3D Text Studio

Switches the studio to text mode, where it extrudes the text you type. This is the default mode when you open the studio.

Switches to logo mode, which extrudes an SVG or a vector layer from your document instead of typed text. Selecting this hides the Text card and Curve control and shows the Logo card.

Tip. A vector layer selected in the editor opens the studio straight in logo mode.

Toggles a one-time flattened render of your current design behind the transparent 3D scene, so you can judge the text over the real artwork instead of the checkerboard. When editing an existing layer, that layer is left out of the preview.

Tip. Your choice is remembered between sessions.

The interactive 3D stage. Drag to orbit the camera, use the mouse wheel to zoom, and in text mode click any single letter to select it for per-letter styling.

Closes the dialog without inserting anything. The Esc key and clicking the dark backdrop do the same.

Closes the studio and discards your work, the same as Close.

Renders the current 3D text at high resolution and adds it to your document as a transparent PNG layer, centered and scaled to fit. The button reads Insert 3D Logo in logo mode, and Update 3D Text / Update 3D Logo when you are editing an existing layer (it re-fits the new artwork into the same box).

Reopens the studio for a layer that was created here, with every setting restored, so you can change the text, material or lighting and re-bake. This action lives on the layer itself (right-click or the layer menu), because the inserted layer remembers it came from 3D Text Studio.

The multi-line text box for the words you want in 3D. Type here and the preview rebuilds as you go. Press Enter for a new line.

Inserts a dynamic {{binding}} token at the cursor, for example {{post.title}}. During automation runs the token is replaced with the real value for each post, so one design produces many labeled outputs.

Tip. Requires a recent editor core (API 2.6+); older cores show the Dynamic dropdown instead.

A fallback dropdown (shown only on older cores without the {…} button) that binds the whole text to one source. Pick a field to re-render the layer per post; the typed text stays as the design-time preview.

The default choice in the Dynamic dropdown. It means the layer uses exactly the text you typed and does not re-render per post.

Sets how multiple lines line up horizontally against each other. Use it when your text has more than one line.

Aligns all lines to a common left edge.

Centers each line on the middle axis. This is the default alignment.

Aligns all lines to a common right edge.

Widens or tightens the gap between letters (tracking). Negative values pull letters closer, positive values push them apart.

Sets the vertical distance between lines of text, as a percentage of the normal line spacing. Lower values pack lines tighter, higher values spread them out.

Breaks long text into lines after roughly this many characters, so a long bound title becomes a poster-friendly block instead of one endless strip. Set to 0 to turn wrapping off.

A tall, heavy condensed sans, good for bold impact headlines. This is the default font.

A tall all-caps condensed sans with an even, poster-like rhythm.

A geometric sans in its heaviest (black) weight, clean and modern.

A contemporary techy sans with slightly quirky letterforms.

A classical Roman-inscription serif in caps, elegant and formal.

A high-contrast display serif with a refined, editorial feel (Playfair Display).

A stylish high-contrast serif with a warm display character.

A rounded, friendly sans that reads soft and approachable.

A bold comic-book style caps face, great for loud, playful text.

A connected script with retro-signage flavor.

A relaxed brush-style handwriting script.

A lively, casual handwriting script with bouncy letterforms.

Picks a font from the editor's own font library instead of the tiles above. Fonts are grouped into your uploads and the editor's built-in fonts; woff2 files are decoded locally in the browser.

Chooses the weight (for example 400 or 700) of the family picked in the Library dropdown. It only appears once you select a Library family, and lists the weights that family actually provides.

Tip. Defaults to weight 400 when the family has it.

A warm polished gold metal. This is the default material.

A bright, mirror-like silver metal that reflects the studio lights sharply.

A warm reddish-brown metal with a soft metallic sheen.

A cooler brushed-metal grey, more muted than chrome.

A clear refractive glass that transmits and bends what is behind it. Pairs well with a Backdrop so the refraction has something to show.

A translucent frosted (milk) glass with a soft, diffused surface.

A glowing neon-tube look that emits its own light. Selecting it turns on a real bloom glow automatically.

