User`s guide

Adding Effects to Text
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• Random Style is similar to Style Shift except that it randomizes the styles instead of
moving from left to right. Use multiple styles.
• Style Shuffle randomly shuffles the styles assigned to each character to that of
another style used in the Text window. Use multiple styles.
• Style by Word looks at the style of the first letter of each word and assigns that style
to entire words at random.
• Style by Line looks at the style of the first letter of each line and assigns that style to
entire lines at random.
• Style Shuffle by Word looks at the style of the first letter of each word and shuffles
that style with other words.
• Style Shuffle by Line looks at the style of the first letter of each line and shuffles that
style with other lines.
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When you experiment with the choices in the Variation Mode menu, it is helpful to scrub
Letter Variation to see how the animated text varies.
4. Set a percentage by moving the Progress slider.
The amount is animatable so you can achieve the popular effect of letters flipping until
your word forms.
5. From the Progress menu, select one of the following to set the direction of progress:
• Left to Right
• Right to Left
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6. Type a value or move the Repeat slider to create longer text strings.
The range is from 1 to 1000. At a value of 1, the text appears once. Don’t forget line
feeds to avoid hitting the horizontal text size limit. This parameter is also animatable.
7. Type a value or move the Loop slider to determine which character starts the line.
Animate this parameter to make the characters appear to crawl in place.
8. Vary the characters from frame to frame by moving the Scramble Characters slider.