Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 648)

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Top Left: Offsets the text glow 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.
Text glow onscreen controls
Text glows can be adjusted using onscreen controls. For more information, see
Transform Glyph
HUD controls on page 669.
Glow tasks
Add a text glow
To create a text glow, select the Glow activation checkbox in the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
Create a glow for text
1 Select the text.
2 In the Text Inspector, click Style to open the Style pane.
3 Select the Glow activation checkbox.
When selected the checkbox turns blue. The default text glow is yellow, with Scale and Opacity
set to 100%, and Radius set to 0.
Tip: Deselect the Face parameter activation checkbox (and other active parameters) to display
only the text glow.
Drop Shadow controls in the Style pane
Use the Drop Shadow controls to create a drop shadow on text, and to adjust the shadow
color, opacity, offset from the text object, softness, and angle. All Drop Shadow parameters can
be animated.
Parameters in the Inspector
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Drop Shadow: Use this activation checkbox to enable or disable the drop shadow effect. Drop
Shadow is deselected by default.
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