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The Type On behavior bar is selected in the mini-Timeline and Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
• In the Timeline or mini-Timeline, drag the right end of the Type On bar toward the left,
to the frame where you want the animation to end. As you drag the new Out point, a
tooltip displays the duration and delta (amount of change) of the behavior.
• Drag the playhead to the frame where you want to set the new Out point, then choose
Mark > Mark Out (or press O).
By the time the playhead reaches the end of the new behavior duration bar, the type
on effect is complete.
Note: You can also slow the type-on effect by extending the behavior beyond the duration
of the text object.
Type On Controls
The Type On behavior contains only the Fade In parameter.
Fade In: When this checkbox is selected, each text character fades in rather than appearing
with the default pop effect.
Note: You can also create this type of animation using the Type On parameter group in
the Layout pane of the Text Inspector. For more information, see Text Controls in the
Layout Pane.
Preset Text Sequence Behaviors
As previously noted, Text Sequence behaviors are customized, preset versions of the
Sequence Text behavior in the Text Animation subcategory. (For more information on
the Sequence Text behavior, see Sequence Text Behavior.) Although behaviors in the
Text Sequence behavior subcategory are predefined, values can be modified and other
parameters added, or existing parameters can be removed. For example, the Awaken In
behavior (from the Basic group) animates text Opacity, Scale, and Rotation values (Format
parameters) by default. However, you can add a parameter, such as Position, to the
behavior.
Text Sequence behaviors are applied to text objects in the same manner as other
behaviors. However, there is one big difference between the Text Sequence behaviors
and other behaviors in Motion: When added to text, Text Sequence behaviors do not last
the duration of the text. However, you can modify the default duration of the behavior
to slow down or speed up the effect of the animation.
As with all behaviors, you can save a modified behavior to the Library as a custom behavior.
For more information, see Saving a Modified Text Behavior to the Library.
Clicking a Text Sequence behavior in the Library stack plays the preset animation in the
preview area.
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