A glossy painted plastic with a shiny clear-coat highlight, in a vivid red by default.

A flat, non-reflective surface with soft even shading, for a subtle, understated look.

A glossy, saturated pink candy-coat, bright and playful.

An iridescent holographic finish whose color shifts across the surface, for a futuristic look.

A smooth color gradient down the face of the letters. Choosing it reveals the Bottom color control so you can set the second gradient color.

The color of the front faces of the letters (the part pointing at the camera). Uses the editor's color picker.

The color of the extruded sides and bevels of the letters (the depth). Set it darker than the face for a natural shaded edge.

The second (bottom) color of the face gradient. This control only appears when the Gradient material is selected; the Face color acts as the top color.

Adds an emissive bloom halo around the letters, as if they give off light. The Neon material turns this up automatically, but you can add a glow to any material.

The panel heading shows which letter is selected. Click a different letter in the preview to switch, or click empty space to deselect.

Tip. The prompt reads "Click a letter in the preview to give it its own color." until you select one.

Sets a face color for just the selected letter, independent of the whole-text Face color.

Clears the selected letter's custom color so it follows the main text color again.

Gives the selected letter its own material preset, chosen from the 12 materials. Leave it on Like text to keep the letter on the same material as the rest of the text.

Scales just the selected letter up or down relative to the others, as a percentage. Useful for drop-caps or emphasis.

Overrides the extrusion depth for the selected letter, as a percentage. Push one letter deeper (or flatter) than the rest.

Moves the selected letter up or down from the baseline, as a percentage of its height, for a bouncing or staggered look.

Tilts the selected letter clockwise or counter-clockwise for a hand-set, playful arrangement.

Removes all custom styling from the currently selected letter, returning it to the main text style.

Clears every per-letter override at once. This button only appears while at least one letter has custom styling.

Sets how thick the extrusion is, that is how far the letters stick out toward and away from you. Higher values make chunkier 3D text.

Rounds the front and back edges of the letters. A little bevel catches the light for a polished edge; more bevel makes the letters look softer and rounder.

Bends the whole line of text along an arc. Positive values curve one way, negative the other, and 0 keeps it straight. This control is only available in 3D Text mode.

Turns the text left or right around its vertical axis (yaw). This is the same value you set by dragging the preview horizontally.

Raises or lowers the camera to look down at or up toward the text (pitch). Matches vertical dragging in the preview.

Scrolling the mouse wheel over the preview zooms the camera in and out. There is no slider; it is a preview-only control.

Overall brightness of the studio lighting. Higher values make faces and highlights brighter, lower values give a moodier look.

The strength (opacity) of the shadow cast on the ground beneath the text. Set to 0 to remove the shadow entirely.

How soft the shadow edge is. Low values give a crisp, hard shadow; high values give a soft, diffused one.

How far the shadow stretches away from the text, by lowering or raising the light. Longer shadows read like a lower sun.

The angle the shadow (and key light) falls from, so you can point the shadow left, right or behind the text. It stays consistent as you orbit.

The strength of a mirror-like reflection of the text on the ground plane, fading out with distance. Set to 0 for no reflection.

The background color behind the text, chosen with the color picker. When a color is set, the inserted layer keeps that solid background; leave it transparent to insert just the text.

The first backdrop swatch (a checkerboard). It clears the background so the text is inserted as a transparent PNG, trimmed to its content. This is the default.

Quick-pick color chips next to the picker for common backgrounds: dark, white, cream, navy and blue. Click one to set the Backdrop instantly.

Chooses which vector artwork to extrude. The dropdown lists eligible layers from your document (shapes with a visible fill, groups containing such shapes, and SVG image assets), indented to show nesting, plus an entry for an uploaded SVG.

When you reopen a logo layer with Edit 3D Text, the Source dropdown starts on Saved logo, meaning it reuses the SVG markup stored with the layer so you do not have to pick the source again.

A Source option that becomes selectable after you load an SVG file. It represents the file you uploaded rather than a layer from the document.

Opens a file picker to load an SVG from your computer as the logo source. Only filled paths are extruded (outlines are ignored).

