The Shawshank Redemption 3D text effect
SHAWSHANK appears in Playfair Black Italic in pale gold, resting on charcoal sides with a blue accent and a soft glow. A gradient from dark blue to near-black sits behind it, giving the slanted serif a quiet, wistful mood.
Choose it for drama film reviews, memoir covers, prison-escape podcast art or an awards-night title slide. In the Studio, type another title, cool the gold toward silver, raise the glow, change to a different italic serif and set the depth to your preference.
About this effect
The Shawshank Redemption is a Premium movies 3D text effect set in Playfair Black Italic. 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 The Shawshank Redemption 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 | Playfair Black Italic |
| Letter spacing | 0.04 |
| Line height | 0.95 |
| Material and surface | |
| Material | Satin |
| Face metalness | 0.3 |
| Face roughness | 0.5 |
| Side metalness | 0.3 |
| Side roughness | 0.6 |
| Colour palette | |
| Face colour | #D8D4CC RGB 216, 212, 204 |
| Side colour | #2A2A30 RGB 42, 42, 48 |
| Accent colour | #9FB4C8 RGB 159, 180, 200 |
| Background top | #1C2128 RGB 28, 33, 40 |
| Background bottom | #050608 RGB 5, 6, 8 |
| Extrusion and bevel | |
| Extrusion depth | 0.36 |
| Bevel thickness | 0.034 |
| Bevel size | 0.024 |
| Bevel segments | 4 |
| Lighting and scene | |
| Background | Gradient |
| Glow | 0.25 |
| Bloom | 0.2 |
| Floor reflection | 0.38 |
| Shadow | 0.6 |
| Exposure | 0.93 |
| Environment light | 0.9 |
| Camera | |
| Camera | Hero view |