Using Photoshop CS4
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Regular 3D manipulators can take a great deal of time, days, and even weeks producing pictures with photorealism. If you’re new to the world of 3D graphics, often your product will appear unatural and have unnatural lighting that makes all of your objects appear to be plastic-coated. However, the 3D capabilities in Photoshop CS4 Extended allow you to create good looking, precision 3D images with what I like to call “more ease and less cheese.” The following lesson covers the most important things you should be aware of for manipulating 3D images in Photoshop CS4.
You will find a real diversity of ways that you can use these 3D images over many occupations. TV shows and recent movies have shown us many of the spectacular images and graphics that can be produced for media, but 3D images are becoming customary in the fields of architecture, medicine, product design, mechanical contracting, urban planning, law, transportation, insurance, and aviation, among others. For instance, architects and city planners can accomplish models of buildings, rooms, or public spaces to copy the feel of their completed designs. Medical researchers, physicians and many other professionals are able to produce animated or still images to use in their demonstartions and teaching sessions, as well as to illustrate specific procedures or medical conditions. Likewise, 3D graphics can be invaluable as aids in the courtroom, to clarify ideas and events that might otherwise be too esoteric or arduous to communicate. This 3D image production is very important in designing new products for everything from cars to toasters, energy conservation consepts and more. If you haven’t been persuaded by now you may feel convinced that you should actually spend some time learning some of the new and powerful features of these 3D applications in Photoshop CS4 Extended. And did I say that it’s also fun?
