Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 686)

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A second position keyframe is created.
6 Repeat Step 5 until you add all of your keyframes.
In the image below, an editable animation path appears in the Canvas. An animation path
appears only when From Keyframes is chosen from the Sequencing pop-up menu.
For more information on working with animation paths, see Manipulate animation paths in the
Canvas on page 445.
Note: If you change the Sequencing parameter to another option, such as Through Inverted
or To, and then change Sequencing back to From Keyframes, the keyframed animation path
is retained.
Sequence the distortion of style attributes
In addition to using the sliders and value sliders in the Inspector, you can use onscreen controls
to sequence the Four Corner parameter, creating warp effects that manipulate the text Face,
Outline, Glow, and Drop Shadow parameters. In the following simple examples, text Glow,
Outline, and Drop Shadow parameters are sequenced.
Sequence the warping of a text glow effect
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 Parameter row of the Behaviors Inspector, choose Glow > Four Corner from the Add
pop-up menu.
In the Inspector, the Glow Four Corner parameter is added to the sequence above the Add and
Remove pop-up menus. The Four Corner parameter is used to distort the text’s glow attribute,
allowing you to use onscreen controls to pull the glow around the text.
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