You're awesome. I'm only 17 but I've been experimenting with After Effects because I want to do this for a living. Your video really helped me. THANKS!
Great introduction to creating true 3D text in After Effects using the Shatter effect! Your tutorial breaks down the process effectively, and the visual examples are very insightful.
Holy crap, I'm using AE CC and can't believe this still works. Thank you so much you have no idea how many tutorials I went through trying to do this and they all wanted to use VideoCopilots plug-ins.
Excellent tutorial. I'm glad you went through and not only showed off the basics of the effects but explained why you set certain settings and also demoed other various effects that can be applied to jazz it up. Great pace and very in depth without being overly complicated...somewhat rare on RUclips tuts.
Very helpful. Especially for a MAC user like myself. I went to video co-pilot but his stuff were a little confusing at times. Your tutorials are very helpful!
excellent tutorial..thank you very much for the time and effort to make this..I had no Idea shatter would do simple 3D text..I was fed up doing repeated text layers to create the same effect.
Prior to watching this video, I would have done this using Photoshop's Repousse feature then importing the 3d graphic into AE. And while this technique does work, the fact is that 3D text or anything 3D is a HUGE RAM killer. The technique featured here is much more efficient when we consider the specs of our computer. Thanks a lot XVS
HEY V, your cool bro....im going to school for animation and the classes are pretty decent..but i wanna become great...so all this lil extra stuff your teaching me (us) is pretty sick dude, appreciate your time...thanx again!
Thanks mate, this was exactly what what i needed. Like u said.. all those previous tricks with multiple layes to achieve a simple 3d effect, ain't cool! ..This is! and so easy. Keep up the brilliant work and thanks for sharing your knowledge. //Rob
It's a bug and limitation of Shatter, it's a fairly old plugin. Try applying CURVES to the Shatter layer, go into the ALPHA CHANNEL, and apply a contrast curve to it. Pretty much squish the alpha channel down :)
Hey, I've been learning After Effects for some projects I'm working on, and I have to say that out of the different youtube videos i've been watching, I really like how specific you are when you record yours... you identify what your selecting and why, and what key commands you're using. Many people say at the beginning of the video that they won't do it, but they spend much more time making side commentary rather than talking about what they're doing and why. I'm going to FB you for sure!
Hello! am downloading the dojo extruder for free as Im a student and broke right now with a deadline soon. When the money comes in I will definately pay for it :) Thank You for the fantastic videos and help!
Wow thank you. I am using this for an assignment where I have finished the effect and compositing, I just had to make a simple 2D phone into 3D for mapping in Form. This worked nicely! I would have just made the phone in 3DS Max but I could not get it to render nicely :( Nice tutorial though. Helped a lot!
Hi. Thanks for the great tutorial. Random question: how are you getting that 3D rotation tool to come up on your toolbar? I only have the 2D rotate tool on CS6. Can't seem to find that option anywhere.
Hey so i know this is a super noob question, but as i just started after effects yesterday i think thats okay :P how do i get the camera rotation tool. I figured i would just ask here because you seem to reply, im trying to make abstract videos for my dubstep work, so your tutorials have helped alot
@XVSProductions i love your videos man, i need to ask a question, when you play the video the shape disperses, how can i slow it down so its more enjoyable to watch?
Hi Vinhson, Thank you for the tutorial! I have After Effects CS6 and I don't have the 3d rotate tool that you use to see the sides of the 3d titles. Do you know how to make it appear? Best, David
I did the awesome 3D Text you teached us here and i tried to combinate it with your text animation flyby but it does not work. I wonder what i am doing wrong.
hey Vinhson, where is the previous tutorial? I'm needing a little more guidance for the second part of the effect, which is not covered in this video. Thanks
Hi, I like the tutorial but I encountered one problem when trying it out myself. When I go to create the lights and set my shatter light settings to First Comp Light, my 3D shatter text layer will only recognize 1 light in my composition. Is there any way to get the text to recognize all the lights?
