User`s guide

Working with Spline Object Media
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The 3D Container controls also let you intersect the tracks in 3D space and apply lights
and shadows. You can use a different shape type for each track.
Converting Text to Spline Objects
You can create 2D or 3D text effects using the Text media type, and then change the media
type to Spline Object to edit the splines which form the text characters. This allows you to
animate the shape of the text. See “Converting Text and Text Backdrops to Spline Objects”
on page 448 for more information.
Animating Spline Objects
Unlike some of the other media types, you can animate all spline object in addition to the
shape track to which it is assigned.
Avid FX automatically creates a keyframe in the Path track at the CTI location each time
you move or adjust a spline in the Composite window. In this way you can animate the
spline’s position, scale, and shape.
Alternately, static spline effects are created using Multi-Frame mode.
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