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Using Photoshop CS's 3D Tool
BY Matt Kloskowski
Hi and welcome back. Hopefully you enjoyed my first tutorial here at Mac Design online.
By popular demand (not really, just thought I'd add that in myself), I'm back for a
second one. I had some really positive feedback on the 3D effects and Illustrator tutorial
from last time that I'm going to show you how to incorporate Photoshop into the 3D
mix. First off, Photoshop has long been a tool that 3D artists turn to to create texture
maps for their 3D programs. Well, now since Illustrator has 3D we can do the same
thing. Better yet, since Adobe has really integrated the product line it will be very easy
for us to create texture maps in Photoshop and drag them right into Illustrator. So follow
along as we create a simple bowling ball and demonstrate a powerful technique.
STEP 1
Create a new Photoshop canvas. We're going to be moving over to the vector
world with this file so make it 1600 x 1200 in size so we don't have any
problems. Set your foreground color to R:22 G:111 B:194 and your background
color to R:155 G:227 B255.
STEP 2
Next, choose Filter > Render > Clouds. You should get something similar to this
picture. If you've ever seen a bowling ball (And believe me... I've seen way too
many of them rolling far along the left and right side of the bowling lane into
gutter-land), they have a marble cloud like appearance to them. This texture
that we've just created is a marbleized looking texture that will look great once
mapped on a sphere.
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2. STEP 3
Now fire up Illustrator CS (Alert - processing hog.G3 users beware!) and create
a new RGB document. Then try to position Photoshop and Illustrator so you can
see both on your screen. Next, go into Photoshop and use the Move Tool to
drag the blue texture across into Illustrator. Now that's integration. Take that
Maya or Lightwave users!
STEP 4
Next, in Illustrator, choose Window > Symbols to display the Symbols palette.
Remember that any artwork you wish to map to a 3D object in Illustrator needs
to be a symbol first. So go ahead and drag the blue texture into the Symbols
palette.
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3. Next, hide or delete the blue texture. We won't be using it again in this
exercise. Now, using the Ellipse Tool, create a circle on the Artboard. Then
delete the leftmost anchor point from it so you are left with a shape similar to
the one here. This is very similar to the beach ball that we created last time.
STEP 6
With the half circle selected choose Effect > 3D > Revolve. Enter the following
settings but don't click OK.
STEP 7
Now click on the Map Art button. Choose the blue texture from the symbol drop
down list and check off Shade Artwork. Also press the Scale to Fit button. Click
ok when done to return to the 3D Revolve dialog box. Then click OK once there
to apply the 3D settings and return to the artboard.
4. STEP 8
Voila! Instant bowling ball.
STEP 9
However, to finish off the effect we need some holes for our fingers. This is a
simple one...on a layer above the bowling ball create a small circle using the
Ellipse Tool. Fill this circle with a linear gradient similar to this screen shot.
(Note: The gradient colors are R:7 G:108 B:191 on the left and black on the
right)
STEP 10
Finally, duplicate the small circle 2 more times for a total of three circles. This
takes care of the holes for the fingers.
STEP 11
Here is a final illustration to give you an idea of the potential with this effect.
The bowling pins are another great opportunity to use the 3D efects in
Illustrator. This image doesn't include one, but the bowling lane is a great
candidate for creating a wood texture in Photoshop as well.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at
ExtremePhotoshop@yahoo.com. Also, stop by my website at
www.ExtremePhotoshop.com for more tutorials. Lastly, check out my upcoming
Illustrator CS book titled "Illustrator Most Wanted - Techniques and Effects", at
Amazon.com. I love books and writing one was truly a pleasure for me. It
gave me a chance to write many of the things that I had wished were written
when I was learning how to use various programs. Until next time... have fun
bowling! I'll be the one sitting toward the back of the lane enjoying a nice cold
beverage :)
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