A good combination: Photoshop's 2D and 3D functions
The photo of a church taken during the day marks the starting point of this tutorial. 18 lessons later, the steeple in the rousing image composition "Take-off" takes off into the night sky under the powerful roar of its engines. By the time you get to this point, you will have familiarized yourself with the 3D functions of Photoshop and learned all kinds of image editing methods .
3D in Photoshop: creating, placing, texturing, lighting and rendering 3D objects
Once the church tower has been optimally cropped by masking and lifted into the air, the gap between the church and the lifted tower is adjusted. Then go straight into the Photoshop 3D functions :
- Place: The solid base of the tower is arranged so that it fits perfectly into the picture. This is how you learn to place 3D objects in Photoshop.
- Extrude : In an alternative variant, the base is created by extrusion. This will teach you how to create your own 3D objects in Photoshop.
- Texturing: The underbody is covered with a stone texture - a procedure you will need again and again in all your future 3D work in Photoshop.
- Lighting: Using Photoshop's onboard tools, your instructor will ensure a harmonious balance of light and shadow. Find out what is important when lighting 3D objects.
- Rendering: After inserting, aligning and illuminating the engine, your trainer will take a first and second look at the details: Where are there staircase artifacts? Which shadows appear illogical? Such inconsistencies are corrected by rendering.
This is what matters in every artwork: the detail work
The steeple rocket is still hovering in the air rather unmotivated. So it's high time to ignite the engines . For the smoke and fumes required for this, Uli Staiger uses a photo of a cloud.
Particularly spectacular: the moment when the exhaust fumes light up brightly and radiantly. And because this glow is even more spectacular in the dark of night, the daytime image of the church is transformed into a night scene beforehand. The tension factor is also increased by charging the initially cloudless sky with gloomy cloud structures.
Finally, where such a burning engine flares up, special attention must be paid to the lights and shadows in the entire scene. Look forward to magnificent detail work and learn what you should also pay attention to in your next 2D and 3D composings.