Shadows%20in%20Photoshop%203D

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D
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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Consider this Sketchup scene, containing two boxes

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Here it is in a 3D layer in Photoshop
• The layer has
• two meshes, one for each box
• three default lights

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Here, the three default lights have been deleted

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Let's create a new light ...

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Let's choose a new spot light ...

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• The light's initial position and orientation are
  default values

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Here,
• we have moved the light so that there should be a
  shadow from the small box on the big box, and
• we have ensured that the check box to make this
  light create shadows has been ticked
• But there is still no shadow,
• because we have to adjust some settings

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• First, we have to change the render preset for
  the layer to Ray tracing
• To do this,
• first ensure that the Scene is chosen in the 3D
  panel
• then, in the Preset selection box, ...

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• ... choose Ray Traced

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Now we must ensure that the meshes are programmed
  to cast and catch the shadows we desire
• First, choose the mesh for the big box and ...

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• ... click on the check box to specify that we
  want the mesh for the box to catch shadows

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• The select the mesh for the small box and ...

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• ... click on the check box to specify that we
  want the mesh for the box to cast shadows

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• Now we see the shadow

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Shadows in Photoshop 3D

• If we move the light, we see a different shadow

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Exercise

• Tackle Exercise 29