Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects with Deke McClelland
English | Oct 04, 2011 | mov | H264 960x540 | AAC 2 ch 127 kbps | 5 hrs 51 min | 3.72 GB
eLearning, 3D + Animation, Design, Design Techniques | software: Photoshop CS5 | level: Intermediate | +Exercise files
English | Oct 04, 2011 | mov | H264 960x540 | AAC 2 ch 127 kbps | 5 hrs 51 min | 3.72 GB
eLearning, 3D + Animation, Design, Design Techniques | software: Photoshop CS5 | level: Intermediate | +Exercise files
In this final installment of Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One, Deke McClelland creates a total of seven 3D type effects from scratch. This project-based course shows how to create and modify 3D type, craft hand-drawn effects, and design complex character extrusions. The course also explains how to color-correct and post-process 3D type in Camera RAW.
Topics include:
- Smearing colors across letters
- Creating drop-and-splatter effects
- Tracing character outlines with smart filters
- Rotating, positioning, and scaling words
- Quickly (and accurately) masking 3D letters
- Assigning complex, high-quality bevels
- Matching 3D type to a photographic scene
- Adding a crack to a grunge letter
- Making a 3D pillow inflation
- Simulating worn fabric with soft noise
- Making blocky type using depth maps
- Carving recessed type in a tree
- Creating a sunken extrusion
- Bending 3D text as a Smart Object
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