The reflective light is coming from another image, which is used as an Image Base Lighting. In the following example, I will explain a technique used to make the surfaces of the text reflective. From the property’s panel choose the color of the light and the intensity of the shadow Move the handle to change the direction of the light. I have changed the black background of the previous example to show the dropped shadow.Ĭlick on the symbol of the light bulb at the bottom of the 3D menu, and choose the light type. You can add a light source to make a shadow and change the lighting of the scene. To change the material of any surface of the 3D model, click on its layer and the properties panel will appear, choose from the available materials. The mesh properties panel shows up in the photo below.įrom the mesh property panel, choose one of the shape presets, and you can adjust the extrusion depth.įrom the Deform and Cap properties panels, you can also add different effects. You can also click on any one of the underneath layers to only change it. I will use the letter “D” instead of “text” to show you the effect clearly.įrom the 3D layer, click on the 3D text layer to change the texture. Repeat the steps of the last example to step 8.
In the following example, I will illustrate How to add and change the text’s material, and surface deformation. Deformation defines the shape of the surfaces of an object you can make it spherical, beveled, or inflated. Photoshop comes with 36 material presets. The material creates the visual appearance of the 3D object’s surface. How to add and change the text’s material, and surface deformation The rendering process may take a considerable time depending on the complexity of your photo and the speed of your computer processor. The final step is to use the render button to finalize the image You can change the way you look at your text using the camera at the left bottom of the screen. The layer and the 3D panels are shown below
Make sure that the 3d is checked in the windows main menu, choose 3d Extrusion, press create. Press and hold the Shift key to maintain the aspect ratio and use the Handles to change the font size and location.Ĭhange the text layer to 3D. Resize your text by using the transformation tool, Press (Ctrl + T).
Type your text, and then press the checkmark to accept You may also select the size of your text but it is not necessary at this point since you can easily change it later, as we will see. Select the font and the text color from the option bar.
Select the Type Tool from the tool panel, or press T We take a 2D shape and push it back in the Z-axis to create a 3D objectĮnter the width and the height of your document, set your resolution and the color of the background Extrusions are the primary method of creating 3D objects in Photoshop. In this example, we will use the extrusion method to create the 3D text.
Let us begin! How to create a basic 3D text In the end, we will learn how to use Image Based Lighting to create a reflective light falling on the surfaces of the text. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to create basic 3D text in Photoshop, then adding some light and creating shadows, and change the textures and the materials of the text surfaces.