Technique Question
by Rick Cornett
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Mar 13, 2008 at 12:40:30 am
Watch the AE movie at http://bridesmaidsguide.com About 45 seconds into it there is a very cool type animation sequence about dress colors... Does anyone know the process for animating text like that, including animating the drop shadows to follow the flipping text correctly? Thanks!
Re: Technique Question by Steve Roberts on Mar 13, 2008 at 1:38:03 pm
Off the top of my head, make the text a 3D layer (more than one layer actually, and rotate them on the Y-axis, with an anchor point off to the side), use a light, make the light cast shadows on another 3D layer.
Or you could probably use AE CS3's 3D text capability, but I haven't tried this effect yet.
Re: Technique Question by Ian Corey on Mar 13, 2008 at 1:54:59 pm
A pretty hot little video.
This wasn't done with AE's 3D text animation. I'm thinking that they are precomps of single words that use an animated mask for reveal, an animated anchor point to control the flopping and unfolding and, finally, a light with shadows for the responsive drops.
If you're new to AE, this would be a good one to get started on. A lot of basic principals crammed into a tiny animation.
