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• Per Object: The setting chosen in the Speed pop-up menu is applied one time for each
object for every loop. For example, if Speed is set to Accelerate, the rate of the sequence
animation increases as it moves through each text object for every loop.
End Condition: This pop-up menu specifies how the animation is applied to the end of
the sequence animation. There are three options:
• Hold: Completes the sequence animation cycle one time, then starts it over from the
beginning (after the last text unit in the sequence completes its animation).
• Wrap: Treats the sequence animation as a continuous loop so the spread wraps from
the last text unit in the sequence to the first text unit.
• Ping-Pong: Completes the sequence animation cycle forward, then completes the
animation backward, then forward, and so on.
End Offset: A slider that offsets the end of the effect of the sequence behavior. By default,
the sequence animation is in effect until the end of the behavior. For example, to stop
the sequencing 60 frames from the end of the text object (or project), drag the End Offset
slider to 60 or enter 60 in the value field. Using this slider to stop the effect, rather than
trimming the end of the behavior in the Timeline, freezes the end of the effect for the
remaining duration of the object. Trimming the end of the behavior resets the text to its
original settings.
Variance: This group of controls allows you to randomize the attributes assigned to
sequence through the text. For example, if you add variance to a scale sequence, the text
scale is randomized rather than moving from the original Scale value to the Scale value
defined in the sequence behavior. These sliders control the frequency of the randomness.
When sequencing is set to To, From, Through, or Through Inverted, it is useful to see how
the Variance numbers affect the randomness. The following image shows a sequence
animation in which the Y Position is offset. When a low variance value (frequency) is
applied, the randomness is very smooth along the line of text—like the text is riding a
very slow and smooth wave.
919Chapter 17 Animating Text