Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 647)

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Glow controls in the Style pane
Use the Glow group of controls to create a glow in front of or behind text. Except for Layer Order,
all Glow parameters can be animated.
When the Glow activation checkbox is selected, the text is rasterized. For more information, see
Groups and rasterization on page 1045.
Note: You can distort the glow of text independently of other style parameters. For more
information, see
Adjust glyph attributes on page 672.
Parameters in the Inspector
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Glow: Use this activation checkbox to enable or disable glow parameters in this group. Glow is
disabled by default.
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Fill with: Use this pop-up menu to set the fill for the glow. As with the Face and Outline
controls, you can set the glow fill to Color, Gradient, or Texture.
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Color/Gradient/Texture: Use these color controls to set the color, gradient, or texture of the
glow effect. Click the disclosure triangle to adjust additional parameters.
The Glow “Fill with” options—Color, Gradient, and Texture—are equivalent to the Face controls.
For information on using these controls, see
Text Face controls in the Style pane on page 633.
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Opacity: Drag this slider to set the opacity of the text glow.
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Blur: Drag this slider to set the softness of the text glow.
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Radius: Drag this slider to set the circumference of the glow.
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Scale: Drag this slider to set the size of the glow.
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Offset: Adjust these value sliders to offset the glow in the X or Y position.
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Layer Order: Use this pop-up menu to specify whether the glow is drawn over or under the
text face.
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Four Corner: Use these value sliders to control the position of the glow attribute, allowing for
glow distorting effects. Click the disclosure triangle to reveal the value sliders:
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Bottom Left: Offsets the text glow 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 glow 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 glow 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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