Vinhson, Thank you for your tutorial I LOVED IT! I followed it to a tee (so I thought) but after all done I pressed preview waiting to see the new 3D text we created shatter and it didn't. It did while I was following the tutorial but then we made the text 3D and it looks cool, but the shattering stopped working. Can you help me? I Have the following layers: Light 2 Light 1 side texture camera front texture shatter effect text LOGAN On the shatter effect I have view rendered, render all custom shatter map LOGAN (thats the text layer) Any ideas? Thanks Pam
Hi XVSProductions! I wonder why the entire "object" of the text in 3D is actually flat and 2D when I make a camera that flies by the letters :( that is really what I need, but I can't manage to do so. Can you please give some tips?
WOW! #Nostalgia I remember this Tutorial back in the day when there only two channels I used to watch for AE Tutorials, Video Copilot and this! So Vinhson is now running this channel?
@@CreativeDojo WOW! You still around and evolving! Good to know! Anything Interesting you've been upto? Really LOVE the DOJO Masterclass you've been uploading! Any AE DOJO Masterclass? Am very much around!... and YEAH! scene has completely changed with all the new softwares, plug-ins and templates etc. Figuring out a good machine to work on C4D and AE on an Intermediate Level. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Vinhson how do you create the light streaks that are seen on your first exploration? I think they look really cool, but I don't believe that it's achieved with Optical Flares. Can you tell us?
@XVSProductions Thanks and one last thing i was wondering, i just watched your sphere video, and i cant figure out how to make form transparent, or anything for that matter. im not sure what im doing wrong :/
1312@242 Elizabeth Personally, I love Element 3D for text, makes it way easier and faster! If you want a free solution that automates this process, check out my free Dojo Extruder script!
Did you ever fix this? I notice that all my effects I drag onto my composition are lining up at the top as well. wondering how to get them to default back to center!
I find this video 10 years later, and it still rocking. You’re the man.
Oh gosh, I cringe watching it. Thank you for your support!
You're awesome. I'm only 17 but I've been experimenting with After Effects because I want to do this for a living. Your video really helped me. THANKS!
Great introduction to creating true 3D text in After Effects using the Shatter effect! Your tutorial breaks down the process effectively, and the visual examples are very insightful.
Holy crap, I'm using AE CC and can't believe this still works. Thank you so much you have no idea how many tutorials I went through trying to do this and they all wanted to use VideoCopilots plug-ins.
Excellent tutorial. I'm glad you went through and not only showed off the basics of the effects but explained why you set certain settings and also demoed other various effects that can be applied to jazz it up. Great pace and very in depth without being overly complicated...somewhat rare on RUclips tuts.
Excellent tutorial - Not only did you explain what to do, but why you do it. Excellent
Excellent tutorial...Well, its very complicated for me,but I'm trying slowly step by step, watching over and over and I'm working on it...Thanks a lot
Very helpful. Especially for a MAC user like myself. I went to video co-pilot but his stuff were a little confusing at times. Your tutorials are very helpful!
This is the best 3D Text tutorial using shatter. Thanks.
Wow dude. Very easy to hear and follow. Just jumped into AE and I'm loving it. Subscribed!
Thanks
What an eye opener ! After so many tutorials , why haven't i seen this technique before !! Thanks for the tutorial :>
excellent tutorial..thank you very much for the time and effort to make this..I had no Idea shatter would do simple 3D text..I was fed up doing repeated text layers to create the same effect.
From one After Effects user to another, thanks so much! Keep it up!
really useful tutorial, you were very coherent, clear, informative and to-the-point. I'll be sure to check out your site.
ohhhh maaaaaan!!!
Really good tuto for starters indeed!
I can really follow this step by step so thank You!
Prior to watching this video, I would have done this using Photoshop's Repousse feature then importing the 3d graphic into AE. And while this technique does work, the fact is that 3D text or anything 3D is a HUGE RAM killer. The technique featured here is much more efficient when we consider the specs of our computer. Thanks a lot XVS
HEY V, your cool bro....im going to school for animation and the classes are pretty decent..but i wanna become great...so all this lil extra stuff your teaching me (us) is pretty sick dude, appreciate your time...thanx again!
In spite of the complaints, this a very clever solution.
That was a good tutorial. Much thought has gone into it. Good for starters and pros alike. Thank you.
Good work mate, good explanation of the shatter effect !
Thanks mate, this was exactly what what i needed.
Like u said.. all those previous tricks with multiple layes to achieve a simple 3d effect, ain't cool! ..This is! and so easy.
