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Re: Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D...
by Xinlai Ni on Nov 10, 2009 at 4:22:30 pm

It's as simple as linear scale:
Assuming your topmost text layer is at z=0 plane, and your camera is sitting at some negative z coordinate looking toward z+ direction (this is important!), apply this to the scale property of each text layer:
cameraZ = thisComp.layer("Camera 1").position[2];
s = 100 * (cameraZ - position[2]) / cameraZ;
[s, s, s]

Xinlai Ni
Software Engineer, Google Inc.

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Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D... by Paul Maguire on Nov 10, 2009 at 10:59:15 am
- Re: Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D... by Xinlai Ni on Nov 10, 2009 at 4:22:30 pm
  - Re: Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D... by Paul Maguire on Nov 10, 2009 at 6:04:19 pm
  - Re: Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D... by Bryan Golder on Mar 4, 2010 at 4:28:21 pm
- Re: Photoshop layers to 3D, scaled to look 2D... by Todd Kopriva on Nov 11, 2009 at 1:12:14 am

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