Apple Motion 5.4: Animate With Lights in 3D [video]

[This is an excerpt from a recent on-line video webinar: “Text Animation in Apple Motion 5.4” which is available as a download in our store, or as part of our Video Training Library.]

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Last week, we looked at creating text effects in Apple Final Cut Pro X. In that session, we discovered that there are substantial limitations on how we could move and animate text. So, this week, we look at how to use the more powerful text tools in Motion to create more extensive text animation.

Join host, Larry Jordan, as he presents text animation in Motion 5.4. In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a text project in Motion
• Create and format 2D and 3D text
• Apply pre-built text behaviors
• Apply Motion behaviors
• Apply Motion simulations
• Apply animation keyframes
• Animate lights in 3D space
• Create a stand-alone movie with transparency
• Create an FCP X text template

The number one thing we can do to catch a viewer’s eye is to make something move. In this session, you’ll discover a wealth of animation tools you can use immediately in your projects to captivate the eye of a viewer.

In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to color and animate 3D text using lights in 3D space.

Apple Motion 5.4: Animate Using Lights in 3D

TRT: 9:52 — MPEG-4 HD movie

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