Can I make text look projected onto still image in Motion?

I'm working on a title sequence and was wanting to make the text appear as if it had been projected onto the side of a mountain.
Is this possible in Motion 3.0?
Thanks.

yes. you'll probably want to distort it shape,tilt the angle and change its blending type to overlay or add.
hth
adam

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