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The following section discusses applying and customizing a preset behavior from the
Text Sequence category.
Customizing a Text Sequence Behavior
In this section, the Flare In behavior (from the Glow group) is used to show how to modify
a Text Sequence behavior.
The following steps begin at the first frame of the text.
To modify the Flare In behavior
1 Select the text object to be animated, then choose Text-Glow > Flare In from the Add
Behavior pop-up menu in the toolbar.
At the first frame, the text is not visible because Face opacity and Glow opacity are
animating from 0% to 100%.
2 Click Play (or press the Space bar).
The text characters fade in from 0% to 100% percent opacity, and sharpen from a blur
value of 10. A glow rides the effect in as the text appears.
3 With the Flare In behavior selected, open the Behaviors Inspector (if it is not open).
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