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Vanishing Point Exchange in Photoshop Extended

Vanishing Point Exchange in Photoshop Extended - After Effects Tutorial

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Vanishing Point Exchange in Photoshop Extended

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There are several ways to use Adobe Photoshop to create 3D objects that can then be imported into After Effects. The first one we're going to explore is called Vanishing Point Exchange. It's a way of turning a flat photograph into literally a 3D house of cards. Go to File>Open, navigate to inside your Exercise Files for CS5.5, open up the Sources folder, open up the 3D folder, then select building*starter.jpg. This sort of image is a good candidate for Vanishing Point Exchange. Vanishing Point Exchange relies on you having a number of flat surfaces that connect at nice clean angles, that it can then convert into a series of flat surfaces that are folded together to create a three-dimensional outline of this building. Once you've selected your image, go to Filter>Vanishing Point and you'll open up the special Vanishing Point dialog. Make sure you have the Create Plane tool selected; it's the default, zoom in on your image; you can hold Command on Mac or Ctrl on Windows and press the…

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