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Creating a rotating 3D text logo reveal..
Hello everyone ,
I am trying to create a 3d text logo animation where each letter rotates around its own Y axis and revealed one after another.
I tried the conventional 3D logo method where you create multiple layers with the [position[0], position[1], index] expression, a camera 1, and a null object but it did not work when trying to rotate the camera around the second letter ( camera 2 would rotate around both letter at the same time). Is there a way around this?
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2 Replies
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I get what you’re doing with the multiple layers, but don’t quite understand what role the null and camera are playing. Why is the camera rotating?
From your description, it sounds like you would want a null object in the center of each letter. Parent all layers for the letter to it’s respective null. Then animate the Y rotation of each null.
I’ll add that the position expression on each one of your letter duplicates should be based on the position of the front one. Like this:
masterPos = thisComp.layer(“first letter”).transform.position;
masterIndex = thisComp.layer(“first letter”).index;
spacer = index-masterIndex;
[masterPos[0],masterPos[1],masterPos[2]+spacer];
This assumes your duplicate is below your first version of the letter. Then you can simply duplicate it a bunch of times, then parent them all to a letter null for the rotation animation.
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Also, depending on your version of AE, you can likely create 3D text more easily than this, without plugins. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR4GHA5_J5Q
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Thanks both for the reply. This is what I was looking for, thanks!
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