Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 672)

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Reset a repositioned glyph
1 If the glyph is not selected, select the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the
toolbar, then select the glyph or Shift-select a group of glyphs.
2 In the Format pane of the Text Inspector, click the Animation menu icon for the Offset parameter
and choose Reset Parameter.
Reset a scaled glyph
1 If the glyph is not selected, select the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the
toolbar, then select the glyph or Shift-select a group of glyphs.
2 In the Format pane of the Text Inspector, Control-click the Scale parameter and choose
Reset Parameter.
Adjust glyph attributes
The onscreen controls for adjusting a glyph’s style attribute are similar to the distort onscreen
controls. You can also distort a glyph’s attributes in the Text Inspector.
Distort a glyph’s style attribute in the Canvas
1 Select the text object that contains the glyph to modify, then select the Transform Glyph tool
from the 2D transform tools in the toolbar.
2 Choose the attribute to modify (Face, Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow) from the Attribute pop-up
menu in the Text HUD.
If the Text HUD is not shown, choose Window > Show HUD (or press F7).
The glyph is enclosed by a bounding box with eight handles: four corner handles for distorting,
and four shearing handles located in the middle of the bounding box edges.
Corner handle
Shearing handle
3 Do one of the following:
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To shear the style attribute, drag a shearing handle.
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To distort the style attribute, drag a corner handle.
The parameters for the adjusted attribute are selected in the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
That parameter is only turned on for the modified glyphs in the text object.
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