Element 3D Text Tutorial in After Effects | 3D Text Animation in Element 3D

[@potatochip5698]

To those who have the issue of the texture not showing/Black Texture up for illumination settings: Check if precomposition settings are set to "Move all attributes to new composition" instead of "Leave all attributes in composition". Was facing the same issue till i saw that i had accidentally set the precompose option to the latter Lmao. Anyways, thanks for the great tutorial!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you for the information, hopefully it helps many other people who have the same issue❤️

[@potatochip5698]

@@SmertimbaGraphics You're Welcome! Glad to have been of help!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

@@firelordkushroll We did pre compose the texture didn't we

[@VidarrKerr]

I was hoping this was my problem, as it is pretty simple fix. No luck. Mine is stuck black. I started with fresh files three times, with different settings; it always comes in black.

[@miladelemental3474]

One of the best and straight tutorials for ELEMENT 3D!,Thank you!👌🙏

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you for the compliment❤ Enjoy💯

[@Eliass_desu]

what a 3d text!!! that was so freaking great duude

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you😁🔥

[@emmanuelsolidum692]

This is by far the best 3D effect I've seen! 👌underrated channel but keep making tutorials brother, I hope you will have a digital course online!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you so much! Will do my best💯

[@VidarrKerr]

Everyone uses that same fractal noise for everything. It is hilarious. Great video Thanks!!! I wish there was a way to use After Effects as a plugin with Rhino. Working with Element 3d is so primitive, but you at least have one of the best tutorials on using it. Thanks for that.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I appreciate it, I wish after effects had more built-in 3d features, it would be so handy

[@VidarrKerr]

@@SmertimbaGraphics I watched the video everything pretty straightforward, but when I extruded the text in element 3d it is black. I went back to AE and tried several different colors for the text, but it always extrudes black in element. The XYZ coordinate symbol is also black. Any Ideas what is happening?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I was not able to ever recreate the issue that some people are having with the scene going black, so I won't be able to help here

[@VidarrKerr]

​@@SmertimbaGraphics Yes, it is a problem with the installation and computer compatibility with element 3d. It has nothing to do with your tutorial --excellent tutorial. I have another question though, I have the finished product from this tutorial running in a loop and from the transition from the last frame back to the first frame causes a jump, or kind of "glitch" effect in the texture. I don't think yours was looping, so you had no reason to be concerned with this, but maybe you have an idea how to get that texture layer to smooth out between last to first frame. This is like way more complicated than a box, or ball, moving across the screen; still way above my head. Thank You!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You will need to keyframe the evolution on the fractal noise instead of using *time expression, keyframe it from 0 to 360 and loop it that way, then keep adding another rotation value every few seconds or add a loopout expression to the property

[@Robert-2077]

thanks for the lesson 🔥🔥🔥

[@johnfisher3602]

Really clear and simple explanation. Cool! Thanks for sharing! LIKE n• 417!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@adeebmalik2547]

Thank you, easy and fun to follow

[@rudolfowalchonzo2356]

Thank you very much. You are very clever.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

So nice of you😊

[@arturorojas4475]

Hello. I can not see in Texture Channel - Illumination the texture. It is always in black. DO you know why?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I still don't know why that happens to some people, I personally never seen it happen on my end, so I can't say

[@arghyabasak6234]

You nailed it bro thank you so much

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

No problem 👍

[@Danish-Ali]

Well done. Keep it up

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you, will do💯

[@karolisputnikas7327]

Great video! Also, could you make a tutorial of how to incorporate an animated object to real life footage?

[@akashsarkar1989]

ur pc is so fast.. wow.. what's ur after effects version & pc configuration??

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's not that fast, I just skip the rendering parts so you don't have to wait 😁 After Effects 2023, Ryzen 5600 + rtx 3060 ti

[@IrynadaJojo]

I LOVE IT❤

[@jahsehjade]

love this but the front color when your coloring at 4:33 and i did it as well, it wasnt showing up for mine.

[@eronaldosilva7788]

It worked. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You're welcome!

[@Smiley.Digital]

Anyone else have the problem of the texture not showing up when selected in the illumination settings. Was able to follow until then but E3D seems to be not working properly

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Yeah, there are plenty of people saying that, although I personally never had such an issue on my end

[@potatochip5698]

@@SmertimbaGraphics It could be because they had set their precomposition option to "Leave all effects in comp" Instead of "Move all effects into new comp".Was facing the same issue before I found out that I had accidentally enabled that option. Dont know if you already know the fix since its been a month but thought you ought to know.

[@hemrajraikwar5587]

Create a new composition in composition and than create the beautiful texture

[@manojpuzhakkal]

Heartfully thanking u🙏🙏🙏

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Always welcome❤

[@plutska]

THANK YOU SM

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Welcome❤

[@wiamayKong-js3sg]

hah学会了！thanks a lot!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

My pleasure❤️

[@abhishekkanojiya5292]

Thank you sir

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you too💯

[@GridNomofTheShyulk]

Superb ❤👑

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thanks❤️

[@HindleySampler-vt5lk]

Hi - would you be able to recreate this tut using C4D instead of E3d and show also how to track text into live footage using AE Camera Tracker? Thanks in advance.....

