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How to Get the 3D Look Using Channels


Step 1

Create text on new layer 1. and rasterize - PC right click on name in layers pallette/Mac-Cmd Click >rasterize

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Step 2

Make new layer 2. and using rectangular marquee tool make a box around the text. Deselect - Cmd/Ctrl +D

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Step 3

Fill the new box with white. While layer 2 still active, Ctrl/Cmd click on layer 1 thumbnail.

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Step 4

press del, should look like this

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Step 5

hide layer 1 and Ctrl/Cmd click on layer 2.

This is the image we are going to make 3d. You could start at this point with any image as long as it is on a layer and filled with white.

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Step 6

Click on the new channel button in the Channels Pallete. Alpha 1 will apper. fill your selection with white, it should resemble the image on the left.

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Step 7

Deselct and go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian blur. The higher you make the blur the more your image will be bevelled.

Click on the rgb channel at the to of the pallette.

Deselct and go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian blur. The higher you make the blur the more your image will be bevelled.

Click on the rgb channel at the to of the pallette.

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Step 8

Go back to the layers pallete and select your image layer

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Step 9

Here is where the magic happens. Filter>Render>Lighting effects.

Use the settings here or play around with your own.

Click on texture channel and load Alpha 1. I deselected the white it high for this example.

Click on the color picker to give your light some color. We used purple.

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Step 10

Click ok and say "wow."

The finished result. I put a drop shadow and a blue gradient in the background for coolness sake.

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How to Get the 3D Look Using Channels Tutorial: Final Result



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Colin Smith is a best-selling author, trainer, and award-winning new-media designer who has caused a stir in the design community with his stunning photorealistic illustrations composed entirely in Photoshop. He is founder of the world's most popular Photoshop resource site, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts more than two million visitors.

With over 10 years of experience in the design industry, Colin was formerly Senior Editor and Art Director for VOICE magazine. He is a regular columnist for Photoshop User magazine, PlanetPhotoshop.com, and the official site of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals. He also contributes to a number of other graphic art publications and Web sites, such as Mac Design magazine, Web Designer magazine and Computer Arts Magazine.

Colin's graphic design work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Guru awards at Photoshop World 2001 and 2002, for his work in both Illustration and Web Design. He's authored or co-authored more than ten books on Photoshop, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Photoshop CS (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003) and award-winning Photoshop Most Wanted: Effects and Design Tips (A Press/Friends Of Ed, 2002). Colin is also creator of the Photoshop Secrets Video training series (PhotoshopCD.com). He is in high demand across the United States as a lecturer, presenting his Photoshop techniques to Web designers and other graphics professionals across the nation.

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