option (Color, Gradient, or
Texture).
For more information, see
Change text opacity on page 636.
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Blur: Drag this slider to set the softness of the text, regardless of the fill option.
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Four Corner: Adjust these value sliders to control the position of the face attribute and distort
the text characters. In the following illustration, the Four Corner parameter in the Face controls
has been modified (but the Four Corner parameter for the red outline has not been modified).
Click the disclosure triangle to reveal the following value sliders:
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Bottom Left: Offsets the text fill from the lower left of its original position. Enter a value in the
left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right value slider to offset
the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and Y position values.
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Bottom Right: Offsets the text fill from the lower right of its original position. Enter a value in
the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right value slider to
offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and Y position values.
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Top Right: Offsets the text fill from the upper right of its original position. Enter a value in the
left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right value slider to offset
the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and Y position values.
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Top Left: Offsets the text fill from the upper left of its original position. Enter a value in the
left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right value slider to offset
the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and Y position values.
Outline onscreen controls
The Four Corner parameters can be adjusted using onscreen controls. See
Transform Glyph HUD
controls on page 669.
Face-related tasks
Change text color
You can change text color using the Colors window, the color controls in the Text HUD, or the
color controls in the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
Note: To adjust individual color channels, you must use the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
Set text color in the HUD
1 Select the text with the Select/Transform tool.
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