Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 688)

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To shear the glow, drag a shearing handle.
You can also use the value sliders in the Four Corner parameters in the Behaviors Inspector.
Click the Four Corner disclosure triangle to show the individual Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Top
Right, and Top Left controls.
5 Play the project.
The glow distortion is sequenced through the text, based on the settings in the Sequence Text
behavior parameters.
The following task describes an optional workflow in which you can distort text face, glow,
outline, or drop shadow using the above steps, but without using the Add pop-up menu.
Sequence the warping of a text glow effect without using the Add pop-up menu
1 Select the applied Sequence Text behavior, then choose Glow from the Attribute pop-up menu
in the lower portion of the Behaviors Inspector.
Onscreen controls appear that allow you to distort the text attribute. No parameters are added
to the Inspector (above the Add pop-up menu) until the onscreen controls are adjusted.
2 Do one of the following:
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To shear the glow, drag a shearing handle.
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To distort the glow, drag a corner handle.
After you adjust a handle, the Four Corner parameter is added to the sequence above the Add
and Remove pop-up menus.
Note: You can also adjust the value sliders in the Four Corner parameter in the Behaviors
Inspector. Click the Four Corner disclosure triangle to show the Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Top
Right, and Top Left controls.
3 Play the project.
The glow distortion is sequenced through the text, based on the settings in the Sequence Text
behavior parameters.
Sequence Text controls
The Sequence Text behavior has the following parameter controls in the Behaviors Inspector.
Parameter selection controls
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Parameter (Add and Remove): Use the Add and Remove pop-up menus to add and remove text
format and style parameters to the sequence. After a parameter is chosen, its controls appear
above the Add and Remove pop-up menus. There are five Add pop-up menu items—Format,
Face, Outline, Glow, and Drop Shadow—each of which invokes additional submenu items.
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