Create a 3D Number Countdown (3-2-1-GO!) Animation in After Effects (Full Process)

This time you’ll see how I animate a 3D countdown screen in After Effects. I hope you’ll learn something new! Thanks for watching. 0:00 — Final Result 0:15 — Creating the composition 0:29 — Creating the black background 0:55 — Using the Text Tool to prepare numbers for animation 1:44 — Using the Pan Behind Tool to move the Anchor Point of the text 2:24 — Creating a new Camera to establish a 3D scene 2:45 — Animating the Position of the text field 3:47 — Increasing “Samples per frame” to make a smoother motion blur effect 4:04 — Now we animate the number’s “exit” using Opacity 4:36 — Multiplying the animated text to create “2”, “1” and “GO!” 6:10 — Let’s review what we have so far 6:43 — Creating a timer wheel in the background — First, the static base 7:42 — Duplicate it to create the dynamic part that will be running out 8:01 — Adding Trim Path to create the “running out” effect 8:31 — Now, I need to reverse the direction of the effect 8:51 — This is what we have at this point 9:18 — Adjusting line thickne