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Text hula hoop
So I have an actor who is keyed out and put into a 3d space with a 3d camera. I have taken a text layer, applied CC Cylinder effect, and I positioned the ring around the actor. Cool.. I can now move the 3D camera and the ring stays around the actor.
Now back in the day, before there was 3D, we would splice layers and have a front, and back, and position those layers above and below the middle layer, and like magic.. it looked like 3d!
Now we actually have the 3D and it ain’t so easy. I cannot seem to get the “back” of the ring to go behind the actor.
What am I missing?
I also tried using Trapcode 3D stroke, and get the same result.
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Figured it out myself…
Duplicate the #D ring of text. Put the actor in between the two layers. On the top layer of text click “render outside” on the bottom click “render inside” TADA!!! ring of text that rotates around an object in a 3D space. lovely!
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I had a similar experience with CC sphere. The Cylinder, Sphere and other 3D looking effects are still living on a 2D layer. Although they LOOK like they are extending down the Z axis, they’re really not. If you look at your 3D space from the top, left or right view you will see the layer is still flat. I would do this effect the old fashioned way!
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