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Create 3D text

Director 8.5 lets you import and create 3D models and text. To create 3D text, you create 2D text and then use the Property Inspector to give it depth. In this tutorial, you will use 2D text that has already been created.

1 | Verify that the movie Stage and Library palette are open and visible on your screen. If they are not open, choose Window > Stage and Window > Library Palette.
2 | If your Internal Cast window is not open, select Window > Cast. In the Cast window, find the cast member named Title text.
| Title text is 2D text created in Director 8.5 in the same way you would create text in earlier versions of Director.
3 | In the Score, select frame 1 in channel 3.
4 | Drag the Title text cast member from the Internal Cast window to the upper left area of the Stage, as shown in the following illustration.
| The placement doesn't need to be precise; you will use the Property Inspector to specify placement coordinates.
5 | If the Property Inspector is not open, choose Window > Inspectors > Property.
6 | If the Property Inspector's Sprite tab is not visible, click the Title text sprite on the Stage. On the Sprite tab, type 0 in the X text box and 0 in the Y text box.
| You use the X and Y text boxes to place the sprite precisely.
7 | Type 70 in the End frame text box and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) to extend the Title text sprite to the end of the movie.

The Property Inspector's Text tab lets you specify 3D properties for the text.

8 | With the text still selected, click the Property Inspector's Text tab.
9 | In the Display pop-up menu, select 3D Mode.
| On the Stage, the text becomes 3D.