Creating Glossy Logo Animation Without Using Any Third Party Plugin

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How to make glossy 3d animated cube logo Adobe After Effects

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Creating Glossy Logo Animation – Follow these steps

Step 1:

Open Adobe After Effects, create a new composition. Click on rectangular icon or press the [Q] key on keyboard and draw a new rectangle without outline. See figure MTC01

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Then goto the alignment panel and align the layer to horizontally and vertically.

Figure MTC01

Step 2:

In switchis panel click on 3D Cubic icon. It will convert the layer to 3 Dimensions (3D). Now you allow the layer to be manipulated in 3 dimensions. See figure MTC02

Figure MTC02

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Step 3:

Change the render settings from classic 3D to Ray-Traced 3D. See figure MTC03

There are three different types of render layers inside Adobe After Effects.

Figure MTC03

Classic 3D
Cinema 4D
And Ray-Traced

1. Classic 3D Render

Classic 3D is the traditional After Effects render. In this type layers can be positioned as planes in 3D space.

2. Cinema 4D Render

The cinema 4D renderer extrusion of text and shapes. It is the preferred render for extruded 3D work on most computers.

3. Ray-Traced Render

The Ray-Traced 3D render enabels extension of text and shapes. This option is only recommended for configurations with appropriate NVIDIA CUDA Graphics card.

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In this project we are going with the Ray-Traced 3D render. Select the Ray-Traced 3D in the drop down menu and click [OK]. See figure MTC04