3D bevel

[Dan Ebberts]

Give this a try. It will work best if your text layer’s anchor point is in the center of the text.


L = thisComp.layer("Light 1");
p = fromWorld(L.toWorld([0,0,0]));
y = p[1];
try{
x = toCompVec([0,0,1])[2] > 0 ? p[0] : -p[0];
}catch(err){
x = p[0];
}
radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(y,x)) + 90


Dan

[Jack Parks]

This is really helpful, I will give it a try.
Thanks

[Jack Parks]

Hi Dan
This works great on the alpha bevel effect, is there a way to adapt it to get the opposite angle? So it can be used with colour emboss effect?
Thanks again for your help.

[Dan Ebberts]

Try changing the last line to:

radiansToDegrees(Math.atan2(y,x)) – 90

Dan

[Jack Parks]

Perfect, thanks.