The Basic 3D effect manipulates a layer in an imaginary 3D space. You can rotate your image around horizontal and vertical axes and move it toward or away from you. With Basic 3D, you can also create a specular highlight to give the effect of light reflecting off a rotated surface. The light source for the specular highlight is always above, behind, and to the left of the viewer. Because the light comes from above, the image must be tilted backward to see this reflection. This can enhance the realism of the 3D appearance. The specular highlight can be viewed. | 1 Adobe After Effects Effects part 3 This PDF file contains documentation for effects from the following effect categories Perspective and Render. Perspective effects Use these effects to adjust an image s position in an imaginary 3D space add depth or create an adjustable z axis. Basic 3D If you are working on a project that was created in an older version of After Effects and this effect is applied to one or more layers you can continue to use this effect otherwise use the 3D layer option instead. The Basic 3D effect manipulates a layer in an imaginary 3D space. You can rotate your image around horizontal and vertical axes and move it toward or away from you. With Basic 3D you can also create a specular highlight to give the effect of light reflecting off a rotated surface. The light source for the specular highlight is always above behind and to the left of the viewer. Because the light comes from above the image must be tilted backward to see this reflection. This can enhance the realism of the 3D appearance. The specular highlight can be viewed only at Best quality. The layer s quality setting affects Basic 3D. Draft quality calculates pixel location to the nearest integer value Best quality calculates pixel location to the subpixel level. Adjust the following controls for the Basic 3D effect Swivel Controls horizontal rotation rotation around a vertical axis . You can rotate past 90 to see the back side of the image which is the mirror image of the front. Tilt Controls vertical rotation rotation around a horizontal axis . Distance to Image Specifies the image s distance from the viewer. As the distance gets larger the rotated image recedes. Specular Highlight Adds a glint of light that reflects off the surface of the rotated layer as if an overhead light were shining on the surface. In Preview mode the specular highlight is indicated by a red if it is not visible on the layer that is if the center of the highlight does not intersect the layer and a green
