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3D cube with variable line thickness depending on depth
my question is quite simple:
Is it possible to make a rotating 3D cube in AE with variable lines weight.
Meaning lines which are far (along Z axis) are more thin, than those
that are close. And lines which go torwards us are tapered.It sounds quite simple, but I can’t get descent result.
I tried stroke, 3D stroke.. and no matter what, the cube doesn’t look
good.I want lines which are close to be 3px and those are far going to 1px.
(3DStroke has clipping parameter, however it affects visibility and not thickness)…
Help!
ThankS
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5 Replies
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If you changed the focal length of the camera to make it more wide-angle, 3d stroke’s cube would look more like what you want. (Assuming you’re using Trapcode 3d Stroke.)
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Hello,
That’s true. But as the result it also distorts by cube… ;-(
That’s the problem…M.
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You could use the Beam effect tied with expressions to some nulls in 3d space (at the corners of the cube) and more expressions to determine the size of the beam at the ends. It’ll be complicated to create, but it should be nice and flexible when you’re done.
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Yep. I thought of that, but basically I would need to write some sort of 3D engine for that. I could use 3D stroke as well to change taper based on the depth… it sounds pretty complicated. Anyway.. I think I “sort of” tuned 3D stroke/camera to achieve an “acceptable” result.
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