CREATING 3D OBJECTS FROM 2D ART

To see how this feature works, open any file in your Photoshop workspace. It can be a photograph, a logo, an advertisement, or flattened label art like the image shown in Figure 31-1.

Figure 31-1

STEP :2

Select 3D > New Shape From Layer > Soda Can and watch as Photoshop creates a three-dimensional soda can and wraps your artwork around it! You can now add lights, cameras, paint, and any other transformation and editing you would normally add to a 3D image.

STEP :3

Notice the 3D Axis icon at the top-left edge of your document window, as seen in Figure 31-2. Press K to select the Object Rotate tool, click the X-, Y-, or Z-axis points on the Axis icon to choose the orientation you’d like to modify, and then click and drag on your 3D image to rotate, roll, drag, slide, and scale different aspects of your 3D image.

Figure 31-2

STEP :4

To modify the camera angle, Press N to select the Camera Rotate tool, click the X-, Y-, or Z-axis points on the Axis icon to choose the camera orientation, and then click and drag on your 3D image to orbit, roll, pan, walk, and zoom different aspects of your 3D image.

STEP : 5

To apply lighting to your 3D object, select Window > 3D to open the 3D panel, click the Create A New Light button at the bottom of the 3D panel (it’s the New icon next to the Trash icon), and select the type of light you’d like to apply (point, spot, infinite, or image based) from the pop-up menu. You can then adjust the settings for the new light source in the 3D panel.

STEP : 6

When you have finished editing the 3D object, continue working in Photoshop until you have completed your layout. Figure 31-3 shows this 3D image in an advertisement.

Figure 31-3

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