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Apple LiveType 2 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Working With Text

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For example, you can set an early keyframe at 45 degrees and set a later keyframe at
four revolutions plus 180 degrees. When you play the movie, the element spins
clockwise four times plus an additional 135 degrees between those two keyframes.
Positive values reflect clockwise motion, and negative values reflect counterclockwise
motion. Working with keyframes is defined fully in Chapter 7, “

Working With Effects

and Keyframe Animation

.”

Text example set at 35 percent
opacity in the Attributes tab

Text example using the blur
and scale options in the
Attributes tab

Text example with the
default shadow

Solid background color