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creating a metallic luster (like a livetype font) in AE
is there a way of creating a metallic luster (or sheen) in AE 7 pro using just the plugins that come bundled with it? the beveling alpha effect is close to what i’m trying to achieve, but i’m looking for a more metallic look than what it’s giving me.
anybody have any suggestions?
bE
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My suggestion would be looking at CC Glass (turn distortion way down) or upgrading to CS3 which has full support for Photoshop Layer Styles. I made some cool text in AE today with a metallic beveled stroke around it and then animated the global light to get a sheen effect, it was nice for 3 minutes of work =)
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
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hey darby,
thank you so much for your suggestion. while i’m not sure what you’re talking about when you say to “bring distortion way down” on the CC Glass plugin, i did use the CC Glas plugin.
i created the text layer (with the text i wanted), applied the CC Glass plugin…fiddled a bit with it. then i duplicated the layer, deleted the CC Glass plugin on the duplicated instance and added the CC Blobbylize plugin…fiddled some more, then i changed the transfer mode of the duplicated layer to overlay.
thank you again so much for your suggestion, you certainly pointed me in the right direction!
all the best,
bE
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