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For additional effects, you can also combine this pan and zoom with the
Caption Behaviors. Simply choose a Fly-In or Fly-Out effect.

Other Caption Motion Options

You’ll find that the Effects tab for captions shares similar options that you
have for moving layers: Position and Rotate are the same for both
captions and layers. Font Size is basically the same as Zoom.
You can also control the Motion Speed for these three options exactly as
you would for a layer. The only difference here is that captions use Linear
Motion Speed by default.

Options that are unique to Captions are Character Rotate and Skew.

As you learned in Chapter 10, Character Rotate rotates each of the
characters in a caption rather than the whole thing. Skew will stretch a
caption out to cause it to lean to the left of right. When combined with
motion, these options can be used to create a wide variety of text effects.

Experiment with caption motion to see what you can create. Try making
some of the other examples found in the manual, normally intended for
layers, with captions. You’ll find that you can do the same kinds of effects
working only with text rather than just with images. You don’t even have to
learn a new set of tools.