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  • Star Wars Text Scroll

    Posted by Chip Hess on March 16, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    Client is looking for that old fashioned serial look we saw in Star Wars. Text starts huge and close at screen bottom and diminishes in size at it moves into the distance and offscreen, skewed.

    How does one create this in AE, thanks!

    Isaac Borjas replied 14 years, 2 months ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Conrad Olson

    March 17, 2012 at 12:12 am

    The easiest way would probably be to create regular scrolling text and then use the corner pin effect to add the perspective.

    conradolson.com

  • Angelo Lorenzo

    March 17, 2012 at 3:14 am

    I’d disagree. I’d say normal text, turn on 3D switch and move active camera. Should give distance perspective including the possibility to light the text as well.

  • Tudor “ted” jelescu

    March 17, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    All the above will work, my method: text layer turned 3d and positioned in front of camera (not moving the camera but the layer). Adjust the lens angle (wide) for perspective.

    Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
    Senior VFX Artist

  • Isaac Borjas

    March 17, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    the way iknow how to do it is the follow…

    – create de Txt.
    – make it 3D
    – now adjust the X Rotation to requiere position (-70 is good)
    – now animated the ANCHOR POINT in the Y axis

    hope that help

  • Steve Blacker

    March 17, 2012 at 2:58 pm
  • Isaac Borjas

    March 18, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    in my spare time today i create this sample, inside the Description Box is the Project file….No Camera need it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnIFjG5ZeN0

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