how this can be done?

[Spritemaster]

Text following a curved path in 3D can be done quite easily in any 3D app. I’m more familiar with XSI than with Maya but I’m sure it’s not a problem in Maya either, and I don’t see why any coding would be necessary. Create the paths, create the text, deform the text by the paths, and animate the “translation along curve” parameter to get the text to swoosh along the curve. Of course, to get the great look as in the rezn8 work, you’ll have to work hard on creating those flowing curves (sometimes this is done with particles), carefully timing the animation and camera movements, and of course lighting and rendering. If you’re new to 3D, don’t expect to get such results too quickly.

It is very likely that AE, or some other similar app, was used to composite the 3D text renders with the footage and take care of the coloring, glows etc.

I’m not sure I understand your second question.

AA

[Marcemoyano]

hi!, thanks for your quick answer.

what i mean in the second question is. if you see the video , you will see the CBS logo passing multiplied … like 80 instances of the logo
passing along in a curve….

could be the same thing as the 3d text line?.

check the videos and you’ll see it.

thanks!

M

[Spritemaster]

Yes, sure it can be done in the same way (why not?). In principle you could also fake it in AE by using the Echo effect, so you have just one copy of the logo fly along the curve and you use Effects->Time->Echo to create the duplicates. However, you’ll have less control over timing and lighting this way. If you look closely at the final shot of the last movie, you’ll see light reflecting off of the logos that are in a certain angle. You could also do that in AE with a separate lighting effect but it’ll be easier and more natural to do in 3D.

(if you’re worried about how to generate and control 80 instances of an object, again this is very easy to do, and you may be able to get away with it without any scripting. XSI has various neat features for handling multiple objects, spreading them along curves etc.)

AA

[Cave]

Hi marcemoyano,

if you use cinema 4d then there is a great plugin, called Path deformer.
There is also a Free Version with some limits available, called Path deformer light.
https://www.tarabella.it/c4d/pathdeformer/

when using only after effects then i would do it with the text tool on a curve, and adding some heavy transforming tools,
but there are limits because after-effects has no real 3d-space, expecially the z-depth rotation around a person like in the movies you mentioned.

Ralph