Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 104)

104 Chapter 7 Working With Effects and Keyframe Animation
Example: Creating a New Effect
The following example demonstrates how to build a new effect. In this case, part of the
text on a single track will bounce around the Canvas.
This example highlights how motion paths are built into an effect.
1 Start a new default project, and add a few words of text to the empty track in any font.
One of these words is going to move around the screen, independent of the other
word(s) on the track.
2 Position the track in the Canvas as you like. This will not affect the movement of the
bouncing word.
3 Set the duration of the track by dragging its right edge in the Timeline. Two or three
seconds is plenty.
4 Create a new, blank effect, which enables you to apply movement to the text. Make the
effect duration match the track duration in the Timeline.
5 Now, even before you build the effect, make it apply to only one word on the track.
That is, turn off the effect, as described in “
Preset Effects ” on page 88, for the words
that won’t be moving.
6 Add the first of three or four keyframes spaced evenly across the effect.
a Click in the frame ruler to position the playhead.
b With the playhead in position and the effect selected, choose Track > Add Keyframe
(or press Command-K).