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751Motion User Guide
Modify a parameter without adding it to the animated sequence
If you want to modify the face, outline, glow, or drop shadow of text, but don’t want that
modification to be animated, make the adjustment in the Appearance pane of the Text
Inspector. Parameters modified in the Appearance pane do not affect an applied Sequence
Text behavior. For example, by adding an outline to text via the Appearance pane, the text
outline remains constant during the sequence animation.
1. In Motion, select a text object has an applied Sequence Text behavior, then open the
Appearance pane in the Text Inspector.
2. Select the Outline activation checkbox.
The Outline controls become available, and an outline is added to the selected text in
the canvas.
3. In the Appearance pane, adjust the Outline controls.
When you play back the project, the text is animated according to settings in the
Sequence Text behavior, but the text outline remains constant, and does not sequence.
Note: Because parameters set in the Sequence Text behavior are independent of
parameters set in the Appearance pane, you may see changes in the appearance of some
attributes when you select parameter checkboxes in the Appearance pane. For example, if
you create a sequence that animates text glow and then select the Glow checkbox in the
Appearance pane of the Text Inspector, the effect is additive: The glow in the Appearance
pane is added to the glow created in the Sequence Text behavior.
Add keyframes to a Sequence Text behavior in Motion
When From, To, Through, or Through Inverted are chosen from the Sequencing pop-up
menu, the animation moves from one side of the text object to another, animating the text
by character, word, or line. By choosing From Keyframes from the Sequencing pop-up
menu, you can create a sequenced animation with specific timing.
For example, you can create an uneven flicker effect by keyframing the opacity of the text,
or move text characters in sequence to specific locations in the canvas at certain points in
time by keyframing the position of the text.
Add keyframe animation to a Sequence Text behavior
This example keyframes the Position parameter.
1. In Motion, select a text layer in your project, then click Behaviors in the toolbar and
choose Text Animation > Sequence Text.
2. In the Behaviors Inspector, click the Sequencing pop-up menu, then choose From
Keyframes.
3. Drag the playhead to the frame where you want to begin the animation, then click the
Record button in the timing toolbar (or press A) to turn on keyframe recording.
When keyframe recording is enabled, the values in the Inspector for parameters that
can be animated turn red.