Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 138)

138 Tutorial 3 Working With Text
The pasted object appears at the top of the Titles layer.
4 Double-click the word “copy” in the name of the new object to rename it and type
“glow.”
5 Press Return to accept the new name.
The new object inherited all the properties of its source, but you don’t want the glow
to fade in.
6 Select the Fade In/Fade Out behavior under “the serengeti glow,” then press Delete.
7 Drag the object in the Canvas upward and left of its position to offset it slightly from its
original.
You may have to turn off Snap to move it the exact amount you want. Press N if you
want to toggle Snap off. Be sure to turn it back on if you want to use Dynamic Guides
again.
8 In the Inspector, click the Text tab, then click the Style pane.
9 In the Style controls, click the Glow checkbox to turn on the glow effect.
10 Click the Color well for the Glow parameter, then choose a yellow color for the glow.
11 Close the Colors window.
12 In the Style controls, adjust the following parameters:
a Drag the Opacity slider to 80 percent.
b Drag the Radius slider to 15.
c Drag the Blur slider to 2.
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