Introduction to 3D Design with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator: Creating 3D Effects for Print and Web Design Projects

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In this comprehensive video, you will learn how to create, design, and edit 3D shapes with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Even with extensive beginner Photoshop information, the topic of 3D is often overlooked. With the growing trend of needing 3D designs, this bit of knowledge can help you start using basic 3D features in your artwork, and digital or print …

Introduction to 3D Design with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator: Creating 3D Effects for Print and Web Design Projects

Video description

This video begins by focusing on the basics of working with 3D layers and shapes in Photoshop including how to set up your workspace and how to create a basic 3D shape or mesh. Then you’ll dive into working with faux 3D filters in Photoshop before concluding with how to create basic 3D shapes in Illustrator and importing them back into Photoshop as a smart object. Finally, this video will also cover where to go from here in your learning such as 3D printing, video, or creating more advanced 3D scenes using a product such as Adobe Dimension or Adobe Fuse for Characters. Through this video, you’ll be able to enhance your artwork or print designs to include 3D features.

What You Will Learn

Use the various Photoshop panels to create basic 3D shapes such as the sphere, cone, pyramid, or cube
Add materials and textures to a primitive shape and decide whether to make it a smart object, and render or rasterize the shape when you add it to the main PSD document
Make minor edits to shading and lighting and rotate the object on the layer to a better position in 3D mode
Add some 3D extrusion text with layer effects
Create complex shapes and apply filters to enhance the graphic
Draw basic 3D shapes in Illustrator and import them into Photoshop as a smart object

Who This Video is For

Students, graphic designers, and corporate administrators with some basic experience with Photoshop and Illustrator looking to get started with 3D design.

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Introduction 00:01:45

Working with 3D layers and objects in Photoshop

Understanding the 3D environment 00:12:35

Setting Up the 3D Workspace 00:05:58

Creating a Basic 3D Object or Mesh 00:12:34

Adding a Material Texture to an Object (sphere, world, globe) or an Object with Faces 00:13:27

Adjusting Position, Lighting and Shadow 00:13:12

Creating 3D Text Extrusions 00:08:12

Creating 3D Meshes and Merging for a Complex Object 00:08:03

Creating 3D Extrusions from a Path or Shape, and then Extruded or Revolve 00:10:44

More on Extrusions and Finishing the Poster 00:12:50

Working Faux 3D Render Filters in Photoshop

The Flame Filter 00:09:58

The Tree Filter 00:08:47

Working with 3D Effects in Illustrator

Rotate Effect 00:08:50

Revolve Effect 00:09:54

Extrude and Bevel Effect 00:08:25

Adding Map Art to 3D Object 00:08:16

Save your 3D Object as a Smart Object in Photoshop 00:05:18

Summary and Conclusion 00:01:45

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