Using the "Timer" LiveFont
Have I got the basic idea of this font right?
When I select the "Timer" LiveFont in the library tab, the little animation (apparently) shows the letters cycling through random letters and finally coming to rest on the letter "A". So I'm assuming that, when applied, each letter in the word I've typed in the canvas will cycle through some random letters, and then one by one come to rest on the letters that spell out my word. Or at least, the font can be adjusted to do this. Is that it?
So, I type the word "Testing" in the canvas and then drag the "Timer" LiveFont onto the text and it changes to those great red LED segments and creates a 1 second clip. Until now I haven't changed the font's default values in the LiveFont Timing panel. So far so good. I now extend the clip to 10 seconds. But when I play it, all I see is the word "Testing" spelled out, in full. It just stays there until 2;09 when letters start disappearing until 2;22 when they're all gone.
Although the manual describes in detail all the parameters in the LiveFont Timing panel, nothing I've tried seems to get me anywhere close to what's promised in the preview animation.
I'm sure I'm making some bone-headed mistake (or omission, or assumption), but can anyone tell me what it is?
When I select the "Timer" LiveFont in the library tab, the little animation (apparently) shows the letters cycling through random letters and finally coming to rest on the letter "A". So I'm assuming that, when applied, each letter in the word I've typed in the canvas will cycle through some random letters, and then one by one come to rest on the letters that spell out my word. Or at least, the font can be adjusted to do this. Is that it?
So, I type the word "Testing" in the canvas and then drag the "Timer" LiveFont onto the text and it changes to those great red LED segments and creates a 1 second clip. Until now I haven't changed the font's default values in the LiveFont Timing panel. So far so good. I now extend the clip to 10 seconds. But when I play it, all I see is the word "Testing" spelled out, in full. It just stays there until 2;09 when letters start disappearing until 2;22 when they're all gone.
Although the manual describes in detail all the parameters in the LiveFont Timing panel, nothing I've tried seems to get me anywhere close to what's promised in the preview animation.
I'm sure I'm making some bone-headed mistake (or omission, or assumption), but can anyone tell me what it is?
13" MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1), 4GB Ram, 320GB 7200 rpm HD
