After Effects Help | 3D layers

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/3d-layers.html

Here's a video tutorial showing Material Options and Environment Layers in Adobe After Effects CS6: http://youtu.be/jjvl1cUZsn8

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