5.5

647Motion User Guide
• Size: A slider (available when Path Shape is set to Rectangle) to change the size of the
rectangular path. Click the disclosure triangle to adjust the X scale and Y scale.
Note: When the Text tool is selected, you can also use onscreen control points to resize
the rectangle. Press Shift to resize the X and Y scales uniformly.
• Start Point: Value sliders (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to set the location
of the start point on the wave’s path. The left value slider sets the X coordinate of the
start point. The right value slider sets the Y coordinate of the start point. The start point
can also be adjusted using the wave’s onscreen controls (active by default when the
Text tool is selected).
• End Point: Value sliders (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to set the location
of the end point on the path. The left value slider sets the X coordinate of the end point.
The right value slider sets the Y coordinate of the end point. The end point can also be
adjusted using the wave’s onscreen controls (active by default when the Text tool is
selected).
• Amplitude: A slider (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to define half the
distance from the highest point to the lowest point in the wave. Higher values result in
more extreme waves.
• Frequency: A slider (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to set the number of
waves. Higher values result in more waves.
• Phase: A dial (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to define the percentage of the
offset of the waves from the start and end points of the path. When set to 0% (default),
the wave begins and ends at half the distance from the highest point to the lowest point
in the wave. When set to 90%, the wave begins and ends at the highest point in the
wave. When set to –90%, the wave begins at the lowest point in the wave. When set to
180%, the waves are the same as 0%, but inverted.
• Damping: A value slider (available when Path Shape is set to Wave) to progressively
diminish the oscillation of the wave. Positive damping values diminish the wave forward
(from left to right). Negative values diminish the wave backward (from right to left).
• Shape Source: An image well (available when Path Shape is set to Geometry) to define
the object (shape or mask) used as the motion path source.
• To: A pop-up menu (available when Path Shape is set to Geometry) to choose an object
in the project to be used as a shape source for the motion path.
• Attach to Shape: A checkbox (available when Path Shape is set to Geometry) that, when
selected, forces the motion path to follow the source shape at the shape’s original
location. When Attach to Shape is deselected, the text can be offset from its source
shape. To learn how to use spline objects as a text path source shape, see Use a
geometry shape as a text path in Motion.
Note: When Attach to Shape is selected, you cannot drag the shape object to another
location.
• Path Offset: A slider to set where text begins on the path. Animate this value to move
text along a path. At 0%, the first text character is at the beginning of the path; at 100%,
the first character is at the end of the path.
• Wrap Around: A checkbox (available when Path Shape is set to Open Spline or Wave)
that, when selected, wraps text from the end of the path to the first point of the path.
Wrap Around is selected by default.