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Animated text overview
You can animate text using behaviors, keyframes, or a combination of both. All standard
behavior types can be applied to text (Basic Motion, Parameter, or Simulation). Additionally,
Motion has a special class of text behaviors that create animation by applying a range of values
to text-specific parameters.
For more information on Basic Motion, Parameter, and Simulation behaviors, see Behaviors
overview on page 293.
Text behaviors are an ideal way to test text treatments quickly and easily, without resorting to
keyframes. You can adjust the rate of an applied behavior using the behavior’s HUD and watch
as the animation updates in the Canvas. For more control, you can access all parameters for a
behavior in the Inspector. If your project requires specific timing and positioning of text, you
can use behaviors to test effects and then create keyframes after you know what you want
to do. Additionally, you can create keyframes from your applied text behaviors by using the
Convert to Keyframes command. This approach lets you fine-tune the animation created by the
text behaviors.
Behaviors are not required to animate text. You can create text animation via traditional
keyframing, or by combining both techniques.
Note: Mixing keyframes and behaviors can yield unexpected results. For more information
on combining behaviors and keyframes, see
Combine behaviors with keyframes overview on
page 310.
You can animate text as a whole or as individual characters (glyphs). You can animate format
parameters such as text position, scale, rotation, and tracking, as well as style attributes such
as outline, glow, and drop shadow. You can animate text on a path, and you can use text as an
image mask source or replicator cell source.
To learn more about the various ways to animate text, choose an item in the Help table of
contents (the sidebar to the left of this window).
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