Making text on a jpg draw in Motion4

I have an image with a single letter on it that forms part of a logo. I would like the letter to draw itself as part of an intro. What would be the best method to use for this?
Thank you.

you can import the letter into motion ( once you have isolated it from its background of course) and then draw a mask over it to hide it. Now animate the mask to reveal the letter. One quick way of doing this is to draw over the shapee with the pen tool. Increase the thickness of your shape so that it covers the letter. it doesnt have to be exact, just so it follows the shaper and covers it up. Then apply a write on Behaviour to the shape, This will make it animate on and off. Now add an Image Mask to the jpg letter, and use the shape you draw as its source. and that should do it for you.
hth
adam

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