Adobe Premiere 3d Drop Shadow

It's easy to create a decent looking 3D drop shadow for a text object in Adobe Premiere. Now, this technique does not provide a true accurate drop shadow, but it will save you a lot of rendering time if you build true drop shadow within your 3D program. Click on the layer that contains your 3D title object and hold down the alt key. With the alt key held down, drag the layer directly above itself to create a copy. Then double click on the bottom text layer. Then navigate over to the source window area, and click on the Effect Controls tab. Now navigate over to the project window area, and click on effects tab. Look for these three effects, and double click on each of them. Gausian Blur, Color Balance, and Basic 3D. Navigate back up to the Effect Controls window. Adjust the Y axis within the Motion parameters to offset the 3D text so it's below itself. Then within the Color Balance effect, set a value of zero for Red, Green, and Blue. Next with the Gaussian blur effect, adjust the level of blur to create the illusion of a drop shadow. And finally, adjust the tilt parameter to add the illusion of a real drop shadow. Okay, that's it. Check it out. For other great tips like this, or to enroll in an Adobe Premiere training class, visit GeniusDV.com