Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 118)

118 Chapter 9 Advanced Design Techniques
b Make sure the texture is underneath the text, but above the background bar in
the Timeline.
3 Create a dynamic background that’s visible through the window created by the
foreground word.
a Add a new text track to the Canvas, then enter some text that’s smaller than the
foreground word you created in step 1.
b Position the track over the foreground text, and format the background text as
you like.
c Apply a crawl or slide effect to the track, to make the text move right to left.
d Drag the track below the background bar in the Timeline.
e Temporarily disable the texture and the foreground text track in the Timeline.
f Define a background color in the Project Properties dialog, or place a different
background behind the background text.
g Enable the texture and the foreground text track in the Timeline.
Foreground text to define
the shape of the “window”
into the background
Texture to obscure the
background elements
Background elements
Foreground elements