Display onscreen glyph controls, Select characters with the transform glyph tool – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Glow: Displays onscreen controls that allow you to distort the glow of the glyph.
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Drop Shadow: Displays onscreen controls that allow you to distort the drop shadow of
the glyph.
For more information on the Adjust Around pop-up menu, see
on
page 913.
Display onscreen glyph controls
Two modes of onscreen controls are available with the Transform Glyph tool. When Transform
Glyph is chosen from the Attribute pop-up menu in the HUD, you can adjust a glyph’s scale,
position, or rotation without affecting the rest of the characters in the text object. When Face,
Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow is chosen from the Attribute pop-up menu, you can distort the
selected attribute of a glyph without affecting the other attributes of that glyph or the rest of the
characters in the text object.
In transform glyph mode, the Transform Glyph tool’s onscreen controls are identical to the 3D
onscreen controls. For more information on moving, rotating, or scaling objects using this tool,
see
on page 910.
Display the transform glyph onscreen controls
1
Select the text object that contains the glyphs you want to modify.
2
Choose the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools pop-up menu in the toolbar.
If no glyph was selected, the first glyph in the text is selected.
3
Do one of the following:
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To scale, rotate, or move the glyph, select Transform Glyph from the Attribute pop-up menu in
the Text HUD.
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To distort a text style attribute, select Face, Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow from the Attribute
pop-up menu in the Text HUD.
Note: If the HUD does not appear, choose Window > Show HUD (or press F7).
Select characters with the Transform Glyph tool
You can select a single text glyph or multiple text glyphs with the Transform Glyph tool. When
more than one glyph is selected, the last Shift-selected glyph appears with the transform tools.
This is known as the focused glyph. A box appears around the other selected characters. Any
selected glyph (focused or not) is affected by transforms applied to the focused glyph.
Note: If you use the Transform Glyph tool to distort a style attribute (face, outline, glow, drop
shadow) of a glyph, only one glyph can be selected at a time.
Select all glyphs
1
Select the text object that contains the glyphs to modify.
2
Choose the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the toolbar.
Ensure that the Attribute pop-up menu in the HUD is set to Transform Glyph. A glyph is selected.
3
Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
All glyphs are selected, and the Transform Glyph tool remains selected.
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