When Motion3 was released and after the initial excitement had died down, it became obvious that there were a few features that hadn’t made the release. One of the first to be highlighted by the many forum posts was the lack of 3D text. In this short tutorial, I’m going to give you some help in building 3D text in Motion. Yes it can be done, there are some limitations but hopefully this will get your text looking less flat and more 3D.

When Motion3 was released and after the initial excitement had died down, it became obvious that there were a few features that hadn’t made the release. One of the first to be highlighted by the many forum posts was the lack of 3D text.

In this short tutorial, I’m going to give you some help in building 3D text in Motion. Yes it can be done, there are some limitations but hopefully this will get your text looking less flat and more 3D. By the way, the chrome look isn't something I'd go for normally, but it does show off the text well! I've also included the project file at the end too.


Method Number 1 – Extrude

The extrude filter worked really well in Motion2 adding depth. To apply the filter to the text, go Add filter/stylize/extrude.

In Motion 3 the extrude filter works slightly differently. You can cheat a 3D look, but don’t use any perspective changing camera moves or element spins as the extrude is still only a 2D plane and you end up with this type of problem. Not good.


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