Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 864)

For more information on working with animation paths, see Manipulating Animation
Paths in the Canvas .
Note: If you change the Sequencing parameter to another option, such as Through
Inverted or To, and then change Sequencing back to Custom, the custom animation path
is retained.
Sequencing the Distortion of Style Attributes
In addition to using the value fields and sliders in the Inspector, you can use onscreen
controls to sequence the Four Corner parameter, creating warp effects that manipulate
the text Face, Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow parameters. In the following simple examples,
text Glow, Outline, and Drop Shadow parameters are sequenced.
To sequence the warping of a text glow effect
1 Select the text layer to be animated, click the Add Behavior icon in the Toolbar, then
choose Text Animation > Sequence Text.
2 In the Parameter row of the Behaviors tab, choose Glow > Four Corner from the Add
pop-up menu.
In the Inspector, the Glow Four Corner parameter is added to the sequence above the
Add and Remove pop-up menus. The Four Corner parameter is used to distort the text’s
glow attribute, allowing you to use onscreen controls to “pull” the glow around the text.
864 Chapter 14 Animating Text