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Points colour pot Displays the colour of the vertices on a text path. Editable.
See
Animating Text on a Motion Path (page 984).
Global/Layer Blur box Select whether to apply blurring globally or on a per layer basis.
Global Blur makes all shadows appear together, blurred with a single unique colour, on top of the background
of all layers. Layer Blur blurs each layer individually according to its priority—background, blurred shadow,
and fill.
When using Global Blur with prerendering, the layers are prerendered once and blurred on the front clip.
These layers must not have any animation—they are static. For Layer Blur, there are two possible cases:
■ All layers are static, without background. Only fill or shadow can be enabled for all layers—no blur. The
layers are prerendered once and blurred on the front clip.
■ Auto-Softness On, Progressive Rendering, or All Layers Static. Static layers (up to two) are prerendered
once and blurred on the front clip as other layers are rendered.
Shadow Blur box Select whether to use a smooth blur with rounded edges (Gaussian), or a rectangular,
rougher edged blur (Box).
Clear Undo Buffer button Resets the Undo entries.
Entering Text
Font Type box Select the type of font to display in the font browser list.
Font Preview window Previews the selected font. Click to enter text.
Exit Load Font button Exits the font browser.
Modifying Layer and Character Properties
Layer Axis box Select an alignment option for the selected text layer.
To move the axis:Select:
To the upper-left corner of the text layer.Top/Left
To the centre point of the text layer.Centre
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