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Text facing Camera?
Hi,
is there a way to have the Text face the camera at all times in a 3D scene?
The camera is rotating around a map and I like to have the city names facing the camera.Thank you
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14 Replies
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Easiest way is to make the text layers 2D rather than 3D. Would that work for your project?
Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Well the text are on top of a location (City) and should stay at that position just facing the camera. Like something from Google Earth
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Try linking the XYZ rotation of the Text layer (or text group) to the rotation of the camera. That should do it.
Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
You can use the Point At behavior to have the text always face the camera. Set the transition to zero.
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Nope it didn’t work. 🙁
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It certainly works for me. Did you add the camera to the source well? Change the transition time?
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
I thought that Point At only gave you the option of one axis? I guess you’d need to have three instances if you wanted it completed locked.
Link rotation is marginally easier in this case possibly?
Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
Yes you need to choose an axis but if you choose the default, z, and set the Transition value to 0, the text will always point at the camera – it’s z-axis will point at the camera.
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
I add the camera to the well but the text spun in another direction and its not moving with the camera
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I can’t tell what’s wrong without seeing your project but if you set the Transition value to 0 and the Source to the Camera with the Z-axis selected, the text will face the camera. Is the text in a 3D group? Tough to trouble shoot but absolutely should work.
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net
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