lighting on a text

[Reza Rezai]

lighting on a text(ok)

[Steve Roberts]

Buy Trapcode Lux?

[Darby Edelen]

Unfortunately, Lux won’t allow you to do something as complex as that. The rays of light are taking the shape of the text, which makes it look as though the text is being projected onto the wall. Lux doesn’t allow you to specify layers to block the light rays… although that would be cool =)

You can get this look with a technique that Filip Vandueren came up with, the set up is rather involved (there are some expressions, so be warned) but it’s a pretty killer look:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/891127

Get to know your new best friend Radial Blur (;

Darby Edelen
Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA

[Sam Moulton]

You could apply shine to a 3d text layer and adjust the source point to achieve the effect in AE.