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Understanding 3D in Photoshop

by Kirk Nelson

This course will show you how to model, texture, light, and render your very own 3D scenes in Adobe Photoshop.

What you'll learn

Adobe's primary pixel pusher, Photoshop, is well known for image manipulation, but most artists skip over its 3D capabilities. In this course, Understanding 3D in Photoshop, you will learn just how powerful, useful, and easy the 3D tools in Photoshop really are. You'll start with an exploration of the 3D interface in Photoshop along with a review of some of the terms and concepts unique to working in 3D. Next, you'll see how Photoshop uses extrusions to create 3D text elements, as well as how to import 3D elements into Photoshop for editing. Finally, you'll get an introduction to Fuse, which makes modeling a human easy before seeing how to finalize the scene by rendering it out. After completing this course, you'll be ready to tackle 3D projects using Adobe Photoshop.

About the author

Kirk has been a professional graphics artist for almost 20 years. He has a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University and is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop. Kirk's work has been published over 400 times in various internationally acclaimed publications such as Photoshop Creative, Advanced Photoshop, and Digital Photographer. Kirk has experience with a broad range of subjects in the design field, from web design to logo design, to print design to 3D modeling and animation. Kirk is jus... more

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