本视频教程是由Digital-Tutors 机构出品的AE矢量图形动画制作视频教程，Digital-Tutors Ray-tracing with Typography in After Effects，时长：3小时45分，大小：1.15 GB，格式：FLV高清视频，附工程源文件，教程使用软件：After Effects CS6，作者：Laura Smith，官方发布时间：2013年3月，共25个章节，语言：英语。人人素材网整理发布。
Digital-Tutors Ray-tracing with Typography in After Effects
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will learn how to use the new Ray-tracing feature in CS6 to create 3D animated typography and shapes.
We begin this tutorial in Illustrator, where we lay the ground work for our image. This creation step contains vital information for how the Illustrator file must be set up for it to work once it has been imported to After Effects. We use a few scripts that speed up our process tremendously for some of the more repetitive and tedious parts of the project.
Once we bring our illustrator project into After Effects, this is where the magic starts to happen. We learn some valuable time saving tips when working with Ray-tracing as well as lighting and rendering workflows to get the best possible render in the end.
This training offers a really unique approach to creating a beautiful typography animation as well as tricks that will stick with the rest of your workflow when you work on your own projects that deal with the same issues and goals.
By the end of the tutorial, you will have firsthand knowledge on interfacing between Illustrator and After Effects as well as some Ray-tracing workflows that will make your other projects way less time consuming. Best of all, if you work along side the step-by-step approach, you’ll have your very own animated typography project complete with 3D depth, shadows, and some compositing tricks that really add polish to your final piece.
