Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 679)

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Apply a Text behavior from the Add Behavior pop-up menu
1 Select the text object (or objects) you want to apply the behavior to.
2 In the toolbar, choose a Text Animation behavior or Text Sequence behavior from the Add
Behavior pop-up menu.
Sequence Text behavior
Use the Sequence Text behavior
The Sequence Text behavior lets you animate text attributes, such as scale, position, color,
opacity, and glow in sequence through the text characters. For example, you can create a
sequence in which the text characters fall vertically into place as they scale down, fade in,
and rotate.
Applying and activating a Sequence Text behavior is a two-step process: First, you add the
Sequence Text behavior to a text object. Second, you assign the parameters of the text you want
to animate, in the Behaviors Inspector or by manipulating the text object with the onscreen
controls. After you link the text parameters to the behavior, you can use the Sequence Text
controls in the Behaviors inspector to adjust the animation’s direction, speed, number of loops,
and other qualities.
Tip: Using the Transform Glyph tool, you can modify individual text characters independently
of the influence of the applied Sequence Text behavior. For information on using the Transform
Glyph tool, see
Text glyphs overview on page 669.
Apply the Sequence Text behavior
m Select the text object to be animated, then choose Text Animation > Sequence Text from the
Add Behavior pop-up menu.
The behavior is applied, and the first character of text is selected with the Adjust Item tool.
Important: Unless you use onscreen controls (via the Adjust Item tool) to create a sequence, you
must add at least one parameter to the behavior in the Inspector before animation can occur.
Until a parameter is added, adjustments made in the HUD have no effect.
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