Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create 3-D Text with Deep, Dramatic Shadows

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create

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simple 3d text with deep shadows using

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photoshop's 3d filter the 3d filter will

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be using in this tutorial is in version

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cs6 extended and later the 3d filter in

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cs5 extended uses a different interface

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if your 3d filter is grayed out or not

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working properly it could be due to a

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number of reasons that I listed in my

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video's description create a new

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document by pressing control n on

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Windows or command n on a Mac

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make the width and the height three

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thousand pixels each and the resolution

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150 pixels per inch the color mode is

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RGB and 8 bits per channel click the box

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and in the brightness field type in

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forty percent then press Enter or return

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twice to close both windows

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open your horizontal type tool

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and choose a font i'm using price down

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black if you'd like to use it I provided

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its link in my video's description or

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project files

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I'll make it sighs 96 points sharp and

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center alignment click the box to open

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the color picker in the brightness field

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type in eighty percent and click OK

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click on your document and type out your

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text it should be approximately this

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size to Center it open your move tool

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and press ctrl or command a

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click the align horizontal centers icon

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and the align vertical centers icon then

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deselect it by pressing ctrl or command

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D

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at the top click 3d and new 3d extrusion

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from selected layer if you see this

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message click yes

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I did an in-depth tutorial on using the

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3d feature so if you'd like to watch it

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I provided its link as well open back

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your layers panel and click the

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background to make it active go back to

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3d new mesh from layer and postcard

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shift-click on the text layer to

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highlight it as well and go back to 3d

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and merge 3d layers

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open-back the 3d panel and click the

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light bulb icon

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open the properties panel if it already

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isn't open uncheck IBL which is the

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image based lights immediately your

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image will become black at the bottom

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right of the 3d panel click the light

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bulb icon and click new spotlight

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click the coordinates icon and in the

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exposition type in 6.47 the x angle 0.1

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the y position 14.6 6 the y angle 45.8

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the z-position 7.42 and the z angle

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minus 43.2 next will whiten the cone and

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adjust the hotspot click the spotlight

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icon and check light fall-off this

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allows us to change the amount of

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illumination of the spotlight over

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distance check shadow slide the softness

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to thirty percent or just type it in

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I'll make the cone 60 1.4 degrees

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and the hot spot 37 degrees

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make your 3d image bigger in your

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document by clicking environment

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and with your slide tool active go

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outside your document and drag down

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to rotate your entire image open the

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rotate tool go outside your document and

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drag up and to the right to reposition

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your entire document open the drag tool

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and drag it we're ready to render it but

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before we do let's check your 3d

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preferences go to edit

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preferences and 3d

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the raytracer threshold determines the

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quality of the rendering the higher the

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threshold is the longer it'll take to

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render but the less noise you'll have in

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your final image its default amount is 5

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but you may want to decrease it to three

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or four if it's taking too long to

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render

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vram is the video cards memory the

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amount I've allotted Photoshop to use is

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not necessarily what you should use

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because your computer may have its own

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requirements

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to render your image

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click the render icon

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it could take anywhere between a few

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minutes to over an hour to render it

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depending on your computer specs and the

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threshold amount after its rendered to

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brighten dark areas of your image first

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make a composite snapshot to do this

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open your layers panel and click the new

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layer icon to make a new layer press

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ctrl shift alt e on windows or command

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shift option e on a mac

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go to image adjustments and shadows

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highlights

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the shadows default

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five percent which for this image is way

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too bright slide it all the way to the

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left and then slowly drag the slider to

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the right until there's just enough

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detail in the shadows or you can type in

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the amount then click OK or press Enter

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or return to crop your image

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open your rectangular marquee tool

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and drag it over the area you want to

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keep

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go to image and crop

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then deselect it to fit it onto your

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canvas press ctrl or command 0 this is

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Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks for

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watching