3d warp tool

[Ed Cilley]

[Stephen Fenn] “how I am supposed to be able to “promote to 3d” things such as titles, shapes etc.”

I think you are confusing the title of the tool “3D” with a 3D plug-in. You cannot make titles or shapes 3D using this tool.

The 3D refers to the ability to move objects in 3D space, but will not extrude objects.

Ed

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[Stephen Fenn]

Oh no, I didn’t explain very well. I can “promote to 3d” titles and clips. The thing I’m having trouble with is bringing shapes created in, say, the paint effect into 3d space using the 3d warp tool. When I do add the 3d warp effect to a paint effect shape it doesn’t seem to allow me to adjust the shape in 3d.
Thanks.

[Phil Lowe]

Not sure I get what you’re trying to do, but I just created a 2D box in the title tool and took it to the timeline. The 3D Warp effect doesn’t apply to a matte, so I deleted the alpha channel on the box (remove effect) and applied 3D Warp to the remaining fill channel. I had no problem manipulating it doing it that way.

If you’re looking for Z-depth from Avid’s title tool, forget it. To get true 3D Z-depth, you have to use a dedicated 3D application like LightWave or Maya (I use LightWave).

Anything “3D” in a 2D application – like Avid – is 2.5D: not true 3D.

[Phil Lowe]

Or use the Marquee Title tool. While this will allow you to create true 3D shapes and text, once you save its output to Avid, you’re going to hit the same wall with the 3D Warp tool: you won’t be dealing with true 3D objects anymore, as Avid only does 2D. So the “3D Warp” tool is still only 2.5D.