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I don't really do cinema 4d as it's a separate software for 3d stuff. Or if you meant the c4d renderer in AE, that would not be possible to recreate this scene

[@HindleySampler-vt5lk]

@@SmertimbaGraphics ok, thanks anyway 👍

[@rakmichal]

Good job 🙌

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you👋

[@belmontmedia]

How do you do this WITHOUT the plug-in?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's still not possible to create advanced 3d stuff similar to this without plugins, hopefully one day we can😂

[@asiankangaroo1736]

everything includeing text and shapes that i create are completely black, how can i fix this? i tried changing colour in basic settings and reflectivity

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Set renderer to basic 3d if that helps

[@ingamalkhazian8769]

It's great tutorial 👍👍👍👍👍

[@tonyo.2732]

Thanks interesting

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You're welcome💯

[@CODGOD303]

I dont have depth of field option under camera options. only thing in my camera options is zoom

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It must be a renderer, change it to classic 3d in composition settings (ctrl + k is the shortcut when selecting a timeline)

[@sultanviophile]

hello sir, thanks for sharing this tutorial, i'm from indonesia,, sory if my english not to good ,, i had problem when i select the texture on illuminate layer,,, everytime i choose the layer ,, the texture won't aply can you help me ?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Hi, I have seen similar comments before, it probably is because you forgot to precompose the texture layer separately

[@sultanviophile]

@@SmertimbaGraphics i have to pre compose the texture composition?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

@sultanviophile it is already pre composed if done as shown in the video, but many people miss that part

[@rasserfrasser]

This is an awesome tutorial to get people into using extrude and textures in a fast and fun way. BUT..Upon the Creating Final Look, for some reason the X and the T of my Montserrat Text had crossover normals issues and there's a hole where they meet. I fixed it by adjusting the kerning, but I feel my move was a bit of a cop out. How would one fix that pos/neg issue with normals crossing over? Thanks for creating such a great tutorial.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You mean the letters overlap? You could increase the spacing between letters. That's just a nature of Montserrat text😁

[@rasserfrasser]

@@SmertimbaGraphics Yeah, I increasing the kerning (spacing) as a resolve. Was just curious if there was another setting I was missing that could be used to avoid that. Thanks for the response! :)

[@ZdOmar]

Nice ❤

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you❤ You were not supposed to see the video at the time when you commented, it was unlisted, how did you see it😂

[@ZdOmar]

@@SmertimbaGraphics I don't know😂 , but the video was on the list for 20 minutes and then it disappeared

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Yeah because I saw it getting views and I made it private, weird, never seen that happen before😂

[@ZdOmar]

@@SmertimbaGraphicsoh 🤣 , No problem bro

[@pages.robiin]

thaks for the tutorial,but Why there no "element" 1:35 in my effect & preset??

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Welcome, it's a plugin you need to install separately

[@law1858]

Hello I'm a beginner but I don't understand, in my effects I have not the element effect. Is it a plug-in ?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's a plugin for after effects

[@henggar-englishtek]

Why does it say no model in the scene setup sir? Thanks for the help!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Did you add the text before going into scene setup?

[@xTop5_DOA]

3:38 when i tried to add the illumination texture, i choose custom layer 1 but nothing shows up. anybody know why?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Did you proceed with the following steps? You need to increase illumination so it becomes visible

[@xTop5_DOA]

@@SmertimbaGraphics yes, i did everything exactly as you did and the texture just never showed up

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

@@xTop5_DOA That's not supposed to happen, maybe there was a glitch of some kind, try restarting

[@AJPlayzone]

Iam facing the same issue...Any solutions??

[@abdomohammed8623]

me too ?????????? @@AJPlayzone

[@moiseso32]

Great

[@ingamalkhazian8769]

It's great 👍👍👍👍👍

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you❤

[@jyotimaurya3964]

I having a problem in after effect in my after effect in illumination when i put texture the texture is not showing can you pls tell me what problem in this ??

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Double check that illumination intensity is set to 100

[@jyotimaurya3964]

I have check that but it's still not showing 😕

[@jyotimaurya3964]

It's not even showing on preview

[@abdomohammed8623]

did you what is the problem ?

[@tugbasenn]

i have the same problem

[@heyfaruk]

Great video! Do some simple logo animation like a designer in dribble (their portfolio)

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you!

[@salisafavi6104]

Thanks. I have a question... When I want to export,it didn't work and just black screen. Please help

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

How are you exporting it, what format?

[@salisafavi6104]

@@SmertimbaGraphics by Media encoder,format H.264

[@salisafavi6104]

@@SmertimbaGraphics after I restarted computer.i got an error too That was : this project contains a reference to a missing effect. ....why this happened

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Do you have element 3d plugin?😁

[@salisafavi6104]

@@SmertimbaGraphics yessssss

[@58.snehareddy10]

What is the app name u are using

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

after effects?

