Jacquelin Vanderwood
September 2004
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If you have the newest version of AE, I understand that you can type directly into the program but if you're like me and are still using an older version, you can import text from Photoshop or Illustrator. I have set the text directly on a dark background for this lesson. It also happens to be the only layer I'll need. |
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Make sure the text is selected. |
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Open Render and select Vegas. |
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Immediately you can see that the text has changed. The yellow you see is actually supposed to be lights but we can adjust them. |
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Begin by making sure Image Contours is selected. |
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Open Image Contours and for the Input Layer select the text layer. |
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Render is set to All Contours. |
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Under Selected Contour, make the selection in the box Fewer Segments. |
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Under Segments, set Segments to 91 and leave Length alone. |
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Open Rendering. Set Blend Mode to Transparent. |
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Change the Color to white. |
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Increase Width to 2.5. |
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Use the settings below. |
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Go back to Segments and click on the clock for Rotation. Set Rotation to 5 revolutions. |
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Hit the Spacebar and watch the lights rotate around the transparent text. |
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To make the sign more interesting, drop an original copy of the sign imported from Photoshop onto the lights we have animated. |
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Set the layer mode to Silhouette Luma. |
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You should now have transparent letters that appear to have some depth. This will not affect the Vegas lights. Test by pressing the spacebar. |
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