Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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In this After Effects tutorial, I’ll show you how to animate 3D text in After Effects. We add a texture to the text using an environment layer. The texture is created with Adobe Firefly.

Content:
0:00 3D text animation in After Effects
0:07 Using Adobe Firefly to create a texture
0:30 The Cinema 4D renderer
0:44 Creating 3D text
1:50 Adjusting the colours
2:37 Animating with expressions in After Effects
3:26 Adding lights
4:48 Using an environment layer to add a texture
5:57 Animating the letters
8:00 Combining different renderers in After Effects
8:55 Next

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