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Navigating the 3D workspace - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop: 3D Printing
Navigating the 3D workspace
Now there's quite a bit that you can do with 3D objects in Photoshop. But since this course is focused on 3D printing, we're going to get right into the interface features that matter for us now. The first thing that I want to look at is how to navigate around the 3D model. Now for this you want to make sure that you've got the Move tool active. This gives us access to the 3D Manipulation tools up here at the top. By default we have the Rotate tool active. With this, we can click and drag on an open area of the canvas to rotate around the model. Next, there's Camera Tilt which doesn't really come in handy for 3D printing purposes. Next, there's Drag, so if we use this one, we click and drag in an open area of the canvas and it kind of pans the camera around. Next, there's Truck. With this one it's kind of like moving the camera closer to or further away from the model. This one's really useful if you find yourself too close to the model, or too far away, and you've gotta get closer to…
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Importing 3D files1m 50s
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Navigating the 3D workspace3m 25s
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Creating 3D objects within Photoshop2m 42s
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Working with multiple objects4m 45s
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Applying textures for color printing3m 41s
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Fixing texture map problems4m 3s
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Making models hollow with opacity maps4m 18s
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Printing fine detail with bump maps4m 21s
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Working with normal maps3m 51s
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