Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 127)

Tutorial 3 Working With Text 127
To adjust the rate of text tracking:
1 If it’s not already selected, select “the serengeti” text object.
2 Click the Inspector tab.
3 Click the Behaviors tab of the Inspector.
4 If the Text Tracking parameters are not visible, click the disclosure triangle to reveal
them.
5 Set the Rate value slider to 3.90.
You can also adjust the end offset, which controls how far from the end of the project
the tracking stops, measured in frames.
6 Play the project.
The text spreads out more quickly.
7 Stop playback when you are finished viewing the new settings.
8 Choose File > Save (or press Command+S).
The file is saved.
Animating Text Properties
As with other objects in your project, you can change text properties and other
parameters of text objects over time. In this example, you set the text color to change
over time.
To animate the text color:
1 Press Home to move the playhead to frame 1.
2 Click the Inspector tab.