Margin controls in the layout pane – Apple Motion 4 User Manual
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Path Offset:
Determines where the text begins on the path. Animate this value to move
text along a path. At 0%, the first text character is at the left end of the path; at 100%,
the first character is at the right end of the path.
Wrap Around:
Available when Path Shape is set to Open Spline or Wave (an open path
shape), wraps the text from the end of the path around to the first point of the path.
Inside Path:
When the Inside Path checkbox is selected, the baseline of text on a loop
path is shifted so the text appears inside of the loop.
Align to Path:
Aligns the text to the shape of the path. When the checkbox is deselected,
all text characters align vertically, regardless of the shape of the path.
Control Points:
Available when Open Spline or Closed Spline is selected from the Path
Shape pop-up menu, displays the X, Y, and Z positions for all control points on a path.
Enter different values in the fields to adjust the position of the control points using the
Inspector.
Margin Controls in the Layout Pane
This group of controls, which becomes available when the Layout Method is set to
Paragraph, Scroll, or Crawl, sets the size and location of the text margins.
When a text file is imported into Motion, its margin and tabs information is retained in
the Motion project. The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) for the
imported text is automatically set to to Paragraph.
By default, text created within Motion is set to Type, creating one long string of text until
you manually enter a line break. To create columns with tabs or use margins with text
created in Motion, Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) must be set
to Paragraph or Scroll.
There are several ways to create and adjust text margins, including using the onscreen
controls and the Layout pane in the Text Inspector. You can set a margin for text before
or after it is created.
Margin controls
Layout Method must be
set to Paragraph to show
the Margin controls.
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Chapter 13
Creating and Editing Text