Adjusting the Material Options properties

Adding effects

After Effects provides many options for special effects that you can use with either 2D or 3D scenes. You’ll add a few animated brush strokes to this scene to give it more drama and flair.

The Material Options properties determine how 3D layers interact with lights and shadows. You’ll add a layer that won’t be affected by the lights you added earlier.

1 Press the Home key, or move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the time ruler.

2 Click the Project tab. Then drag the brush.psd item from the Project panel into the Timeline panel, and place it at the top of the layer stack.

3 Select the 3D Layer switch () for the brush.psd layer to convert it to a 3D layer. The layer jumps to the center of the composition, but you can no longer see it, because the brush.psd layer is affected by the lights in the scene.

4 Select the brush.psd layer in the Timeline panel, and press AA to reveal the Material Options properties for the layer.

5 Click the value for the Accepts Shadows property (currently On) to change it to Off.

6 Click the value for the Accepts Lights property (currently On) to change it to Off.

7 Press the P key to display the Position property for the brush.psd layer, and then change the Position value to -6, 308, -2200. The layer moves very close to the camera.

Дата добавления: 2014-11-20