1 CREATE PROJECT; ADD BACKGROUND, TYPE
Create a New Composition, named “Power of Words,” at HDTV 1280×720
resolution with a 6-second duration, and then double-click the Project
panel to import an image to use as a background. For this example, I
purchased a vector illustration of blurry lights (#4292586 from
www.istockphoto.com). Drag the image into the Timeline at 0 seconds and
use any effects to adjust color or contrast, as well as an
Effect>Blur & Sharpen>Fast Blur to soften focus. Go to
Layer>New>Text, and enter the main text. We’ve styled ours using
Helvetica Neue (85 Heavy and 35 Thin), 30-px size, Optical kerning,
Tracking 10, black, and centered.
2 ADD AND EDIT 3D CAMERA
Now, go to Layer>New>Camera, choose 15mm from the Preset drop-down
menu in the dialog, and click OK (if you get a 2D warning dialog, just
ignore it for now). Press P on your keyboard to reveal the camera’s
Position properties, and adjust the Z position value to –600 for the
time being. Now go to Layer>Transform>Auto-Orient, choose Off, and
click OK.
3 ADJUST 3D POSITIONS
Click the 3D Layer switch next to both the text and background image
layers in the Timeline, then select the
background image layer, hit P,
and set the Z position to 3000 in the far distance. Now, press Shift-S
to show the Scale property also, and scale the background image until it
touches the edges of the full composition.
4 DUPLICATE AND ADJUST TEXT
Twirl up the background image layer’s properties, select the text layer,
and press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to duplicate it. Click the Solo box on
the left of the Timeline for that layer and in the Character panel,
change its color to white. (Note: Go to Composition>Background Color
and change the color to black so you can see your white text.) Now,
change the Font family to be the same throughout—in this case Helvetica
Neue 45 Light, the Size to 24 px, and the Tracking to 100.
5 EDIT TEXT; RENAME LAYER
Now, double-click the T icon next to the layer’s name, then type in a
series of words or sentences of your choice. The longer the line, the
better the finished 3D strings of text will be, so feel free to type and
copy-and-paste to extend the lines. You’ll notice that the layer’s name
becomes rather awkward to work with, so when finished, click on the
name of the layer, press Return (PC: Enter), and rename it to “Long line
of type” or something short to that effect.
6 ADD FIRST TEXT ANIMATOR
Now for the animators! Twirl down the Long line of type layer, twirl
down Text, then click the arrow to the right of the word “Animate” and
choose Anchor Point to add your first Animator. Click on the name of the
Animator, press Return (PC: Enter), and rename it “Animator 1 – Anchor
Point” for easy recognition. Go back to Animate and choose Enable
Per-Character 3D from the menu, then adjust the Anchor Point Animator’s Y
value to sit in the vertical middle of the type—in our example, around
–9. This enables rotators we add later to spin from the center of the
letters, not their baseline.
7 ADD SECOND TEXT ANIMATOR
Twirl up and deselect Animator 1, then go back to the Animate menu and
choose Position, which adds a second animator. Rename it “Animator 2 –
Position Wiggle,” then next to the new name, click Add and choose
Selector>Wiggly. This is where the fun and creativity really begin!
8 ADJUST POSITION AND WIGGLE VALUES
In the Position value within the animator, adjust the XYZ values to 400,
600, 400, respectively. As you can see, this blows the characters far
apart easily. And if you scrub the Timeline, it looks crazy too—but this
is easy to control. Twirl down Wiggly Selector 1, set the
Wiggles/Second to 0.05 (it will show 0.1 when you press Return [PC:
Enter]), and most importantly, set the Correlation to 96%. This causes
the letters to remain more in line with each other, forming a gently
rippling line of type.
9 ADD THIRD TEXT ANIMATOR
Deselect all, go back to the Animate menu, select Rotation, and next to
the new animator, click Add and choose Selector>Wiggly. Rename this
animator “Animator 3 – Rotation Wiggle,” then adjust the X, Y, and Z
Rotation selectors to 1x, 2x, 1x, respectively. Now twirl down Wiggly
Selector 1 and adjust the Wiggles/Second to 0.35 and the Correlation to
0%, and scrub the Timeline. This correlation value allows the random
rotation to apply to the characters individually, which looks very cool.
10 ADD FINAL ANIMATOR
Deselect all, go back to the Animate menu, choose Character Offset, and
then add a Wiggly Selector into that new animator. Rename this animator
“Animator 4 – Character Offset,” then go to the newly added Character
Offset value and set it to 10, and the Character Alignment to Center.
Now adjust its Wiggles/Second to 2 and its Correlation to 0%, then view
the results. Looking pretty cool!
11 ADD RANDOM LAYER ORIENTATION
Now to adjust the entire layer’s rotation in anticipation of the next
step, twirl up the entire text layer, then hit R to reveal its Rotation
property. Hold down Option (PC: Alt), click on the Stopwatch for X
Rotation to add an expression field, and type in wiggle(0,180), then hit
Enter to confirm. This will randomly rotate the layer up to 180° on the
x-axis, but with no motion. Now repeat this process to add expressions
to both the y- and z-axes, using wiggle(0,360) and wiggle(0,180),
respectively.
12 DUPLICATE, DUPLICATE, DUPLICATE
Everything we’ve created so far is referencing Wiggle values, which are
created randomly in After Effects on a layer-by-layer basis, so if we
duplicate this layer, we’ll get wildly different results. Twirl up the
text layer, select it, then press Command-D (PC: Ctrl-D) to duplicate
it. Not only do you see a new spread of text characters in completely
different positions, but the layer name has added “2” to the end, which
is why we renamed it. Now, duplicate as many times as you like to suit
your design.
13 ADJUST AND ANIMATE CAMERA
Turn off the Solo icon for all of the type layers, then select the
Camera 1 layer and change its Z Position value to –900. At 00:00
seconds, click the Position Stopwatch to add a keyframe, then scrub to
04:00 seconds and change the Z position value to –300. Select that
second keyframe and go to Animation>Keyframe Assistant>Easy Ease
In (PC: Shift-F9), or adjust the velocity to suit your own design.
14 ADD DEPTH OF FIELD; MOTION BLUR
Finally, press AA to reveal the Camera Options, then turn Depth of Field
to On. Change the Focus Distance to 300 and the Aperture to 80
pixels—this gives us perfect focus on the final wording line at 04:00.
Feel free to turn on the Motion Blur switch for all of the text layers,
then render your final movie.
A really powerful, and even slightly disturbing, motion piece created
easily and quickly thanks to some careful planning, animators,
wigglers, and expressions, and of course some good “Energi.” Enjoy!
Sumber : http://layersmagazine.com/3d-motion-and-position-of-text-characters-with-after-effects.html
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Selasa, 29 Oktober 2013 -
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