Normality Plugin - After Effects

If you work with extruded shapes, 3D texts, or mockups, this $40 plugin is the secret weapon that bridges the gap between "fake 3D" and "CGI-level lighting." Standard After Effects extrusion works via "ray-traced" or "cinema 4D" rendering. While it creates geometry, the lighting response is often rudimentary. When you rotate a layer, the bevels don't catch the light correctly because the software is simulating a shell rather than a solid object.

Suddenly, the illusion shatters. The sides of your text look like flat, warping cardboard. Why? Because native After Effects shapes don't actually understand true 3D surface normals. They guess. normality plugin after effects

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