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464 15. Motion

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.

Motion and Soundtrack

The volume slider at the bottom of the Motion & Audio pane may seem
out of place, but it's actually a very interesting tool. This option allows you
to make changes to your Soundtrack volume that correspond with motion
on a slide.

For example: Let's say you have a video layer with audio. As the layer
zooms in, you can adjust the soundtrack volume to be lowered, allowing
the video's audio to be heard more clearly. This tool is generally most
effective when working with keyframes, which are covered in more detail in
Chapter 17