Wiggle Text in Motion?

Try applying the Wriggle parameter behavior to the position of the text.

It's a parameter behavior - right click on the parameter you want to apply it to and choose it from the pop-up menu.

I'm thinking, Mark, that there's no way to cause the text to jiggle using the Wriggle behavior. I'm guessing that wireduck wants something like Squigglevision™ used on Dr. Katz, etc...

I've done up a project for my book, but I'm limited in how much I can post of it online.

I call it WobbleVision and it looks like this:

Wobble Vision

What I can do is tell you I used a cellular generator with tiny particles and a sharp edged gradient, made it 4 frames long, clone layered it, set the end condition of the clone layer to pingpong, then dragged it the length of my project. Then I used my "inking" group (letters and outlines) as a mask for the cloned cellular generator, applied a slight Gaussian blur and a threshold. This causes the particles to "clump" together and the ping-ponging effect makes the lines wobble like a looped redraw.

I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but I hope that'll give you enough to get started.

post back,

Patrick

Sorry - forgot to post the standard disclaimer:

I may receive some form of financial compensation for the link to my book posted above...

Patrick

Patrick's suggestion is excellent - another way would be to use the new Variance controls in Motion 4 with a sequence text behavior for a different look - they will allow each character to move in different directions.

Wobble Vision is like the Rhubarb and Custard cartoons :-))

Since the word only takes a very small part of the screen once in Final cut, do I still need to make the file hi def size in Motion?

It seems I will be creating a big file with just a fraction of the screen space being used. Can I get away with a much smaller screen size, or will that not work when I get it back to FC?
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You can make the project any size you want in Motion but you've just got make sure you're not going to be scaling it up once you get it back to FCP. I do this all the time in AE, create custom projects that are only large enough to contain the elements. Caution: You've got to anticipate the movement and any effects that might appear near the edges of the sequence borders.

bogiesan

LiveType fonts are basically animations, so there's no way to alter them, but if they'll do the job, go for it...

Patrick