Chapter 6

Question 1

Name two of the three panes in the Text pane of Inspector

Answer 1

Style, Layout, Format

Question 2

How do you display the action-safe and title-safe overlays?

Answer 2

From the “View and Overlay” pop-up menu at the top right of the Canvas, choose Safe Zones, or press the ‘ (apostrophe) key.

Question 3

When modifying an individual character in a text layer, which tool do you use to change its scale, position, and rotation/ and how do you select that tool?

Answer 3

You use the Transform Glyph tool, which you can select from the 2D Transform tools in the toolbar (the first of three View tools), or by Control-clicking a text layer in the Canvas and choosing Transform Glyph.

Question 4

How do you create a marker?

Answer 4

Select a layer and press M

Question 5

From which two locations can you apply a preset text style?

Answer 5

From the Style Preset pop-up menu in the Style pane of the Text Inspector, or from the Text Styles category in the Library.

Question 6

Which behavior was used to create all the text sequence presets in the Library?

Answer 6

The Sequence Text behavior

Question 7

Which text layer parameters can you animate directly in the Canvas using a Sequence Text behavior?

Answer 7

Position, rotation and scale.

Question 8

What parameter would you adjust to set the number of characters animating at once in a Sequence Text behavior?

Answer 8

The Spread parameter.

Question 9

With the Transform Glyph tool, you can change the offset, scale, and rotation of a character directly in the Canvas. Where are those parameters located in the Inspector?

Answer 9

In the Format pane of the Text Inspector (as opposed to the Properties pane, which contains Position, Scale and Rotation parameters for the entire text layer).

Question 10

After changing the Layout Method to Path, what must you do to see the path in the Canvas?

Answer 10

Double-click the text in the Canvas.

Question 11

Describe one method for turning on motion blur, and identify where you can adjust its settings.

Answer 11

Turn on motion blur from the Render Options pop-up menu, by choosing View > Render Options > Motion Blur, or by pressing Option-M. To change its settings, open the Project Properties window by choosing Edit> Project Properties, or pressing Command J.