Trapcode 3D Stroke

Very Thin Lines

To make very thin lines using 3D Stroke, some tweaking may be required to make them look really good. As you would expect, the Thickness control should be set to a low value (like 0.5), but then strokes may appear aliased (jagged). Here's a workaround for this issue:

First, set Feather to 100, then increase Adjust Step (under Advanced). Finally, lower the Internal Opacity. This should produce very smooth thin lines.

Note that if the camera moves close to these lines, they may not look as good. The examples below show the difference (magnified by 200%) of the default .5-pixel lines and adjusted settings that yield better-looking output.

Standard Thin Lines (Thickness = .5, Feather = 0, Adjust Step = 100, Internal Opacity =100)

Adjusted Thin Lines (Thickness = .5, Feather = 100, Adjust Step = 175, Internal Opacity =92)

For more techniques on how to use Trapcode 3D Stroke, visit our tutorials section.