After Effects: 3D Typography

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Free Online Course: After Effects: 3D Typography provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. After Effects: 3D Typography is taught by Eran Stern.

Overview
  • Explore techniques for creating 3D animated text inside of Adobe After Effects using the ray-traced 3D feature, third-party plugins, scripts, and Cinema 4D Lite.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. 3D Typography Essentials
    • Why good typography matters
    • Advice for good 3D type
    • 3D type options in After Effects
    • Case study introduction
    • What are we going to test?
    2. 3D from 2D
    • Faux 3D using effects and layer styles
    • Pseudo depth
    • More options: 3D Extruder and Elementary
    3. Ray-Traced 3D
    • Using the ray-traced 3D renderer
    • Extruded text layers
    • Extruded shape layers
    • More options: Per character 3D, curvature, and reflections
    4. CINEMA 4D Lite
    • Prep for using the CINEWARE effect
    • Extruded text in CD4 Lite
    • Create the explode shapes
    • Reconnect the animation
    • Render settings
    • More options: Basic MoGraph tools
    5. Mettle ShapeShifter
    • Text and vector extrusion
    • 3D displacement mapping
    • More options: 3D Repeater and 3D deformers
    6. Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) Units 3D Objects
    • Extruded text
    • Extruded EPS
    • More options: 3D deformers
    7. Zaxwerks Invigorator PRO
    • 3D text creations
    • Extrude the explode layers
    • Render settings
    • More options: Warping and light rigs
    8. Video Copilot Element 3D
    • 3D text workflow
    • Explode Layers Extrusion
    • Connecting through nulls
    • Render settings
    • More options: Multi-Object and Particle Replicator
    Conclusion
    • Pros and cons summary
    • Next steps