3D Text in After Effects

3D Text in After Effects

on Mar 26th 2011 with 12 comments

Andrew Devis has a 3-part tutorial for Extruding 3D Text & Shapes in After Effects. He’s covering duplication, Shatter, and [later] Zaxwerks & 3D applications and Repousse from Photoshop. As usual, he has surveyed some tutorials and saves you time by offering a best practice.

Of course, there are a number of approaches for creating 3D and faux 3D text (and shapes) in After Effects with native and 3rd party tools. It’s rather easier to list them than to demonstrate them, especially since there are a number insightful options for solving deficiencies in the popular, inexpensive approaches (duplicate layers and the Shatter effect).

Here’s some of the approaches found at AE Portal:

We can’t embed Creative Cow material, so here’s one of the more entertaining efforts from recent years, How to make 3D Text and use 3D Stroke in After Effects – Live Tutorial from Grayscale Gorilla (it leans on Harry Frank who posted a free Graymachine preset):

LiveTut3DText3dStroke from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

 
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Rich Young is a long-time After Effects user from the San Francisco Bay Area who tracks AE news at AE Portal.  

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  • http://www.qtab.net qtab

    here is also my arabic tutorial for how make 3d text inside after effects with out any outside effect or plugin

    http://www.qtab.net/02/أفتر-فيكت-بيكتب-3دى-من-غير-أى-بلجن

    كيف تكتب مجسم 3 دى بدون اى فلتر خارجى

  • chad

    A great tutorial dude, very very helpful. But next time can you please stop with all the sucking and lip juice noises. It’s so freaking nasty and makes it an effort to stay focused. Especially when having to wear headphones due to being in a work environment. Like nails on a blackboard.

    • http://videohive.net/user/benandaim/portfolio?ref=benandaim Benny W

      Ha ha, mouth noises… Gold!

      Drives me insane sometimes too with tutorials ;)

  • chu

    how do you get those buttons show up on screen usin screen capture?
    i`ve been trieing to find for while now…
    thanx in advance :)

  • rich
    Author

    You can leave messages for Nick, who did the video, on Greyscale Gorilla or on the Vimeo page. See the link below the vid to get there.

  • http://www.fretlessmedia.com Chris

    I created a tutorial about recreating some of the Thor trailer titles all in After Effects. I utilized the Shatter 3D text method.

    http://vimeo.com/20820509

    Comments and feedback are very much appreciated!

  • http://aeportal.blogspot.com/ Rich Young
    Author

    Chris, sorry I didn’t mention your recent tutorial; it didn’t fit the format but I added a link in the body just now.

  • http://www.care4tech.com Thangaraju

    Good article am started learning and practicing this tutorial. thanks for sharing..

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    Недавно сделал видео урок на русском языке.
    ОБЪЕМНЫЙ ТЕКСТ В AFTER EFFECTS. ВИДЕО УРОК.
    на abcae.ru

  • Nagesh

    now add element 3d and ae6….

  • djpete218

    great job on the tutorial, love it

  • ziinine Abd

    no need use 3D stroke , just use stroke only .it safe time and easy , and it go around the object automatically .try that out .