August 2014
Beginner
989 pages
34h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual, 2nd EditionBecome an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Chapter 21. Working with 3D Objects
Photoshop has come a long way, baby, and thanks to the power and speed of modern computers, the program sports a nice array of 3D tools (they first appeared in the extended version of Photoshop CS3). And in Photoshop CC 2014, you can even print 3D objects, either on your own 3D printer or by having Photoshop upload the file to a printing service. Modeling 3D objects—or 3D models, as they’re also called—isn’t Photoshop’s main purpose in life, but if you’ve ever dreamt of dabbling in 3D modeling, it’s the perfect place to start.
You don’t even have to create 3D objects from scratch. Just as you can buy stock images, illustrations, video, and audio clips, you can also buy pre-made 3D objects. Do a quick Google search for 3D models and you’ll find oceans of goodies for sale, along with some freebies, too. If those objects are already painted and lit (some aren’t), you can bring all that info into Photoshop. The program also gives you a fair amount of control over the object’s textures and lighting. If the object comes with a separate texture file, you can edit that file in Photoshop. You can also add and adjust lighting to make the model blend into your scene better.
If you’re especially skilled, you can paint directly on the surface of a 3D model in real time (meaning you see your brushstrokes as you make them). It’s really nice to be able to do this kind of painting in Photoshop, especially if you don’t have a dedicated 3D painting program. You can ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.