Extruding the Most Out of After Effects' 3-D

November 27, 2011, 04:43 PM

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Back in 1993, when After Effects started, it was a simple 2-D compositing and animation tool. Eighteen years later, the program is a robust 3-D tool with some very deep capabilities. In this tutorial, we’ll explore some of these features and offer some advanced tips for getting the most out of them. We’ll take a simple flat logo from Adobe Illustrator and turn it into a 3-D object, as well as explain how to add and animate a camera orbiting around it, how to add lighting and control light...