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Tutorial 3

Working With Text

To apply the text sequence behavior:

1

In the Library, click the Behaviors category, then click the Text Sequence subcategory.

The Text Sequence categories appear in the Library stack.

2

Double-click the Text-Zoom folder to display its contents.

3

Drag the Behind Camera behavior from the Library to the “africa” text object in the
Canvas.

4

Play the project to see the Behind Camera effect with its default settings.

5

When you are finished previewing the project, press the Space bar to stop playback.

To customize the behavior settings:

1

In the Inspector, click the Behaviors tab.

2

If necessary, click the disclosure triangle to display the controls for the Behind Camera
behavior.

3

Double-click in the Scale field, type 300, then press Return.

This sets the maximum size of the text to 300 percent.

4

Check that the Opacity slider is set to 0 (zero).

5

Press Home to set the playhead to frame 1.