Add Depth To Your Project With After Effects 3D Lighting
Motion Graphics guru Chris Meyer shares a quick trick for increasing visual interest in your After Effects projects.
If you’re into motion design and After Effects you’re likely already familiar with AE training by production duo Trish and Chris Meyer. In a recent Lynda.com After Effects Apprentice training course Chris demonstrates how to create an opening title for a medical themed project.
In this sample from that online training course Chris shows how adding a 3D light to your AE project can instantly give it more depth and focus your viewers attention to an area of the frame. The short video tutorial covers adding a vignette to your AE project, using a 3D light’s fall off feature to focus attention on the foreground while darkening the background and casting shawdows between your composition’s layers.
For AE pros this may be a bit elementary, but it is a great reminder that the 3D light in After Effects is a powerful tool to make your compositions pop and give visual interest. Have a look here:
