Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 677)

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Text animation behaviors
Types of text behaviors
In Motion, text behaviors are divided into two basic categories: Text Animation behaviors and
Text Sequence behaviors.
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Text Animation behaviors allow you to create crawls, scrolls, animated text tracking, and
“type-on” effects. This group also includes the powerful Sequence Text behavior, which lets
you create a custom animation that sequences text style and text format attributes through
text characters over time. The style attributes include face (fill color), glow, drop shadow, and
outline. The format attributes include position, opacity, scale, rotation, tracking, and so on.
The sequence can run through the text from left to right or right to left. Alternatively, you can
create a custom animation for the direction of the sequence. The sequence can be applied per
character, per word, per text object, and so on.
In the following illustration sequence, the text in the upper area of the image is animated by
modifying the Scale, Blur, and Opacity parameters in the Sequence Text behavior. The lower
text is animated using the Fade In/Fade Out and Tracking behaviors.
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Text Sequence behaviors are preset versions (the parameters are already selected and
animated) of the Sequence Text behavior. There are six classes of Text Sequence behaviors:
Basic, Continuous, Energetic, Glow, Highlighter, and Subtle. Although each Text Sequence
behavior applies a specific preset animation effect to a text object, you can customize the
effect by adding, removing, or modifying parameters.
Note: Although most Text Sequence behaviors have a definite start or end (fade in or out, blur
in or out, and so on), the Continuous group of behaviors have no start and end points.
You can save a modified text behavior to the Library. For more information, see Save a modified
text behavior to the Library on page 705.
Apply a Text behavior
Text behaviors are applied in the same manner as all other behaviors in Motion—via the Library
or the Add Behavior pop-up menu in the toolbar. As with other behaviors, the Library displays
a preview of the behavior before it is applied to text. The Add Behavior pop-up menu lets you
apply a behavior to single or multiple text objects.
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