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    • Description

    Should Photoshop  include this art form, since more and more people are getting involved in the 3D world? It sure does.

    “Will mastering these new 3D features make you an expert in 3D? No, but what it will do is make you more familiar with 3D in general and perhaps make learning a dedicated 3D application a little less frustrating. But what you will have is a new weapon in your design arsenal. With these few but robust 3D tools, you can create really compelling 3D art with just a little bit of practice.”
    (Corey Barker, National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Photoshop User CS4 Bonus Issue)

    In this class, you’ll be introduced to the basics of 3D and how to use the tools that Photoshop CS4 Extended offers.

    Skill Level

    Intermediate. Students must have a good command of Photoshop, its tools and terminology. It is assumed these tenets are known and understood.

    Software Requirements

    • Photoshop CS4 Extended

    Hardware Requirements

    • Windows
      1.8GHz or faster processor
      Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
      512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
      1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
    • Mac
      PowerPC® G5 or multicore Intel® processor
      Mac OS X v10.4.11–10.5.4
      512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
      2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on flash-based storage devices)

    Before Class

    Students must have a good command of Photoshop, its tools and terminology.It is assumed these tenets are known and understood.

    Week One

    Lesson One

    • 3D Basics
    • Axis
    • Meshes
    • Workspace and 3D Tools
    • 3D Postcards

    Week Two

    Lesson Two

    • 3D Models
    • Bringing 3D Models Directly into Photoshop
    • Dealing with Downloaded Files
    • Create a 3D Mesh

    Week Three

    Lesson 3

    • Basic 3D Objects
    • Spherical Panoramas
    • Transforming 3D Objects
    • Useful Tips for Easier Workflow
    • Modifying Meshes
    • Cross Sections
    • Aligning Objects
    • Merge 3D Layers
    • Painting
      Cloning
      Using Selections to Paint on 3D Objects
      Hiding Selections to Paint on 3D Objects
      Painting Bump
      Painting Glossiness

    Week Four

    Lesson 4

    • Painting Continued
      Painting Opacity
      Paint with Shininess and Adjust Specular Highlight Color
      Painting a Spherical Depth Map
      Importing Maps for use as Materials
    • Lights
    • Cameras
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