Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1.7
Adobe Photoshop
provides comprehensive tools to
control your 3D objects, such as
transformation, rotation, panning,
zooming, and sliding.
3D Lighting Efects
You can change the lighting efects of the 3D object through the unique
light feature in the 3D panel that allows you to create light, delete light, or
edit an existing light efect on the object. You can also choose the default
light efect or import a light setting from an external ile. And we will cover
light and working with light in Photoshop in Chapter 9.
Materials
Photoshop allows you to use and edit object materials; you also have the
ability to fully customize the materials inserted into the object and to edit its
details and the relation between the object and its natural light and
environment around it.
Photoshop CS5 includes a new material browser that lets you easily choose
and apply materials with a mouse click. Furthermore, it has improved
working with materials, for example, saving new custom materials—as you
will see in Chapter 8.
3D Animation
Although the timeline in Photoshop is still simple, it can extend your
capabilities by animating 3D objects, in both 2D and 3D space. When you
animate a 3D layer in Photoshop, the Layer 3D properties appear to allow
you to work with it and animate it.
3D Painting
Another amazing feature covered in this topic is the ability to paint over 3D
models using the Photoshop brushes: Photoshop senses the 3D object edges
and paints over these edges in the 3D space. This feature was always on the
wish list of digital painters and digital artists: the ability to paint over 3D
models and smooth out artistic digital painting.
