01.18.09
Best of Adobe MAX #5: 3D Integration in Photoshop and After Effects
Posted by Tim Frick in Adobe MAX '08, Design, Video Production
Limited 3D functions were introduced in several CS3 applications but Adobe really upped the ante with CS4. Animators can now import 3D models into Photoshop, paint textures directly onto them and export PSD files with 3D objects intact for animating in After Effects. The resulting layers in After Effects retain all properties from the Photoshop document except for lighting, which of course can be re-created in After Effects. It’s a bit of a drawback, yes, but hopefully one that animators will be able to overlook in favor of having these new creative options at their fingertips. While this is no substitute for a full 3D modeling/animation application or even some of…Read more »
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