• Apple Motion

  3D Shading

  Posted by Lonnie Bear on December 21, 2011 at 5:24 pm

  I created a 3D version of a logo, and it looks pretty good when I hit play. But when the playhead is stopped, it looks flat with no depth. Also, if I uncheck “Dynamic” in the Resolution menu, it looks flat. The shading on the sides is gone. When I export, it always looks flat. How do I build the objects so they always have the shading? I used the Replicator method, which replicates the flat object into multiple Z-positions.

  Here are some screenshots of what I’m trying to describe:

  With “Dynamic” selected under Resolution (shading looks pretty decent):
  https://www.pacelinecollision.com/dynamic.jpg

  Without “Dynamic” selected and when exporting (shading is gone):
  https://www.pacelinecollision.com/nodynamic.jpg

  Stephen Smith replied 14 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  December 21, 2011 at 8:08 pm

  I’m not sure why your lighting worked and then disappeared, but a quick fix is to add a drop shadow to the replicated text or better yet change the replicated text grey and just place one layer of white text on top of the grey replicated text.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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  Lonnie Bear

  December 22, 2011 at 12:47 am

  The combination of both gave me a good effect. Thanks a lot!
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  Stephen Smith

  December 22, 2011 at 1:57 pm

  Happy to help and best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

  Check out my Motion Training DVD

  Check out my Vimeo page

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