Motion 5 - Text Glow Controls in the Style Pane

Note: You can distort the glow of text independently of other style parameters. For more
information, see

Adjusting Glyph Attributes

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Glow:

Use this activation checkbox to enable or disable glow parameters in this group.

Glow is disabled by default.

Fill with:

Use this pop-up menu to set the fill for the glow. As with the Face and Outline

controls, you can set the glow fill to Color, Gradient, or Texture.

Color/Gradient/Texture:

Use these color controls to set the color, gradient, or texture of

the glow effect. Click the disclosure triangle to adjust additional parameters.

Opacity:

Use this slider to set the opacity of the text glow.

Blur:

Use this slider to set the softness of the text glow.

Radius:

Use this slider to set the circumference of the glow.

Scale:

Use this slider to set the size of the glow.

Offset:

Use these value sliders to offset the glow in the X or Y position.

Layer Order:

Use this pop-up menu to specify whether the glow is drawn over or under

the text face.

Four Corner:

Use these value sliders to control the position of the glow attribute, allowing

for glow distorting effects. Click the disclosure triangle to reveal the value sliders:

• Bottom Left: Offsets the text glow from the lower left of its original position. Enter a

value in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and
Y position values.

• Bottom Right: Offsets the text glow from the lower right of its original position. Enter

a value in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and
Y position values.

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Chapter 16

Creating and Editing Text