Thursday, 24 January 2013

3D text and tracking After effects CS6

Get text then go to composition settings - advanced then change the text to Ray-traced 3D and tick the 3D box on the timeline.

Go down to geometry options and turn up the extrusion  depth.
Insert a new camera from the layer tab and with the orbit camera tool rotate the text.


Now insert a light witch is right above the camera and edit the point of interest. Using keyframes on the timeline edit the point of interest's position as the timeline plays.

Import an image then change that image to an environment layer



Edit the reflection intensity and various other tools under the materiel options.



Tracking on video

First import the video and then go to animation - track camera.

Options will show on the left of the video, tick the detailed analysis box and turn up the tack point size.

Shift click on the 3 points and the right click one and 'create text and camera'


Double click the text on the timeline and repeat the steps before on editing the text here and remember to add the camera.



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