Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 696)

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Relative: When offsetting attributes, such as glows, shadows, and so on from text objects,
choose Relative to create an offset based on the size of the text characters. In the following
image, the yellow glow is offset from the white text based on the size of the text characters
because Relative is chosen from the Position Type pop-up menu.
Scroll Text behavior
Use the Scroll Text behavior
The Scroll Text behavior creates scrolling or crawling text. Scroll Text can also be applied to other
objects, such as shapes and images, to create integrated credits, prologues, and so on.
When the Scroll Text behavior is applied to text, whether the text is imported (RTF or TXT files)
or created in Motion, the Scroll Direction is set to Vertical by default (in the Behaviors Inspector),
and the Layout Method is set to Scroll in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector. When Scroll
Direction is set to Horizontal, the Layout Method is set to Crawl in the Layout pane of the
Text Inspector. When the Scroll Text behavior is actively applied to text, you cannot change
the Layout Method parameter unless the Allow Layout Override checkbox is selected in the
Behaviors Inspector.
Note: The Transform Glyph tool is not available with the Scroll or Crawl layout methods.
Create a vertical scroll
1 Apply the Scroll Text behavior (from the Text Animation behavior category) to the object you
want to animate.
For information on applying text behaviors, see
Apply a Text behavior on page 677.
Because the Scroll Direction is set to Vertical and the Start Off-Screen checkbox is selected by
default, the object shifts to below the Canvas for the beginning of the scroll. The direction,
position, and speed of the scroll can be changed in the Inspector or HUD.
2 Click the Play button.
The object scrolls upward in the Canvas.
3 To edit the text, double-click the text in the Canvas.
The text stops scrolling, the ruler appears at the top edge of the text, and the scroll control
becomes available at the right edge of the text. To continue playback, deselect the text by
pressing Esc or by clicking in an empty area of the Layers list or the Timeline layers list. For more
information on scroll controls, see
Layout controls in the Layout pane on page 653.
4 To customize the scroll, adjust the parameters in the Behaviors Inspector.
For more information on Scroll Text behavior parameters, see Scroll Text controls on page 697.
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