Render 3D

[Linh Huynh]

Hello,

I trying make logo 3D similar to the one in this youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3bEF0PHR00

On minute 3:36 you can see that his background is grey. But, i don't understand, my background is white, why?

[Silkrooster]

Normally when you create objects, there is no background making it easy to overlay on an Image. Because the background is transparent you will see white when rendering.

Create a new layer in the layers panel, fill with any color including grey then move that layer below the 3d layer.

[Silkrooster]

Here is an example of what I mentioned

[davescm]

There are a couple of things around that point which the video does not make entirely clear and therefore may be throwing you.

1. On the video he makes the background into a separate 3D postcard layer but before rendering he merges the 3D layers (text and background postcard) into one. This means the lighting interacts.  Use menu item 3D -Merge 3D layers.

2. He does not show the environment lighting.

Try something like this and you should get the effect you want:

Dave