Plugin Everything - Extrude For After Effects F... -

Flat colors can make 3D depth look lifeless. The plugin solves this with intuitive shading engines:

by Plugin Everything is a performance-focused tool for After Effects that creates faux-3D depth for live text, shape layers, and mask paths. Unlike the native Cinema 4D renderer, it functions as an effect on 2D layers, allowing you to maintain access to blending modes and layer styles while achieving 3D-like results. Key Features Three Extrusion Modes : Directional : Parallel extrusion in a specific direction. Vanishing : Perspective extrusion toward a single point.

Getting started with Extrude is straightforward. Here’s a basic workflow to create your first 3D text:

A GPU‑accelerated plugin that detects image edges and extrudes them into 3D models with environment map shading. More specialized for edge‑based extrusion. Plugin Everything - Extrude for After Effects F...

Extrude stays inside the standard AE effect stack. You don't have to open a separate interface.

Instead of needing to export to a separate 3D application, Extrude allows you to maintain a native workflow. It transforms 2D layers into 3D objects with depth, perspective, and shading. Key Features of Extrude:

: Features a built-in gradient colorwheel editor , allowing artists to simulate realistic ambient occlusion, directional lighting, or stylized neon shifts without adding real AE lights. 3. Inner and Outer Extrusions Flat colors can make 3D depth look lifeless

Projects a uniform parallel extrusion along a designated 2D angle.

: Guarantees professional-grade color accuracy without pixelation or banding.

, allowing for sophisticated solid or gradient shading to define the sides of the extrusion. Inner Extrusion Key Features Three Extrusion Modes : Directional :

Features an intuitive radial gradient editor supporting up to 32 colors.

Extrude has received widespread positive feedback from the motion design community: