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3D Software / Plug-ins
Hi All
I am looking at doing more 3D designing to spruce up designs etc and was wondering if anybody had any recommendations. I have Photoshop CS3 so a plug-in for that would be best I think.
Cheers
Warren
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are you going to be printing these logos/images or cutting warren?
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Printed Rob
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I am trying a demo for Eye-candy and it seems good.
Anybody else have any other suggestions for 3D designing plug-ins?
Cheers
Warren
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Hi Warren
I have used and do use eye candy. I have eye candy 4000 and textures, you can make some great effects and fir me now with a printer I can offer some great effects, some people like them and others don’t same as here on the boards. I think if used with taste can have a huge place in vehicle signage. Rich -
I have a program that’s called ArtText. It’s for Mac only though. It’s not as powerful all around as Photoshop, but most of the tools are really easy to use. It only cost $40 too (which I guess would be about £20).
http://www.belightsoft.com/products/art … erview.php
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Hi Warren,
If you have CS3 then you should be able to import 3D objects in to Photoshop now. Photoshop now supports 3D as layers so you can layer it up just like your normal 2D projects.
Photoshop now supports .u3d, .3ds, .obj, .kmz file formats and now the new open support format Collada.
If you need to edit the models Geometry you would have to go back into a 3D app to tweak it (eg. 3d max, Cinema 4d, XSI). Once you happy with the design you can convert it into a 2D layer to optimise your project.
The beauty of this new feature opens up new techniques and frees up the designer to work in z space. If their are any textures on the original model photoshop will open these up to so that you can change colour, layout etc.
Hope this helps, check the Adobe website they have loads of Tutorials and Video examples…
(note, you need photoshop CS3 extended to get these features which is a simple upgrade.)
Good Luck
Joph
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You could also try Blender which is an free 3D application. It works on the three major OS’s (Windows, Mac & Linux). I’ve played around with it and it’s pretty powerful. Not sure what files it can import or export. http://www.blender.org/
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quote Simon Strom:I have a program that’s called ArtText. It’s for Mac only though. It’s not as powerful all around as Photoshop, but most of the tools are really easy to use. It only cost $40 too (which I guess would be about £20).
http://www.belightsoft.com/products/art … erview.php
Just got around to purchasing this and must say so far am very impressed although haven’t been able to figure out how to upload my own images yet 😳
Thanks for the link.
cheers
Warren
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I agree Blenders a good option but be prepared to invest time. I use 3D Studio Max here and there for some stuff, output is amazing but again the learning curve is steep etc.
I’ve never used it but I’ve heard Google’s SketchUp is dead easy to use so might be a fast path to success (but don’t quote me on that!!)
Pete
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Hey Warren,
Sorry, I didn’t see that you had responded about ArtText. I think there are only a few formats that can be imported into ArtText. I think I usually use png or eps depending on if it’s a bitmap image or if it’s vector art. I think they recently released a new version now too. They say if you bought ArtText after a certain date, that ArtText2 is a free update. I’m not sure which one you bought, but it might be a good idea to check and make sure you have the newest one. The new version supports layers, where the original version did not.
S
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Hi Simon
If you check the date you will see I only bought it this weekend past :lol1: It took me a while 🙄
So yes it is the latest version and have since got to grips with importing images. The only problem I am having now is very large images at 300dpi takes a long time or crashes the program 😕
otherwise it’s got some very nice effects and tools.
cheers again
Warren
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They have pretty good support for their products. I would either send an email to their support, or search / join the forums to see if it’s a known issue or if there are any work-a-rounds. The few times I’ve had any problems, they’ve been really responsive. That’s one of the reasons that I like BeLight Software. Some other companies have great products, but have horrible support.
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