• Adobe After Effects

  Invigorator Question

  Posted by Tom Edison on January 9, 2008 at 3:51 am

  Hello,
  I know this is not the dedicated Zaxwerks forum, but my question in that forum has not been answered.
  I have developed a great looking personalized logo modeled after the “Warner Bros. Pictures Shield” logo as seen before the studio’s movies (it’s for a school project and not actual publication.) The final touch to the piece (before animating) would be to add the 3D text that is written on the banner around the shield. Is it possible to create and bend the 3D text to rest properly on the round banner? I have not found a way to do this.
  AE 6.5 PRO w/ Invigorator PRO

  Thanks! Tom

  Bob Root replied 18 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bob Root

  January 9, 2008 at 12:59 pm

  If you have Adobe Illustrator, you can create a spline (with the pen tool) and type the text along the spline. Use that vector animation as your text layer in Invigorator.

  You may have to save the AI file as a version 8 file in order for it to open in Invigorator.
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  Bob Root

  January 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm

  Forgot to mention… If you would like to type along an elliptical path, use the ellipse tool in Illustrator to create the path (make sure to turn off the fill and stroke). Then use the “type along path” tool for your text creation.

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