Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) Title: IM Bug (v.1) updated 7/23/17 (v1.2)
Due to the nature of the design of this Title effect, the individual "bugs" cannot be animated from within the effect. That said, this title effect makes it very easy to create an IM (instant message) "bug" in FCPX. Resizing the bug auto-resizes the text (when the vertical aspect is sized.) Resizing uses font Size and not Scale for high resolution quality. It is easy to adjust the text for multiline "messages" using the title's parameters (it is not recommended using the Text inspector properties.)
A major feature of this title effect is that the corner roundness is not distorted when resizing the bug backgrounds (and the main reason why these cannot be animated positionally or dimensionally.)
This effect has been on my "request list" for awhile now (finally figured out how to work around the rounded corners issue!) It is "versioned," so I expect to be able to make improvements in the future.
BTW, I implemented outlines but did not include them in the published Title (I don't think they look good enough [kind of "chunky"]), even though they work quite well.) If you want them, and have Motion, you can get in and turn them on.
Update 07-23-2017:
Added Offset X, Offset Y parameters and turned the outline back on with width (0 - 8) and color parameters. Also added Title Opacity so fade in/out is now possible.
This item has been redesigned (but with the same basic features) and is now available from:
https://fcpxtemplates.com/product/im-...