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MANUAL / SCRIPT
Palf MotionTextBox
Creates a text-following background box with in and out motion.
Installation
For the UI edition, copy Palf_MotionTextBox.jsxbin to ScriptUI Panels. Run the non-UI edition from Run Script File or a launcher.
Operation
- 01
Select the target text layer.
- 02
Run Apply to add a shape layer underneath the text.
- 03
Adjust the effect controls on the generated layer.
If you remove the parenting after generation, the expression cannot get the parent text dimensions and an expression error occurs.
Controls
- Colour
- Background-box colour.
- In / Out
- Enable entrance and exit motion.
- Fixed Width / Height
- Switches width or height to a fixed value.
- Width / Height
- Sets padding, or the dimensions when fixed.
- Start Point / End Point
- Sets the motion interval in frames relative to source-text keyframes.
- Ease
- Adjusts easing for keyframes within the interval.
- Offset Pos
- Fine-tunes the box position.