My masks created from text aren’t working well in 3D

[George Goodman]

Vegas is just a stroke effect with some more options:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylF4dAkFdGw

When I do write on effects, I just manually create a stroke that runs right through the center of the letter as a shape layer and make it thick enough to cover the letter, then use the trim paths animator and use that as a track matte for the letter. Thats how I got the effect of the letters revealing in this:

https://dribbble.com/shots/1548645-Pagemodo-Logo-GIF?list=users&offset=0

Obviously a lot more going on in that, but you can see how each letter actually writes on. It takes a little time to do, but you get a lot of control this way and have a lot more flexibility later in the project.

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Sincerely,

George

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[Marko Gogić]

I can’t afford to lose time on each word. What I have to do is a whole song, 400 words. So I think stroking the mask will work fine for now.

Thanks a lot, mate. You’ve been a great help!