3D Text over Video

For this project, an outside production company requested 3D text to appear as if it were floating in space over tracking video shots. The effect was accomplished using motion tracking in Adobe After Effects and the 3D Text was created in Maxon Cinema 4D.

For shots where the 3D text was to float behind objects like the steel support beam in the video above, the beam was manually isolated in After Effects by creating an animated mask. The 3D text layer was then sandwiched in between the isolation beam layer and the original video file.