Free 3D Extruder Ae Script
Hello Guys, here I am again but this time with some outstanding new feature that helps and saves you tons of money of yours.
Recently After Effects allowed users to run custom script files. so i’ve made a custom made script to achieve depth on texts, shapes and on png’s as well. basically this script does the work of 3D Extruder Plugin, which costs around 10 dollars. This Script will help you achieve the desired 3D depth on your Text, Shape or on Image Layers.
I will explain everything Step by Step on How to Run the Script and Achieve the Extruded results:
Step 1: Open your Notepad and paste this code and save the file in the name of “Extrude3D.jsx” and the File type: All Files (not .txt) and Save this File on Desktop.
var selectedLayer = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];
var copies = 30;
var zOffset = 1;
if (selectedLayer == null) {
alert(“Please select a layer to extrude.”);
} else {
app.beginUndoGroup(“3D Extrude Layer”);
var parentNull = app.project.activeItem.layers.addNull();
parentNull.name = “Extrusion Controller”;
parentNull.threeDLayer = true;
parentNull.property(“Position”).setValue(selectedLayer.property(“Position”).value);
for (var i = 0; i < copies; i++) {
var newLayer = selectedLayer.duplicate();
newLayer.moveAfter(selectedLayer);
newLayer.threeDLayer = true;
newLayer.parent = parentNull;
var pos = newLayer.property(“Position”).value;
pos[2] += i * zOffset;
newLayer.property(“Position”).setValue(pos);
}
selectedLayer.enabled = false;
app.endUndoGroup();
}
Step 2: You should enable Scripting in AE
Edit > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions > Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network
Step 3: Open your Compostion in After Effects and Select your Text, Shape or Image Layer and Go To File > Scripts > Extrude3D.jsx (choose the script file which we saved on desktop)
And ya that’s it, your Layer got Extruded…..
Your Layer got duplicated 30 times, each of them pushed backward in 3D, which gives that extrude thing.
(* If you want to Control the depth of the Extrusion, you can do that by Changing var copies = 30; numerical value. Here the value was 30, so we got 30 copies generated. If you want 20 Copies, just simply assign var copies = 20; (you will find this text in the code which you have copied and saved in notepad)
I hope, i have explained everything clearly. Thank you so much for visting our website guys, see you around……
