Motion 5 3D Text

So, I've been playing with stuff since 5.2, hopefully you guys have too. Anyways..first thing I have found when using 3D text. LAYERS! This is kind of a problem...but I have found a temporary fix.

So, when making a 3d text and a solid white square. Both exist in 3d space....but when you move the camera around the object, the expectation of things happening the way they should go away. Like for instance, when you are flying from below the solid, you still see the text...even though the solid is 100% in front of it.

But when I used a 3d text..made it super huge so it looked like a flat solid...i got the results I was expecting...things falling behind one another..even if they were in different order in the layer panel.

I also noticed when I had stuff on top of the 3D layer, like a flat 2d text....the 2d text sat over it no matter what....so this kind of gives me an idea of whats going on with the software....but i am not quite sure how to word it.

Let me know if you guys have a solution any other way then this. Maybe I did something wrong..but i don't think I did. If this is all true...apple should fix that right?

3d text with 3d text


3d text with square


3d text with square + text

Yes you are correct there are several bugs. It is still in its infancy but I believe is a small taste of what is to come.

Also you can use Font Glyphs to add some text objects.

Below is a quick demo of how I did it using the free ionicons.com glyph fonts.
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