Keep up the brilliant work and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
//Rob
Thanks so much for these amazingly fast talking tutorials
It's a bug and limitation of Shatter, it's a fairly old plugin. Try applying CURVES to the Shatter layer, go into the ALPHA CHANNEL, and apply a contrast curve to it. Pretty much squish the alpha channel down :)
Looks like I missed that side of "shatter".. never used it as a 3D-maker.. Surprising stuff :) Thank you, Vinhson!
Thanks man! I really was looking forward to making a cool logo, and you made it even more fun! I'M A BIG FAN!
Great video mate, really helped me out, so thank you, plus really liked your website.
super great tutorial, i love how this gives us the basics then gives us some freedom to customize the effects to our liking, thank you!
Love it, you talk fast the quality is awesome. SUBBED
good stuff man...will be looking for more of your tutorials....
Hey, I've been learning After Effects for some projects I'm working on, and I have to say that out of the different youtube videos i've been watching, I really like how specific you are when you record yours... you identify what your selecting and why, and what key commands you're using. Many people say at the beginning of the video that they won't do it, but they spend much more time making side commentary rather than talking about what they're doing and why. I'm going to FB you for sure!
Awesome Video! To the point, quick and super helpful THANKS!!
Your tutorial is smooth man!
Yes please keep it up :). Also it would be great about the particular effect or anything by trapcode
Hey Vinhson, thanks for the SUPER fast reply. Love your stuff.
Merry Christmas ! from the Netherlands
Great tutorial. I could actually get it to work! And I love the results.
Great tutorial!, first tutorial I watch that is real 3D
Yay just completed this as my first project. Thanks! Loved your tutorial!
Great tutorial, Vinhson ! Thanks a bunch for posting ! Is your website still up ?
Hello! am downloading the dojo extruder for free as Im a student and broke right now with a deadline soon. When the money comes in I will definately pay for it :)
Thank You for the fantastic videos and help!
Wow thank you. I am using this for an assignment where I have finished the effect and compositing, I just had to make a simple 2D phone into 3D for mapping in Form. This worked nicely! I would have just made the phone in 3DS Max but I could not get it to render nicely :( Nice tutorial though. Helped a lot!
Awesome tut man. Thanks for the upload.
Wow thanks! I never knew you could texture it.
the dark force shall not touch the name and shatter it. AE is so philosophical.
Hi. Thanks for the great tutorial. Random question: how are you getting that 3D rotation tool to come up on your toolbar? I only have the 2D rotate tool on CS6. Can't seem to find that option anywhere.
Very well made, very helpful, thanks much!
Composition Shank xD Awesome tut btw very simplistic. Just what everyone needs :)
i liked the video before I even watched it because of the funny advertisement XD. still nice tut dude it helped me a lot.
Hi Vinhson:
Great tutorial. QUESTION: How do you put a background behind this, I get get mine to show through the Shatter layer.
Thanks,
Rudy
can i ask question? how do you make that bright light in the BG? do you have tutorials for that?
That was really good! Learnt alot! Thanks
Hey so i know this is a super noob question, but as i just started after effects yesterday i think thats okay :P how do i get the camera rotation tool. I figured i would just ask here because you seem to reply, im trying to make abstract videos for my dubstep work, so your tutorials have helped alot
Did you use the camera ? use it!
@XVSProductions i love your videos man, i need to ask a question, when you play the video the shape disperses, how can i slow it down so its more enjoyable to watch?
can i use image instead of text layer??thank you. .great tutorial. .keep it up. .^_^
i could ask you a one question. why the 3D text in shatter layer raise up to the border as i move or make some effects with there?
Hi Vinhson, Thank you for the tutorial!
I have After Effects CS6 and I don't have the 3d rotate tool that you use to see the sides of the 3d titles. Do you know how to make it appear?
Best,
David
NICE! Thank you so much! - from Manila, Phil.
Great tutorial but how do we get it to do the animation/shatter after we have the text?
got it! had to play with "camera position" and change it to the comp camera :) ALRIGHT letsmakesomemovies
I did the awesome 3D Text you teached us here and i tried to combinate it with your text animation flyby but it does not work. I wonder what i am doing wrong.
hey Vinhson, where is the previous tutorial? I'm needing a little more guidance for the second part of the effect, which is not covered in this video. Thanks
Great video mate, really helped me out...Cool website 2.
