extrude tool?

[ctennant]

Using the z channel and some sort of extrude macro is there a way to create 3D looking text inside of Shake, easily?  Something that could be rotated a little bit more than standard text, keeping a somewhat 3D appearance on the beveled edges?

[fxnurbs]

There is an Emboss tool in filter that gives a bit a depth or the displacement tool in deform, but i don't think it will gives what you want. That is not the purpose of shake. You should render your text in photoshop or a 3D soft to import in shake as pictures.
nuke would have the abitlity to import a 3D object though. Shake is getting old now and still do what it was suppose to do very well, but don't ask to much from it.

cheers

[ctennant]

I had a feeling about that.  I'm having to use it for motion graphics (as apposed to using After Effects), so I'm running into a few hick-ups.  ya, I'll have to use Blender or Maya than.  Thanks!

[ctennant]

I think the Relief Macro will do just want I need, I only need to fool the viewer with a slight parallax, not a lot f movement.  only a few degrees.  Thanks again.