From the course: Photoshop: 3D Printing
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Uploading the model to Shapeways - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop: 3D Printing
Uploading the model to Shapeways
If you're getting your model printed on Shapeways, there's just a few more steps to follow. Let's see how it's done. So, I already generated my 3D printable model from Photoshop. I had Shapeways selected as my output, and I chose full color sandstone as the material, since my model has color. Now, one thing I want to point out here is that Photoshop automatically thickened the model, so that it would be thick enough to survive printing in the full color sandstone material. This material requires things to be a little bit chunkier, so you might notice that the text, for example, is a bit thicker, here, than you can see it, here, in the original model. That's because, as it was, it would be just too thin to print reliably. If this is a problem for your design, you might want to increase the size of your model, so that it prints larger and it doesn't have to inflate so much. As you can see, our character is almost reaching the very top of the print volume. So, if you want to make him…
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