Create a TV Promo with 3D Text and Objects using Helium in After Effects

Posted in Tutorials, Author Posts
Eran Stern
April 22, 2022

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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