Mark Spencer's Motion Tip: RTF Import and Scrolling Text

[danoz430254]

great tut

[markspencer1203]

I used TextEdit.

[davidaliperti]

how did you create file in text application? I did it with microsoft word, and created that layout with 2 column,

in Motion i had to set layout method to type and to adjust the y offset of the second column

[MotionTips]

email me markspencer -at- mac -dot- com

[chimmy62]

Hey I didn't get the scrolling text template either

[markspencer1203]

Sure, email me at markspencer -at- mac -dot- com and I'll send it to you.

[JfiveJive]

Great tutorial! I just subscribed to your website but I didn't get the rtf template. Just wondering if you're still offering it?

[JfiveJive]

Found it on the website! Thanks!

[onjoFilms]

Thanks, cool tip.

[tellysworld]

Nice job Mark.

[markspencer1203]

If you are using the Scrolling Text behavior, you can change the speed by changing the duration of the behavior in the mini-timeline - IOW, trim the length of the text layer AND the behavior, make them both longer or shorter, depending on what you are going for.

[oachcruda]

Thanks for the reply Mark, I was about to give up, but I finally figure it out. Thanks for the advise it worked.

[oachcruda]

Great Tutorial, thanks for the margin tips very helpful.... Question.. I've been wanting to use this technique for an EPK where the biography of amn artist scrolls up but can't get it right, when I import the video using the automatic speed it scrolls up really fast when when I use fixed or custom trying to slow down the whole paragraph don't scroll up all the way to the top of the margin and dissapear. I spent hours trying different setting but nothing. I was wondering if you can help me out.

[MotionTips]

You just need to extend the duration of both the text layer and the scrolling text behavior in the miniTimeline or the Timeline - if your project isn't long enough, you can make it longer by entering a new duration in duration field at the bottom right of the Canvas.