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Wrap flat 2D text around your subject in true 3D — completely without AI. This tutorial covers duplicating your text into a front and back layer, warping each one into a cylinder shape, sandwiching your subject between them, and even casting a realistic shadow from your subject onto the text.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Wrapping 3D Text Around a Subject
1:22 Adding Text with a Free Adobe Font
3:56 Setting Up the Warp Effect
5:52 Warping Text into a Cylinder Shape
7:48 Selecting and Duplicating the Subject
8:52 Sandwiching the Subject Between Layers
10:57 Linking Layers to Move Them Together
12:05 Casting a Shadow from the Subject
14:17 Clipping and Blurring the Shadow
THE STEPS
1. Type your text twice on separate layers, one for "front" and one for "back"
2. Align both layers, then warp each into a Cylinder shape with opposite curves
3. S...