Use it alongside this tool to showcase the underlying curves of your extruded paths. Limitations to Consider While powerful, there are a few technical limitations:
Unlike some workarounds that require converting text to shapes, this works directly on live text layers and is compatible with AE’s native text animators. The "Solid" Verdict Pros: Versatility: Works with shapes, masks, and text. Plugin Everything - Extrude for After Effects F...
: Unlike many scripts that require converting text to shapes, this plugin works with live text layers Use it alongside this tool to showcase the
Alex found the plugin by accident, buried three pages deep in a forum thread titled “Extrusion that doesn’t ruin your render.” They were a motion designer stuck in a loop: flat layers, flat briefs, flat pay. The brief for a product spot called for tactile 3D type that looked handcrafted, like letters carved from foam and painted with care. Alex had tried Cinema 4D, ray-traced extrusions, displacement maps — all beautiful, all slow, and all over budget. : Unlike many scripts that require converting text