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title: "03 - QuickStart"
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description: "Now you can start adjusting parameters in the Repeater section."
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# 03 - QuickStart

Trapcode Echospace

### QUICKSTART

- Start Adobe After Effects.
- Create a New Composition.
- Create a Text or Shape layer.
- Switch the Layer Type to 3D.
- Apply Trapcode Echospace to the layer from under Trapcode > Echospace in your Effects menu.
- Within the Effect Controls window, select Setup, then Repeat.

Now you can start adjusting parameters in the Repeater section.

### General Functionality

Trapcode Echospace is a 3D layer repeater. It can be applied to any kind of layer (e.g., movies, text, images, and precomps). When hitting "Repeat," the plug-in creates new instances (duplicates) of the original layer. The layers created are normal AE layers, so they will cast shadows and intersect as usual.

All instances have [expressions](https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/expression-basics.html), allowing the layers generated by Echospace to link back automatically to the parameter controls in the Echospace interface.