[John Cuevas]

You should learn the basics first before jumping into a video with a 3d camera rig. That will just be frustrating for you.
Getting started with After Effects:
https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

Andrew Kramer’s Video Copilot Basic Training series, all of which are free.

https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/video-copilot-basic-training-s.html

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

You might want to check out Broadcast Gems CubeWipe FX. Not overly expensive.

https://www.broadcastgems.com/cubewipefx/

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

This works best if you use a camera with a far zoom, say the 200MM preset, if you choose a wide angle camera(18MM) the camera ends up being too close and the text will be shifting on both the x and y axis to keep facing the camera..

Now just select all your text layers and (PC) press “cntl+alt+o” to open the orient dialogue and choose “Orient towards camera”

Also there are expressions that could be written to achieve this too, but this is probably the fastest way to accomplish this look.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Ά ά α - The ariel versions of alpha.

You can search for these on a PC by going to your Start Menu > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map. Click advanced view and type in “alpha” for in the “search for”. If there is an alpha it will show up and you can select and copy it, if not, move on the the next font.

Not many fonts carry greek symbols, but Times New Roman has a very large selection.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

The “fill” effect, then you change the color to black.

Course I’m just giving you one recipe for creating silhouettes, probably a 100 different ways to accomplish that type of look.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

In the show, I assumed they were shot in front of a green screen and then composited over the footage. Just add a generate > fill and change the color to black and you should be good to go.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

If you collect, save and upload the files(just the stuff that’s essential), I’ll open the project up and take a quick look and see if I can figure out the issue.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Apply your effects first. Now choose your layer and under “Layer” choose precompose “shift+cntl+c”(PC), now you can apply your mask.

Another method would be to create a layer(solid) over your effected layer, add a mask to that layer and change your effected layers Track Matte to alpha.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

By chance do you have your vector file nested in a precomp? If so, you need to turn on the 3d switch in the precomp and in the file comp turn on collapse transformations.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[John Cuevas]

Yes, I’m on windows, should have included that in my post. Wish I could help, but it’s a bit difficult when you can’t recreate the problem.

Good luck

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.