What you learned: Create an extruded 3D logo with type in a composition Then select a light layer and adjust its Position option to affect the shadow. With one or more 3D layers selected, press the A key quickly twice (AA) to open Material options for the selected layers.
Lights work in conjunction with the material options of 3D layers to control the appearance of the layers they illuminate and the appearance of shadows between the layers. Experiment with light settings such as Intensity, Radius, and Cone Angle. With a light layer selected in the timeline, press the A key on your keyboard quickly twice (AA) to open the light options for that layer.Ambient light is a light with no position or falloff that controls the overall brightness of a scene, so it cannot cast shadows.Point light is an omnidirectional light with softness and falloff like a bare lightbulb.Spot light is a directional light with spread, softness, and falloff like a stage spotlight.Parallel light has a continuous direction, without any spread, like a laser.There are four kinds of lights in After Effects:
Lights affect only layers that have 3D enabled. What you learned: Add lights to a compositionĪdd lights to a scene to create more perspective.
