#Photoshop cs6 3d extrusion download how to

Now we will apply some texture to our 3D object.Ĭlick the Front Inflation Material layer to open the Materials properties window.Ĭlick the icon next to the Diffuse material slot to and click Load Texture. Adding a slight bevel adds to the realism of our scene. Move over to the Cap property window and change the Bevel Width to 10%. The Extrusion Depth slider adjusts the thickness of your 3D text. Set the Extrusion Depth to 150 under the Mesh property window. Next we will specify the settings of our extruded text. The camera settings for our image are shown below. You may need to resize your text a few times throughout this process. This step can take some time so be patient. You will also need to adjust the FOV (Field of View) until the converging lines of your grid become parallel with the converging lines in your photo. You will need to rotate the camera using 3D transformation tools in the top toolbar of Photoshop until you match up the horizon line in your 3D grid with the horizon in the photo. We won't be changing any settings under Scene, so you can skip down to Current View. Set the Intensity of this 'skylight' to 60% and the Shadow Softness to 75% to give us a nice even light with soft shadows.Ĭhange the Opacity of the Shadows under Ground Plane to 95%. This will simulate a light blue sky casting indirect illumination in our scene. Instead of an actual image, we will be using a solid color 'image'. IBL stands for Image Based Lighting and allows you to specify an image to be used to light your scene indirectly. The sun is a direct light source since it comes from a single spot, and the blue sky is an indirect light source because it illuminates the scene from every possible angle. In the real world, outside lighting is comprised of direct, and indirect illumination (plus reflections and other things we won't get into). If you aren't familiar with any 3D software, don't worry, we will start from the top. In the 3D palette, you will notice a whole bunch of new items. If you can't find it, click Window > 3D to bring it up.Ĭlick the 3D Extrusion radio button and hit Create. By default it is in the same window next to the Layers palette. With your text selected, open the 3D palette. You should end up with something similar to the image below. Just a plain image background.Ĭreate a large block of text, preferably using a thick, sans-serif font. If you know the true focal length of your original image, you can use that to help you later on. This photo works well because the horizon is immediately identified, and there are lines and railings on the pier that make finding the focal length and angle the photo was taken at easy. You might recognize it from our video, Three New Blur Filters In Photoshop CS6. I am using a photograph of a pier from my wife's birthday trip last year. An image with a clearly visible horizon and straight lines works best. The first thing you will want to do is open the image you want to use as your background and double click the background layer in the Layers palette to unlock it.

#Photoshop cs6 3d extrusion download how to

This tutorial will show you how to composite real 3D text into a photograph without ever leaving the Photoshop CS6 interface. The new rendering engine allows you create realistic 3D shapes and text quickly and easily.

With Photoshop CS6, the team at Adobe has completely redeemed themselves. In turn, 3D editing with Photoshop never really caught on to become part of anybody's regular workflow. They were clumsy, didn't look very good, and were not very flexible. The 3D tools in previous versions of Photoshop were never been the best.