Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 125)

Tutorial 3 Working With Text 125
3 If the Dashboard is not visible, choose Window > Show Dashboard (or press D).
4 In the Dashboard, do the following:
a Control-click the color well (to the right of the Font and Style pop-up menus), then
choose a yellow color from the Colors window. Make sure the color you select allows
the text to be seen over the sunset.
b Choose Center from the Alignment pop-up menu.
Using Dynamic Guides to Position Text
As with any other object in your project, you can position a text object using Dynamic
Guides. If Snap is turned on, and Dynamic Guides are turned on in the View menu (in
the Toolbar), they appear as yellow lines when you drag an object in the Canvas.
To toggle Snap:
m Choose View > Snap (or press N).
To position text using Dynamic Guides:
m Drag the text object with Snap turned on.
As you drag, Dynamic Guides appear when the text object aligns with the center or a
border of either the Canvas or another object in the Canvas.
Now, center the text object you just created near the top edge of the sun.