Photoshop Tutorial: Part 1 - How to Create a 3-D, Rubik’s Cube from Scratch

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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 a

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three-dimensional Rubik's Cube from

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scratch this tutorial is in two parts in

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part 1 will create the template for the

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side of the cube and the basic cube

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shape casting a shadow in part 2 we'll

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put it all together 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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name it whatever you'd like make its

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width 1550 pixels its height 870 pixels

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and it's resolution 150 pixels per inch

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the color mode is RGB and 8 bits per

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channel then click OK or press Enter or

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return

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we'll start by making a

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three-dimensional cube it's important to

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note that 3d is only available in

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extended versions of cs5 and cs6 as well

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as all versions of CC versions prior to

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cs5 won't have 3d go to 3d new mesh from

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layer mesh preset and cube wrap

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if you see this message click yes

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I did an in-depth tutorial on 3d so if

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you'd like to watch it I provided its

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link in my video's description if you

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don't see the grid and the secondary

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view window press ctrl or command H

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in the 3d panel click cube wrap

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in the properties panel click the

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coordinates icon

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in the Y rotation angle field type in 45

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this rotates the cube 45 degrees on its

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y-axis at the lower left corner you'll

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see three black and white icons by

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clicking and dragging each one you'll be

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able to move the 3d camera around the

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cube click and drag the orbit icon

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straight down to orbit the camera to

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approximately this angle next click and

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drag the pan icon up to pan your attire

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image up on your screen

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click the light bulb icon to open the

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lights panel earlier I chose an infinite

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light source however if you don't have a

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light source chosen go to the bottom of

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the panel click the light bulb icon and

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click new infinite light

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drag the handle of the light widget to

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an angle you like for the shadow

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click the infinite light icon make sure

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the color is white the intensity is

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ninety percent and the shadow is checked

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drag the softness to approximately

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thirty percent

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before we render the image let's check

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your 3d settings go to edit

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preferences

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3d

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there are two areas that are important

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the RAM and Ray tracer the ram is short

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for video RAM it's essentially the

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memory that's used for video adapters

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I'm using all of my v ram for photoshop

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however it's really not necessary Adobe

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states that the minimum for running 3d

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in Photoshop is 512 megabytes the

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default setting of the threshold for ray

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tracer is 5 however for this image I'm

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using for the higher the number the

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higher the quality will be but the

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longer it will take to render conversely

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the lower the number the faster it will

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render but the grainy er your rendered

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image will look

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click the render icon and just sit back

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and be patient it could take anywhere

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from a few minutes to over an hour to

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render it depending on your particular

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computer specs

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once it finishes rendering the grid and

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secondary view will appear again to hide

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them press ctrl or command H let's view

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our workspace in the normal mode to do

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this go to window and workspace right

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now 3d is checked I already customized a

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workspace for myself however if you

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haven't done this for yourself just

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click essentials which is photoshop's

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default workspace I'll click on my own

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workspace

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ctrl-click or command click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer below the

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active layer

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we'll fill the empty layer with white

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but first if your foreground and

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background colors aren't black and white

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respectively press D on your keyboard

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since white is the background color

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press ctrl or command + delete

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click the icon at the upper right of the

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layers panel and click

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flatten image

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when you see this message click OK

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next we'll create the side template for

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the Rubik's Cube

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer fill it with white

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and make another layer above it

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open your rounded rectangle tool and

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click your foreground color

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in the brightness field type in 50

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ok

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choose pixels if you're using cs5 or

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earlier the pixels icon is here

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make the radius 10 pixels

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the gear icon and tick square

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dragged out a square approximately one

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inch and release the square instantly

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fills with the foreground color

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double click the top layer to open its

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layer style window click stroke

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make the size 10 pixels

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the position is outside and the color is

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black then click OK

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we want to add a filter to the entire

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square which includes the stroke to do

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this we first need to rasterize the

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stroke go to layer rasterize

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and layer style

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now the stroke is fused with the square

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as before double-click the square to

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open its layer style window this time

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click bevel and emboss

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style is inner bevel the technique is

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chisel hard and the depth is a hundred

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percent

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is up and the size is four pixels the

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highlight mode is screen and the

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highlight opacity is a hundred percent

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the shadow mode is multiply and its

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opacity is 50% then click OK

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let's collapse the effects to save space

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in the layers panel to do this simply

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click the small arrow head next to the

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FX icon make a copy of the layer by

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pressing ctrl or command J

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press V on your keyboard to open your

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move tool and press and hold the shift

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key as you drag the copy to the right

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holding shift kept the square aligned

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horizontally as you dragged it across we

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want the inside edges of both squares to

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touch each other to do this press the

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left arrow key on your keyboard to move

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the active square to the left one pixel

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at a time

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make another copy

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and repeat the steps

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merge the three squares into one layer

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shift clicking on the bottom square to

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highlight all the layers and then

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pressing ctrl or command e

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make a copy of the layer

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and press and hold shift as you drag the

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copy straight down below the top row

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press the up arrow key to move it up

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until it touches the top row make

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another copy

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and repeat the same steps

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merge the three rows into one layer

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drag it closer to the center if you need

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to

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next we'll fill in the four white areas

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that show through the squares

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trow click or command click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer below the

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active layer

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open your pencil tool

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and pencil picker make the size 30

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pixels

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and make sure the hardness and opacity

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are both a hundred percent

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over the white areas to fill them in

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merge these two layers by shift-clicking

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on the top layer and pressing ctrl or

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command e

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in part 2 we'll assemble our elements

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until our finished Rubik's Cube this is

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Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks for

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watching