Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 692)

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Loops: Drag this slider to set the number of times the animation sequences through the text
over its duration.
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Apply Speed: Use this pop-up menu to control the speed of the sequencing over multiple
loops. There are three menu options:
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Once Per Loop: The setting chosen in the Speed pop-up menu is applied one time for each
loop. For example, if Speed is set to Accelerate, the rate of the sequence animation increases
as it moves through the text for every loop.
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Over Entire Duration: The setting chosen in the Speed pop-up menu is applied one time
for the length of the behavior. For example, if Speed is set to Accelerate, the rate of the
sequence animation increases as it moves through the text over the entire duration of the
behavior, regardless of the number of loops.
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Per Object: The setting chosen in the Speed pop-up menu is applied one time for each
object for every loop. For example, if Speed is set to Accelerate, the rate of the sequence
animation increases as it moves through each text object for every loop.
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End Condition: Use this pop-up menu to specify how the animation is applied to the end of the
sequence animation. There are three options:
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Hold: Completes the sequence animation cycle one time, then starts it over from the
beginning (after the last text unit in the sequence completes its animation).
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Wrap: Treats the sequence animation as a continuous loop so the spread wraps from the last
text unit in the sequence to the first text unit.
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Ping-Pong: Completes the sequence animation cycle forward, then completes the animation
backward, then forward, and so on.
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End Offset: Drag this slider to offset the end of the effect of the sequence behavior. By default,
the sequence animation is in effect until the end of the behavior. For example, to stop the
sequencing 60 frames from the end of the text object (or project), drag the End Offset
slider to 60 or enter 60 in the adjacent value slider. Using this slider to stop the effect, rather
than trimming the end of the behavior in the Timeline, freezes the end of the effect for the
remaining duration of the object. Trimming the end of the behavior resets the text to its
original settings.
Variance controls
This group of controls lets you randomize the attributes assigned to sequence through the text.
For example, if you add variance to a scale sequence, the text scale is randomized rather than
moving from the original Scale value to the Scale value defined in the sequence behavior. These
sliders control the frequency of the randomness. When sequencing is set to To, From, Through,
or Through Inverted, it is useful to see how the Variance numbers affect the randomness. The
following image shows a sequence animation in which the Y Position is offset. When a low
variance value (frequency) is applied, the randomness is very smooth along the line of text—like
the text is riding a very slow and smooth wave.
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