Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Lighting and shading a 3D object, part of Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Mastery.
In this movie I'll show you how to light a 3D object. …To achieve an effect more like this one here. …I'll go ahead and switch to the document in progress here. …And marque the object to select it. It is selected now, it's just that I …pressed Ctrl+H or Cmd+H on Mac to hide the selection edges. …But I'll do it again just so you can see, sure enough there they are. …Anyway, I am going to hide them again, by pressing Crtl or Cmd+H. …Then I'll click on 3D Extrude and Bevel, here inside the Appearance panel, in …order to bring up the dialog box. You want to be able to see what you're …doing, you'll have to turn on the preview check box.…
And now, in order to access the lighting options, I'll click on the More Options …button in order to open up an otherwise missing half of the dialog box. …Now notice this little sphere, it represents the object, and then this dot …here represents a light source. So I'm going to move this guy down a …little bit, and then I'm going to create a new light, by clicking on the page, and …
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
4/30/2013- Setting up angular construction guides
- Kerning and clipping hand-drawn type
- Creating and naming symbols
- Using symbols to simulate master pages
- Creating a gradient mesh
- Using gradients to cast shadows
- Fading artwork with a gradient opacity mask
- Warping and distorting artwork with Liquify and Envelope
- Assembling a seamless pattern brush
- Creating charts and pictographs
- Working in 3D space
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Q: In the "Assigning colors to mesh points" lesson, I cannot pick up the color of the visible tracing/photograph layer with the Eyedropper tool. What am I missing?
A: Make sure the template file is embedded in your file, not just linked, and try to sample the color again.
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33. Using Smart Guides
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 2s
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34. Working with Symbols
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Creating and naming symbols6m 42s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling4m 31s
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35. Gradient Mesh
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Creating a gradient mesh4m 23s
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36. Opacity Masks
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Introducing opacity masks6m 24s
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37. Liquify and Envelope
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Introducing the Warp tool7m 50s
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38. Pattern Brushes
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39. Charts and Pictographs
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40. 3D Effects
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Conclusion
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See ya52s
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