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Animated Text Effect in 3ds Max

 
Written by zelal  
Category Animation and Text  
Rating:   Hits: 54087   Added: Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009

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In this beginner-level tutorial, we will apply two basic effects on a text. One is modifier effect (Bevel) and another is rendering effect (Video Post > Lens Effect Highlights). At the end, it may not be a stunning output. But, may be, some beginners can learn some basic techniques. When we finish with tutorial we will an result as shown below:

Final rendered text effect.
 
Step 1
Choose Create panel > Shapes (Splines) > Text and click on the center of the Front viewport to place the text with the default wording “MAX Text”.
 
Figure 1.  Click here to view larger image.
 
Step 2
Have you noticed the GIF image at the upper-left corner of this website? It is “3DS Max Resources” with two lines. We will use this text for this tutorial. Let’s make the 1st Line. While the Text01 is still selected, go to Modify panel and Type “3DS Max” in the Text box and choose “Century Gothic Bold” from the Font drop-down list.
 
Figure 2.  Click here to view larger image.
 
Step 3
Make a clone of this text by SHIFT+ Move (down) method in the Front viewport.
 
Figure 3.  Click here to view larger image.
 

 

 

 
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