[@fredz8lugz]

What editing software you use bro

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

After effects and premiere pro

[@Ankatsa_edits]

is the element effext plugin or build in ?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's a plugin

[@MB-lb5hx]

Damm my laptop can't handle it but I badly need something like this for a event 😫

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Try it without depth of field and add a gaussian blur to an adjustment layer, then mask the further part of the text.

[@M.official2025]

how you add aninmation in this logo

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What kind of animation would you like to add? Element has built-in animation posibilities or you could animate a camera layer instead

[@M.official2025]

@@SmertimbaGraphics rotating like flip or round moving you have not mantion your tipe of moving logo

[@M.official2025]

@@SmertimbaGraphics when i make a logo and i play it does not animate

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Go into Group 1 settings, particle replicator, rotation, there you can animate object rotation, also position and other options are there

[@M.official2025]

@@SmertimbaGraphics thanks 💞💞

[@jaehwa9055]

please can you tell me from where i get the Element effect i cant fined it in mine ?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You can get it on official videocopilot website

[@jaehwa9055]

thank you alot @@SmertimbaGraphics

[@JohnRickVasol]

Hi! I can't seem to find the Elemen 3D plugin in Adobe Effects 2024. Help..

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's a plugin for after effects

[@sharazahmadraisani6940]

😎❤️😎

[@sharazahmadraisani6940]

You are so talented epic

[@sharazahmadraisani6940]

I saw many of your's video from last 4 hours ❤️❤️❤️❤️ fantastic well explanation

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you, it's a pleasure you enjoy the content 😊❤️

[@snowrosehypnosis]

Doesn't work at 1:55. The scene is there, clicking extrude makes a blank object with 0 surfaces and vertices.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Did you set up the layers before going into element windows?

[@abhishekkanojiya5292]

One more time lightning ⚡ logo pls

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What kind of lightning? I have electric logo with saber plugin if that works for you

[@abhishekkanojiya5292]

@@SmertimbaGraphics sir saber plugin log it was too good I need some new ideas with saber plugin 🤗 thank you for reply 🤝

[@Essey209]

what about exporting / Rendering? Its flickering when being rendered into a file.. but does not flicker in after effects

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What format? It didn't flicker when I exported it as mp4 or gif

[@Essey209]

@@SmertimbaGraphics when exporting to media encoder it flickers and does not render correct. It does not render at all when using it in Premier Pro

[@Anymike]

I have a problem with orbit tool, I can't normally rotate it, it's not rotating properly and for some reason I then see only half of the text

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What do you mean by not properly rotating

[@harshrathod310]

Can you share this project file?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I don't think I have it anymore

[@iraklivaramashvili6343]

👏👏👏

[@1kefims]

Does anyone else get weird glow lines on the wall when adding the illumination layer?

[@SIXENT_.]

Sensei..... Plugins 😅?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Ahh, sometimes😂😂

[@SIXENT_.]

@@SmertimbaGraphics sensei......🥲

[@jaysonfontela5761]

♥

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

💖💖

[@mehdi-md.]

🥰🤙

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

🤙🤙

[@Kip254-a]

Which app is that

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

after effects

[@paanmzp]

my after effect doesn't have element effect and preset 😭😭😭

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's a third party plugin that does not come with after effects by default

[@CRANIAX]

7:20 i checked the box and my text got disappeared (black screen)

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Rotate environment to adjust the lighting

[@karolisputnikas7327]

The texture doesn't appear, when I choose the illumination

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Make sure you follow the previous steps correctly, it should appear in the drop down

[@chmlive]

i cant find element effect on my premier pro 2022

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Element is an after effects plugin, not premiere pro

[@vaibhavpatel1795]

AE doesn't show texture in illumination even after selecting it

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Did you set illumination value to 100%?

[@vaibhavpatel1795]

@@SmertimbaGraphics yes ! Preview doesn't show anything only black screen

[@alexzero8870]

Why is there no project in the description?

[@yoko-edit]

So you won't be lazy and create something yourself for the first time?

[@alexzero8870]

​@@yoko-edit i dont need it now 🖕

[@plutska]

Nothing happens when I make that illuminate to texture layer..

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I get that comment a lot, but I don't know what's causing it, I personally haven't had that issue

[@plutska]

@@SmertimbaGraphicsohh yeahh, thank you for the fast answer

[@MenocOne]

nice vid, but why would you upload in 60fps? makes it annoyingly slow...

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you. You mean the video or the animation?

[@SP5-SunPandawaLima]

hopefully someone share this preset 😁

[@i0gcoyfx0ugvo]

Друзья, есть ли перевод у этого чуда?😢

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Должен быть авто перевод на ПК

[@proka4ka585]

my pc almost burned out from rendering

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

How long to render?😂

[@proka4ka585]

22 hours@@SmertimbaGraphics

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Whaat😂

[@proka4ka585]

The video card is loaded at 100%, and the central processor at 30%.@@SmertimbaGraphics

[@DVenom8]

bro created playstation intro