Editing Workshop | 3D Titles (12th October 2017)

We were back again testing After Effects with Ferg, this time we were looking at creating 3D titles.  This is not something I had tried before, and I feel this would be something I want to use for our news piece so I was keen to play around with what I could achieve.

I started with creating an illusion of 3D on the text using a bevel effect on the text.  This made the text stand out as if it had edges and worked effectively to give the illusion of 3D.  We also looked at using the 4-camera angle view, so we could see the composition from all angles to make animation easier.

I then set about creating an animation so that the text moved across the screen.  This was fairly straightforward: I added keyframes to the timeline and played around with the scale and position, as well as the opacity so the text appeared to fade away into the distance as it moved further from the camera.

Ferg also introduced us to scripting, so we could add a basic 'wiggle' animation.  I put each of these steps together and came up with the finished result:

I think that I will definitely be using these techniques for editing our news piece.  I want to create an intro animation using 3D text and animation, and perhaps combine that with keying to create something similar to what I had created before for my YouTube channel.