Apple Motion 2 Tutorials - Manual (Page 155)

Tutorial 3 Working With Text 155
2 Click the disclosure triangle next to the Scale parameter to display the X and Y sliders.
3 Set the Y slider to 25 percent.
4 Smooth out the effect by setting the Spread slider to 4.
5 Play the project.
The letters are sequentially flattened to 25 percent.
Adding a Second Parameter
To further enhance the effect, the Text Glow effect can be used.
To add the Text Glow effect to the Sequence behavior:
1 Choose Glow > Radius from the Add Parameter pop-up menu.
2 Adjust the Glow Radius to 25.
3 Play the project.
Nothing happened. Why? Because the Glow effect must first be activated in the Text
tab of the Inspector before the behavior can sequence it.
4 Click the Text tab in the Inspector, then click the Style pane.
5 Click the activation checkbox next to the Glow effect controls.
Now the Glow effect is turned on.
6 Play the project.
The letters now glow as they are compressed.