Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 642)

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2 In the Text Inspector, click Style to open the Style pane.
3 Choose Texture from the “Fill with” pop-up menu.
The Color (or Gradient) controls are replaced with the Texture controls.
Image well
“Fill with” pop-up menu
is set to Texture.
By default, no texture is applied to the text.
4 Drag an image from the Layers list or Media list into the Image well.
The image appears in the well and is applied to the text. When text is filled with an image, the
texture is applied to each text character. To learn how to make the texture continuous through
all text characters, see
Image masks overview on page 902.
Important: When dragging an image to the well, be sure to click and drag in one movement.
If you click the image and release the mouse button, the image is selected and its
Inspector appears.
Replace a texture
1 Select the text.
2 Drag an image from the Layers list or Media list into the Image well in the Style pane of the
Text Inspector.
The new image appears in the well and is applied to the text.
Note: When an image (or a movie clip) is replaced in the Layers list or Media list and that image
is used as a texture source, the texture for the text is replaced with the new image.
Remove a texture
In the Style pane of the Text Inspector, do one of the following:
m Click the Texture parameter reset button.
Reset button
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