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Table Of Contents
- Motion User Manual
- Contents
- Motion 2 Documentation and Resources
- Getting To Know Motion
- Creating and Managing Projects
- Creating New Projects
- Managing Projects
- Editing Project Properties
- Browsing Media Files in Motion
- File Types Supported by Motion
- Adding Media to Your Project
- Managing Objects in Your Project
- Deleting Objects From a Project
- Exchanging Media in a Project
- Object Media Tab Parameters
- Using Media in the Library
- Organizing Layers and Objects in Motion
- The Background of Your Project
- Selecting Objects and Layers in the Layers Tab
- Reorganizing Objects in the Layers Tab
- Nesting Layers Inside Other Layers
- Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
- Showing and Hiding Layers and Objects
- Fixing the Size of a Layer
- Locking Layers and Objects
- Collapsing and Uncollapsing Layer Hierarchies
- Renaming Layers
- Searching for Layers and Objects
- Sorting Layers and Objects in the Media Tab
- Customizing and Creating New Templates
- Basic Compositing
- Using the Timeline
- Using Behaviors
- Keyframes and Curves
- Using Text
- Working With Particles
- The Anatomy of a Particle System
- Using Particle Systems
- Creating Graphics and Animations for Particle Systems
- Advanced Particle System Controls
- Animating Objects in Particle Systems
- Using Behaviors With Particle Systems
- Applying Filters to Particle Systems
- Particle System Examples
- Saving Custom Particle Effects to the Library
- Using the Replicator
- The Difference Between the Replicator and a Particle System
- The Anatomy of the Replicator
- Using the Replicator
- Advanced Replicator Controls
- Animating Replicator Parameters
- Using the Sequence Replicator Behavior
- Using Behaviors With Replicators
- Applying Filters to Replicators
- Saving Custom Replicators to the Library
- Using Filters
- About Filters
- Working With Filters
- An Introduction to Filters
- Working With Filters
- Enabling, Renaming, and Locking Filters
- Copying, Pasting, and Moving Filters
- Reordering Filters
- Changing Filter Timing
- Blur Filters
- A Fun Effect That Can Be Used With All the Blur Filters
- Border Filters
- Color Correction Filters
- Distortion Filters
- Glow Filters
- Keying Filters
- Matte Filters
- Sharpen Filters
- Stylize Filters
- Tiling Filters
- Working With Third-Party Filters
- Working With Generators
- Using Shapes and Masks
- Working With Audio
- Exporting Motion Projects
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Video and File Formats
- Supported File Formats
- Standard Definition vs. High Definition Video Formats
- Popular Video Codecs for File Exchange
- What Is Field Order?
- Using Square or Nonsquare Pixels When Creating Graphics
- Differences in Color Between Computer and Video Graphics
- Using Fonts and Creating Line Art for Video
- Scaling Imported High-Resolution Graphics
- Creating Graphics for HD Projects
- Integration With Final Cut Pro
- Using Gestures
- Index
Chapter 7 Using Text 507
To adjust the position of the glow:
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Use the Offset value sliders to change the position of the glow. The left value slider is X,
and the right value slider is Y. To display the individual X or Y offset fields, click the
Offset disclosure triangle.
To set the layer order of the glow:
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Make a choice from the Layer Order pop-up menu.
• Choose Under Face to place the glow behind the text face.
• Choose Over Face to place the glow in front of the text face.
Note: The Glow fill controls—Color, Gradient, and Texture—are equivalent to the
controls for the Face parameters. For information on using these controls, see “
Text
Face Controls” on page 479.
Creating a Drop Shadow
Use the Drop Shadow controls to create a drop shadow on a text object, and to adjust
its color, opacity, offset from the text object, softness, and angle. All of the Drop
Shadow parameters can be animated.
Drop Shadow: Enables and disables the drop shadow. Drop Shadow is disabled by
default.
Fill with: Make a choice from the “Fill with” pop-up menu to set the fill for the shadow.
As with the Face, Outline, and Glow controls, you can set the shadow fill to Color,
Gradient, or Texture.
Color: Click the color well to select a color for the shadow. Click the Color disclosure
triangle to adjust the individual Red, Green, and Blue color channels.
Opacity: Sets the opacity of the text shadow.
Blur: Sets the softness of the text shadow.
Scale: Sets the size of the shadow.
Distance: Specifies the offset of the shadow from the text object.
Angle: Sets the angle (or direction) of the drop shadow.
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