Alien 3D text effect
Wide, spaced capitals spell ALIEN in pale blue metal with dark blue sides and a green accent. A strong glow clings to the surface, and a spotlight falls on a near-black background, leaving the word looking cold and isolated.
It fits horror in space posters, survival game covers, sci-fi short film titles and eerie podcast art. Inside the Studio, change the word, test other fonts, tint the blue or the green, lengthen the extrusion, and tune the glow and spotlight until the mood is as tense as you need.
About this effect
Alien is a Premium movies 3D text effect set in Michroma. Open it in the Studio, type your own words and the style carries over.
Everything can be changed afterwards: font, colours, material and lighting. Export a PNG up to 4K with a transparent or solid background for thumbnails, posters, logos and social posts; see plans for export limits, or browse all 3D text effects.
Want the exact fonts, colour codes and values? See the technical specification.
Technical specification
These are the specialised specifications of the Alien 3D text effect: the exact font, colour codes, surface values, geometry and lighting it is built from. Every value is editable after you open it in the Studio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Typography | |
| Font | Michroma |
| Letter spacing | 0.04 |
| Line height | 0.95 |
| Material and surface | |
| Material | Polished metal |
| Face metalness | 1 |
| Face roughness | 0.25 |
| Side metalness | 0.85 |
| Side roughness | 0.4 |
| Colour palette | |
| Face colour | #D6DDE0 RGB 214, 221, 224 |
| Side colour | #2A3236 RGB 42, 50, 54 |
| Accent colour | #7DFFB2 RGB 125, 255, 178 |
| Background top | #050A0A RGB 5, 10, 10 |
| Background bottom | #000000 RGB 0, 0, 0 |
| Extrusion and bevel | |
| Extrusion depth | 0.28 |
| Bevel thickness | 0.034 |
| Bevel size | 0.024 |
| Bevel segments | 4 |
| Lighting and scene | |
| Background | Spotlight |
| Glow | 0.77 |
| Bloom | 0.48 |
| Floor reflection | 0.38 |
| Shadow | 0.6 |
| Exposure | 0.93 |
| Environment light | 0.9 |
| Camera | |
| Camera | Hero view |