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4 Arts and Letters
Take the powerful Motion text tools for a spin, and then
introduce yourself to the amazing possibilities of
particles.
Creating and Animating Text
Text is the first love of many motion graphics artists. Edgy, bold, romping, or graceful,
the right blend of fonts and animation can set the mood for your project. In Motion,
text is created directly in the Canvas, or in the Text Editor of the Text tab in the
Inspector. When text is created, it becomes a text object. Text objects have many of the
same parameters as other objects, with a few exceptions. While text objects share
Position, Opacity, Rotation, and other parameters, they also have unique attributes,
such as format, style, and layout parameters.
Text objects can be animated like any other object using the Basic Motion or
Simulation behaviors, or by setting keyframes. However, text objects also have their
own Text Animation and Text Sequence behaviors.
Text behaviors work in the same manner as other behaviors, but create text animations
by generating a range of values in the parameters specific to text titling effects, such as
Tracking.
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