Hi, I like the tutorial but I encountered one problem when trying it out myself. When I go to create the lights and set my shatter light settings to First Comp Light, my 3D shatter text layer will only recognize 1 light in my composition. Is there any way to get the text to recognize all the lights?
really nice tutorial! it helped me much^^
Thanks for the tut - just subscribed
so what's better ? After Effects or Cinema 4D ?
Vinhson, Thank you for your tutorial I LOVED IT! I followed it to a tee (so I thought) but after all done I pressed preview waiting to see the new 3D text we created shatter and it didn't. It did while I was following the tutorial but then we made the text 3D and it looks cool, but the shattering stopped working. Can you help me? I Have the following layers:
Light 2
Light 1
side texture
camera
front texture
shatter effect
text LOGAN
On the shatter effect I have view rendered, render all custom shatter map LOGAN (thats the text layer)
Any ideas?
Thanks Pam
Thank you so much! It's simple but really helpful! :)
Hi XVSProductions! I wonder why the entire "object" of the text in 3D is actually flat and 2D when I make a camera that flies by the letters :( that is really what I need, but I can't manage to do so. Can you please give some tips?
Hi. Thanks for the great tutorial i like this
Yeah very nice tuto thank you man !! we love you :)
So.. I watched the whole thing and didn't find out how to make it look like your original, and the effect didn't actually work. Excellent.
superb tutorial
WOW! #Nostalgia
I remember this Tutorial back in the day when there only two channels I used to watch for AE Tutorials, Video Copilot and this! So Vinhson is now running this channel?
Yeah bro I'm still here! Glad to see you're still around! The scene definitely has changed haha.
@@CreativeDojo WOW! You still around and evolving! Good to know! Anything Interesting you've been upto? Really LOVE the DOJO Masterclass you've been uploading! Any AE DOJO Masterclass?
Am very much around!... and YEAH! scene has completely changed with all the new softwares, plug-ins and templates etc. Figuring out a good machine to work on C4D and AE on an Intermediate Level. Any suggestions would be welcome.
@KeepThisClose Nevermind i fixed it. Awesome tutorials by the way. Thank you and im watching pretty much every one
Awesome Tutorial. Liked and Subscribed
King Corgi Thank you! You da king!
Vinhson how do you create the light streaks that are seen on your first exploration? I think they look really cool, but I don't believe that it's achieved with Optical Flares. Can you tell us?
Well done man.
I'm helping produce a game and Im the logo designer. May I use this for that?
Great tutorial, thanks!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL. Which add ons do you personally use the most and recommend for making interesting titles?.
Craig Cothren For sure, Trapcode Particular and Element 3D!
cause it comes with a feature that allows you to extrude shapes in the 3th dimension
Start with a 3 sec compostion bigger than what you want place the effect at the end of the composition then extend it towards the front
I love you! You just save my life. Thx so much!!!!!
Thanks for the tutorial
interesting technique
i always just made copies of the text layer and then offset them in z space :P
So does my AE, and it gets even more fun if u try to edit your text.. make it larger for instance. But im sure there is a workaround......
It's rly good tut, very clean :) ty
please make your plugins work on cs5! oh and nice tutorial:)
this looks nice, a great tuto but too complicated for me. I m going back to windows movie maker !!! ;)
@XVSProductions Thanks and one last thing i was wondering, i just watched your sphere video, and i cant figure out how to make form transparent, or anything for that matter. im not sure what im doing wrong :/
amazing truly 3d text effect!!
Great tutorial, but how do you get it to actually shatter though? :/
Great video dude. Thanks a lot!
@XVSPRODUCTIONS Where can I get that light? under the text?
brilliant tut! Thank you very much Vinh Son Nguyen. Now I dont have to put up with 3D element anymore ;)
1312@242 Elizabeth Personally, I love Element 3D for text, makes it way easier and faster! If you want a free solution that automates this process, check out my free Dojo Extruder script!
Did you ever fix this? I notice that all my effects I drag onto my composition are lining up at the top as well. wondering how to get them to default back to center!
thanks a lot!!!great tutorial
And I went to your website but it's just a portfolio now. Where can I download that luma lights thing? I really want it.