Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 506)

506 Chapter 7 Using Text
Adding a Text Glow
To create a text glow, enable the Glow parameter in the Style pane of the Text
Inspector.
To create a glow for a text object:
1 Select the text object.
2 In the Inspector (press Command+3), then click the Text tab.
3 Click Style.
4 Turn on Glow.
The default glow is yellow, with Scale and Opacity set to 100 percent, and a Radius set
to 1.
Note: You can display just the glow of a text object by turning off the Face (and any
other active) parameters.
Editing Text Object Glow
Use the Glow controls to soften the opacity or blur of the text glow, change the size of
the glow, or to set and edit the fill of a glow.
To change the color of the glow:
m Click the color well and select a color from the Colors window.
To adjust the opacity of the glow:
m Use the Opacity slider or value slider to change the opacity of the glow.
To adjust the blur of the glow:
m Use the Blur slider or value slider to change the softness of the glow.
To adjust the radius of the glow:
m Use the Radius slider or value slider to adjust the radius of the glow.
To adjust the scale of the glow:
m Use the Scale slider or value slider to proportionally scale the glow. To scale in X or Y
individually, click the Scale disclosure triangle.
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