Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 863)

2 In the Behaviors tab, choose Custom from the Sequencing pop-up menu.
3 Drag the playhead to the frame where you want to begin the animation, then click the
Record button (or press A) to turn on keyframing.
When keyframing is on, parameters that can be animated appear pink in the Inspector.
4 Do one of the following:
• In the Behaviors tab, choose Format > Position from the Add pop-up menu, then use
the Position value sliders to define the beginning (or ending) position of the text.
• In the Canvas, drag the selected text character to its beginning (or ending) position.
A keyframe is added to the Position parameter.
5 Go to the next frame where you want to set a position keyframe, and do one of the
following:
• In the Behaviors tab, enter a new Position value.
• In the Canvas, drag selected text to a new position.
A second position keyframe is created.
6 Repeat Step 5 until you have added all of your keyframes.
Notice that an editable animation path appears in the Canvas. This appears only when
Custom is selected from the Sequencing pop-up menu.
863 Chapter 14 Animating Text