Normality Plugin After Effects «iPad COMPLETE»

Go to Effect > RG Normality > Normality . Hit "Generate." It will analyze your layer and spit out a psychedelic-looking red, green, and blue image. That is your normal map.

Apply Effect > RG Normality > Normality Light to a new adjustment layer. Set the "Normal Map Source" to the layer with Normality on it. Now, drag around the virtual light in the effect controls. normality plugin after effects

A "Normal Map" is a specific type of image where red, green, and blue channels tell a 3D program (or a lighting plugin) exactly which direction each pixel on your shape is facing. Go to Effect > RG Normality > Normality

Enter .

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. Apply Effect > RG Normality > Normality Light