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Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

with Deke McClelland



In this final installment of Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One, Deke McClelland creates a total of seven 3D type effects from scratch. This project-based course shows how to create and modify 3D type, craft hand-drawn effects, and design complex character extrusions. The course also explains how to color-correct and post-process 3D type in Camera RAW. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
  • Smearing colors across letters
  • Creating drop-and-splatter effects
  • Tracing character outlines with smart filters
  • Rotating, positioning, and scaling words
  • Quickly (and accurately) masking 3D letters
  • Assigning complex, high-quality bevels
  • Matching 3D type to a photographic scene
  • Adding a crack to a grunge letter
  • Making a 3D pillow inflation
  • Simulating worn fabric with soft noise
  • Making blocky type using depth maps
  • Carving recessed type in a tree
  • Creating a sunken extrusion
  • Bending 3D text as a Smart Object

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author
Deke McClelland
subject
3D + Animation, Visual Effects, Design
software
Photoshop CS5
level
Intermediate
duration
5h 51m
released
Oct 04, 2011
DVD
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