Eran Stern shows how you can use Helium to create a TV-quality promo with 3D text and objects in After Effects that renders in less than 2 minutes!

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Author Notes

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

1:23 - Camera tracking setup

3:04 - Extruding text

7:00 - Controlling lights 

10:44 - Working with primitive

12:25 - Casting shadows

15:51 - Render settings

16:33 - Adding and manipulating an OBJ model

20:47 - Animating motion null

23:17 - Environment reflection

24:38 - Breaking down the final comp

25:45 - Cloner settings

27:29 - Rendering

 

 

Links:

Get Helium here: https://heliumx.tv/

Normalize Camera Script: https://bit.ly/387LW46

OTW 3D Graffiti model: https://bit.ly/3JV4DW4

SternFX Linkedin Courses: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/ins...

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