Changing the layout and creating text on a path

Sometimes we want text to follow along a path for a variety of different reasons. We may want text to travel across the edges of a shape or wrap to the pages of a book whose perspective is not flat to the screen. Whatever the reason may be, playing with text on a path in Motion is fun.

Getting ready

Open the 05_04 project in your Chapter 5 folder. This project consists of a sketch book from Motion's library.

How to do it...

We're going to create some text and try to have it match our book's perspective.

1. Press T to select the Text tool and on the left side of the book type Chapter 5 – Let's Make Text. Press the Esc key to exit the text entry mode and press F7 to show the HUD. Change the value of Font to Tahoma, make it Bold and set the size to 31. Choose a dark blue color of your liking by keeping Ctrl pressed and clicking on the color well. Center align the text and move it back over the book. Use the following screenshot for reference:

   

2. We're going...