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Extruding an object through a plane
Hello,
New to AE, but learning the basics quick. I’m working on putting together an introductory scene to my aerial videos, and I would like to extrude my logo through the plane. I’ve already generated a 3D version, and figured out basically how I want the rest of the intro to work. Please see here for what I’m working on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7OaLD2Tls4
Basically, I’d like the first 1-2 seconds to be of that logo emerging from the white background, like something being extruded out of a playdough machine.
Any tips for how to make this work? I tried to push it through the Z-Plane, but there doesn’t seem to be any wiggle room there. It’s either all the way in front of the background layer, or all the way behind it.
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How did you make your 3d logo, with 3D render in AE, or is it from another program?
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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How did you make the 3D text? Ray-traced? Element 3D? If your text is 3D (which it pretty clearly is) and your white background is a solid layer in 3D space, then, in theory, you should be able to achieve what you are aiming for.
If you used a plug-in like element 3D, you could always make the background in Element and animate the push through with the plugin’s animation controls.
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3D Text was made with Element 3D. I’ve tried it both with the white background layer (which is 3D), and also with creating a 3D layer that was extruded a smidge. In either case, when moving the logo through the Z space, it’s either entirely viewable, or entirely blocked. For example, when I tried with the extruded layer, I made that .25 thick, and my logo 3.0.
Here’s an example using the background. Completely blocked at 0. Completely visible at .1.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/igkiot4hactd6i1/z%3D0.PNG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajgishkp2810sm6/z%3D.1.PNG?dl=0
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Figured it out! Suggestion nailed it, I added the plane as another object in Element 3D, which allowed me to get the extrusion effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk4ibWPId4A
Now time to redo the rest 🙂 Thanks!
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