When checked, the logo keeps the fill colors from the SVG or vector layers (so multi-color logos stay multi-color) while still using the chosen material's physics. Uncheck it to paint the whole logo in the Face and Sides colors instead.

How many still images make up one full 360-degree turn. More frames give a smoother spin but a larger file.

The pixel size of each square frame in the spin. Larger frames are sharper but heavier.

Bakes the full turn as a single sprite-sheet layer added to your document, with identical framing on every frame. Use this when a plugin or your own code plays the sheet as an animation.

Downloads a single self-contained HTML file that shows the spin and rotates as the visitor drags. Ready to embed on a page with no dependencies.

Downloads the individual spin frames as separate images in a ZIP archive, which feeds 360-player plugins (for example WooCommerce product viewers).

Group heading in the Dynamic dropdown for the built-in post fields listed below.

Binds the text to the current post's title, so each run bakes the post's own headline in 3D.

Binds the text to the post excerpt (the short summary). Best paired with Wrap so long text breaks into lines.

Binds the text to the post author's name.

Binds the text to the post's category (the first category when several apply).

Binds the text to the post's publish date.

Binds the text to your WordPress site name.

Group heading for the brand-kit fields that resolve from the run's active brand kit.

Binds the text to the brand kit's company name.

Binds the text to the brand kit's website address.

Binds the text to the brand kit's email address.

Binds the text to the brand kit's city.

The default Library choice. It keeps one of the 12 bundled font tiles active and hides the Weight dropdown. Pick this to go back to the tile grid after choosing a library font.

Option group listing the custom fonts you have uploaded to the editor. Only shown when you have at least one custom font.

Option group listing the font families the editor ships built in.

The default first option of the Source dropdown before you pick a logo. When you re-open an existing 3D logo layer it reads Saved logo instead, meaning the stored SVG is still in use.

Between the placeholder and Uploaded SVG, the Source dropdown lists each eligible layer by name, indented by how deeply it is nested in groups. Picking one extrudes that layer's filled paths (built-in shapes like star, heart or badge are converted to exact geometry).

Tip. Only filled paths extrude; plain outlines and zero-width strokes are ignored.

The primary button label in Logo mode when creating a new layer. Bakes the extruded logo and drops it in as a new image layer.

The primary button label when you opened an existing 3D text layer via Edit 3D Text. Re-bakes and replaces that layer in place, refitting the new shape into its box.

The primary button label when re-editing an existing 3D logo layer. Re-bakes and replaces that logo layer in place.

Pressing Escape closes the studio without inserting or updating anything.

Clicking the dimmed area around the window (the backdrop) closes the studio, the same as Cancel.

Tip. Clicks inside the window never close it.

What you had selected in the editor when you opened the studio pre-fills it. A selected text layer copies its text into the field (up to 120 characters). A selected vector shape, group or SVG image opens the studio straight in Logo mode with that layer as the source.

Tip. Editing an existing 3D layer ignores the selection and restores its saved settings instead.

In the preview a drag orbits the model, while a plain click (movement under 5 pixels) in Text mode selects the letter under the pointer for per-letter styling. Orbiting also updates the Rotate and Tilt sliders live.

Tip. Letter picking is disabled in Logo mode, where clicks only orbit.

Card holding the text field and its variable picker, the dynamic binding, the font tiles and Library, plus Align, Spacing, Line height and Wrap.

Card holding the Logo mode Source dropdown, Load SVG file…, and the Original colors toggle.

Card with the 12 material tiles, the Face, Sides and Bottom colors, the Glow slider, and the per-letter styling panel.

Card with the Depth, Bevel and Curve sliders that control the extrusion. (Curve is hidden in Logo mode.)

Card with the Rotate and Tilt sliders that set the camera angle on the model.

Card with the Light, Shadow, Blur, Length and Direction sliders for studio lighting and the cast shadow.

Card with the Reflection slider and the Backdrop color plus its swatches (including Transparent).

Card with the turntable Frames and Size dropdowns, Insert sprite sheet, and the Viewer (HTML) and Frames (ZIP) exports.