Alternative Way to Create 3D Text Animation Create True 3D Text Effects using After Effects This customisation is one small reason why Cinema 4D is a superior choice to the 3D capabilities of the other Adobe apps. Notice how the text catches the light much more subtly on the slightly rounded edges.

You can also now turn 'Gouraud Shading ' off now if you wish, and go back to plain 'Gouraud Shading'. Then turn the Radius down from the default of 5 to 3. The default is 1, but you want to change yours to 4 for both the Start and End Caps. The 'Steps' option here means how many subdivisions the fillet contains. Now go back to the Attributes panel for the text.

This will allow you to see the subdivisions in the type. Just above the perspective view, you’ll see a little menu list that says: View, Camera, Display, Options, Filter, Panel. Let's customise the look further by adjusting the Steps and Radius. Add some text featuresĪdding slightly rounded edges to text will make it catch the light (Click the icon in the top-right to enlarge the image) Change them to 'Fillet Cap'.Ī Fillet is like a bevel – it’s a great way to liven up your text. You’ll see a start and end fields that both say 'Cap'. In the Attributes panel you’ll notice a few tabs just under where it says 'Extrude Object'. Only release the mouse when an arrow pointing down appears. Left-click and hold the text object and drag your mouse so it hovers over the extrude object. We can make the text the child of the extrude object to give the text depth. The way the objects panel differs from many other traditional layer approaches is that it is hierarchical. You’ll now have an extrude object just above the text object in the Objects panel. Left-click and hold on that box and you’ll see more options. Just to the right of the Spline tools you’ll see a green box. To give it depth, we need another type of object. You’ll notice there isn’t any depth to the type at this point, it’s just the outline of the text. If you’d like to rotate around your text in 3D space, hold Alt/Option and then left-click and drag around in the perspective view. Right under that field you’ll see where you can choose your font. Click outside of that field to update the text.

Use the Attributes panel to type (Click the icon in the top-right to enlarge the image)Ĭlick where you see the word Text in the larger field at the top of the Attributes panel, and type in whatever you'd like the text to say.

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