Metallic Text with After Effects

How to create a polished metal text effect using After Effects.

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that was easier than i thought!! sweeeet!

 

Comment by shavon | April 22, 2009 @ 8:18 am

 

This is a great tutorial, I did not know that those blending options were available in AFX as well. Thanks for this.

 

Comment by fpsmanager | April 23, 2009 @ 5:29 am

 

It’s truly amazing how powerful the little box named curves is. Every tutorial I watch seems to have curves doing soomething different..
Cool Tut. Thanx.

 

Comment by Jimmy | April 23, 2009 @ 12:18 pm

 

I recreated your work & then went “creative” (aka wyld) and had a great time! Learned something valuable too…..

 

Comment by T. | April 24, 2009 @ 3:24 am

 

Another great tutorial J! It’s great cause it’s a cool effect that doesn’t take hours to create. Thx!

 

Comment by Rio | April 29, 2009 @ 1:59 pm

 

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Thanks a lot

 

Comment by keeth | May 6, 2009 @ 12:10 pm

 

That’s really useful for me as a beginner using this software. Thanks a lot.

 

Comment by Meg | May 6, 2009 @ 9:55 pm

 

Fantastic! Thanks very much!

 

Comment by Steve | May 8, 2009 @ 12:00 am

 

Cool!! Thanks..

 

Comment by boogem | July 1, 2009 @ 10:04 pm

 

Thanks a lot..

 

Comment by Mohankumar | July 20, 2009 @ 7:24 am

 

Very easy & cool !!!

 

Comment by jdk | October 5, 2009 @ 8:58 am

 

actually, the computer i was using didnt have a flash player. but i am interested in the tutorials. i was wondering if you guys would help me with a laptop.

 

Comment by daniel michael | October 6, 2009 @ 4:41 pm

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