Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 685)

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Use the Style pane with the Sequence Text behavior
1 With a text object selected, open the Style pane in the Text Inspector.
2 In the Face controls, change the color of the text to something other than white.
For more information on using color controls, see Basic color controls on page 132.
3 Select the Outline checkbox and modify some Outline parameters.
4 From the Add Behavior pop-up menu in the toolbar, choose Text Animation > Sequence Text.
5 In the Behaviors Inspector, choose Face > Color from the Add pop-up menu.
The text turns default white. When the Sequencing pop-up menu is set to the default From,
the sequence behavior animates from the values defined in the Sequence Text behavior to the
original values of the text. Before you applied the Sequence Text behavior, the text color was
defined in the Style pane, so this is considered the original color.
6 Play the project.
The text color sequences from the color defined in the Sequence Text behavior to the original
color of the text. The outline does not sequence.
Use the From Keyframes sequencing option
By choosing From Keyframes from the Sequencing pop-up menu, you can create a sequence by
keyframing parameters. The following example creates a position sequence.
Create an animation using the From Keyframes sequencing option
1 Select the text object to be animated, then choose Text Animation > Sequence Text from the
Add Behavior pop-up menu in the toolbar.
2 In the Behaviors Inspector, choose From Keyframes from the Sequencing pop-up menu.
3 Drag the playhead to the frame where you want to begin the animation, then click the Record
button (or press A) to turn on keyframing.
When keyframing is enabled, the values in the Inspector for parameters that can be animated
turn red.
Note: You can also animate parameters by manually adding an initial keyframe. After a keyframe
is added to a parameter, any further adjustment to that parameter adds a keyframe at the
current playhead position, independent of the Record button state. For more information, see
Keyframing overview on page 439.
4 Do one of the following:
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In the Behaviors Inspector, choose Format > Position from the Add pop-up menu, then use the
Position value sliders to define the beginning (or ending) position of the text.
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In the Canvas, drag the selected text character to its beginning (or ending) position.
A keyframe is added to the Position parameter.
5 Go to the next frame where you want to set a position keyframe, and do one of the following:
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In the Behaviors Inspector, enter a Position value.
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In the Canvas, drag selected text to a new position.
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