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349Final Cut Pro User Guide
Modify the appearance of a reflected environment
1. Select a 3D title in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. In the Lighting section of the Final Cut Pro Text inspector, click Show next to the
Environment section to show the Environment controls.
3. 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.
Turn off the environment reflection
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.
1. Select a 3D title in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. In the Lighting section of the 3D Text section of the Text inspector, deselect the
Environment checkbox.
Tip: For the most realistic results, make sure that all 3D titles in your project use the
same reflection environment.
Lighting controls in Final Cut Pro
Adjust the controls in the Lighting section of the 3D Text section of the Text inspector to
modify 3D text lighting.
Lighting controls
• Lighting Style: A pop-up menu to choose a preset lighting style for the selected 3D title.
• Off: Disables the 3D text lighting controls. Choose this if you want to light your 3D
title using environment lighting only.
Note: You may also want to disable environment lighting. See Change the 3D text
lighting environment in Final Cut Pro.
• Standard: Illuminates the text object from the front, from the left, and from the right.
• Medium Center: Creates a soft, flat light illuminating the text object from the center.
• Medium Left: Creates a soft, flat light illuminating the text object from the left.