5

4 Do one of the following:
• To distort the glow, drag a distort handle.
Note: Some characters may not appear affected when you drag in the Canvas. However,
when you play the project, all characters are affected.
• To shear the glow, drag a shearing handle.
You can also use the value sliders in the Four Corner parameters in the Behaviors
Inspector. Click the Four Corner disclosure triangle to show the individual Bottom Left,
Bottom Right, Top Right, and Top Left controls.
5 Play the project.
The glow distortion is sequenced through the text, based on the settings in the Sequence
Text behavior parameters.
The following task describes an optional workflow in which you can distort text face,
glow, outline, or drop shadow using the above steps, but without using the Add pop-up
menu.
To sequence the warping of a text glow effect without using the Add pop-up menu
1 With the Sequence Text behavior applied to a text object, choose Glow from the Attribute
pop-up menu In the lower portion of the Behaviors Inspector.
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