Text Alignment Issue

[Mark Spencer]

Text, like any layer in Motion, scales (and rotates) from its anchor point, which defaults to the baseline of a text layer. Move it to the middle of the layer vertically, and the text will scale from the middle.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Kyle Jenkins]

I guess I wrote incorrectly when I said I was having scaling issues. I’m actually having issues with the font size not scaling. When I raise the font size it only scales up from the baseline… I see no change when I mess around with the position settings under the text layout tab…

Layout method is “Type”
Alignment – Center
Justification – None
Anchor Point – Line
Position – x=0, y=0, z=0

[Andrew Wilson]

They’re still the same thing and doing what Mark suggested is what you need to do. You have to move the type layer’s anchor point to the middle using the anchor point tool. It’s under the arrow selection tool and looks like a target.

Andrew Wilson
WestView Digital Video & Design
http://www.westviewdigital.com

[Patrick Harper]

I have the same issue and trying what is suggested on this thread doesn’t seem to work.

If I move the anchor point from the bottom to the middle of my textbox then it has the same effect as if I had just moved the base up. I still don’t get my text scaling downwards, away from the anchor point, when I increase the text size.

[Mark Spencer]

Try adjusting the baseline.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Patrick Harper]

When I move the baseline the text moves up or down accordingly.
In effect I guess I want the baseline to be anchored to the center of the text so that when its size is increased in an FCP template the text ‘grows’ outwards, up and down, from this point, instead of just up.

Have been experimenting with this for ages now and still no joy…

[Patrick Harper]

Found this thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/170/856389

Looks like it may be a matter of linking the Y positioning to the font size.

[Mark Spencer]

If you move the baseline, the text will scale from the new baseline position – so move the baseline so that the anchor point appear in the horizontal middle of the text, and the text will scale from the horizontal middle. The sequence text behavior works great with this approach when animating scale.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Brad Brown]

Hey Mark,

I have the same problem and adjusting the baseline doesn’t effect where the text size scales from, I set the baseline to -100 and the increased the size slider and still the text scales up from the bottom of the text.

I need it to go from the top as I’m making a Motion templet with 2 line of text but don’t wont the gap between the top and bottom line to change when to font sized is changed in FCP. so the top line scael perfectly but need to get the bottom line to scale to point size from the top.

Cheers

[Mark Spencer]

Here’s how to do it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL1uY0CbFlE

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

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