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3D Text Effects not showing.

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December 4, 2018
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I'm making a lyric video in after effects and I'm trying to convert the text into a 3D object to use with a camera. My issue is when the text becomes a 3D object, the text won't render with its effects (glow, blur) or outline. It just comes up as a solid red alpha on the text. I have it on Classic 3D for my 3D Renderer. I'm not sure if it's something with my Mac or I installed something wrong. I tried this with a solid layer and it renders effects just fine. It's only the text. I opened an old project from CS6 from my old Mac and had no issues. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you!

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Correct answer P.M.B

3D off.

3D on.

Thanks for providing proper screen shots (instead of cropped ones) The problem is that you have fast draft enabled.

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benc44332367Author

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P.M.B

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It would help to see your glow settings. Have you turned the intensity up? Do you have set to be based on color channels or alpha channel?

Also if you could describe your process step by step, as if you were writing a tutorial how to do what you did.

~Gutterfish

P.M.BCorrect answer

Legend

3D off.

3D on.

Thanks for providing proper screen shots (instead of cropped ones) The problem is that you have fast draft enabled.

~Gutterfish

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Rick Gerard

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We need a screenshot with the modified properties of the text layer revealed. Just press the U key twice, PrintScreen then paste to the forum. This is almost certainly a user error but without seeing what you are doing it could be a hundred different things.

In the meantime, I strongly suggest that you take a look at the user guide by looking here: Basic AE

There are some tutorials there that are pretty good at explaining exactly how to do text animations and deal with 3D layers.

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lorenzen43

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I'm going to check out the Basic AE link you sent but I found this thread becasue I'm also playing with 3D text, trying to add a scatterize and nothing is showing...thanks for your time here!

update: I found a workout with the shatter effect, but still curious why this isn't working!

- Excuse any ignorance, I'm a video editor finally taking the plunge into after effects.

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