Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 681)

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4 Choose To from the Sequencing pop-up menu.
Now when you play the project from the beginning, the opacity fades to the value set in the
behavior (0%) from the original value of the text (100%).
5 Choose Format > Scale from the Add pop-up menu, then choose Glow > Scale from the
same menu.
The Scale and Glow Scale parameters are added to the Behaviors Inspector.
6 Set Scale to 250%, set Glow Scale to 250%, then set Spread (in the Controls group) to 4.
The opacity sequences to the values defined in the behavior from the original values. The
increased spread value softens the sequence between the characters.
Note: Although the style effects created in the Sequence Text behavior (Face, Outline, Glow,
and Drop Shadow) are independent of parameters in the Style pane of the Text Inspector
(Face, Outline, Glow, and Drop Shadow), changes made in the Style pane affect the sequenced
text. For example, if you select the Glow checkbox in the Style pane after adding Glow to the
Sequence Text behavior, the appearance of the glow may alter. This is because the Glow settings
in the Style pane are additive to the sequence behavior (the glow may appear brighter or more
blurred). In the following illustration, the glow is scaled and offset in the Style pane.
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