Change the 3D text lighting environment in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Reflective objects such as 3D text need something to reflect. You can choose what’s reflected in the surface of 3D titles by enabling environment lighting.
Environment lighting projects an image onto the 3D title to simulate a reflected world. Because environment lighting emulates the reflective properties of real-world objects, its effects are more noticeable on 3D text with shiny surfaces.
The following examples show different lighting environments. (In these examples, Lighting Style is set to Off. For information about lighting styles, see Adjust 3D text lighting in Final Cut Pro for Mac.)
In the Lighting section of the Final Cut Pro Text inspector, click Show next to the Environment section to show the Environment controls.
Adjust the following controls:
Intensity: Adjust the brightness of the reflected image.
Rotation: Change the angle at which the environment image appears reflected in the 3D title.
Tip: By default, environments rotate around the Y axis. To rotate around the other axes, expand the Rotation controls and adjust the dials.
Contrast: Control the relative difference in brightness between the light and dark areas in the reflected image.
Saturation: Control the amount of color visible in the reflected image.
Because the Environment controls effectively add a light source to your 3D title (even when Lighting Style is set to Off), you may want to turn off Environment entirely—for example, if you add scene lights to create a custom lighting environment.
