change face colour of 3D extruded text in Red 4
by Peter Burn
on
Jul 23, 2009 at 7:37:53 pm
I want to use one of the default Boris Red 3d text effects to bring in our company logo. Only changes I need to make are replace the gradient BG with a motion background and change the grey text to orange Syncrude Canada Ltd. I've been trying to make this work for far too long and hope someone can help me out.
Re: change face colour of 3D extruded text in Red 4 by peter mcauley on Jul 24, 2009 at 12:56:17 pm
Hi,
So what you need to do is to click on the text track, which brings the parameters that affect the text into the controls window. Then in the controls window, select the materials tab. In the materials tab set the face count to 1, which gives all 4 sides of the text object a uniform color. Then click on the color chip and set that to the color that you are trying to match.
To replace the gradient with a video clip, click on the orange gradient that is at the right most side of the gradient track. This will display a pop-up window with replacement media options, including video (Movie File). Select the Movie File option and a pop-up will appear prompting you to select a media clip. Navigate to the director containing the clip and you should be all set.
