Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects with Deke McClelland

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 5h 51min | 960x540 | Video: 29 fps 910 kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 160 kbps 2 stereo | 2.25 GB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

In this final installment of Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One, Deke McClelland creates a total of seven 3D type effects from scratch. This project-based course shows how to create and modify 3D type, craft hand-drawn effects, and design complex character extrusions. The course also explains how to color-correct and post-process 3D type in Camera RAW.

Topics include:

• Smearing colors across letters

• Creating drop-and-splatter effects

• Tracing character outlines with smart filters

• Rotating, positioning, and scaling words

• Quickly (and accurately) masking 3D letters

• Assigning complex, high-quality bevels

• Matching 3D type to a photographic scene

• Adding a crack to a grunge letter

• Making a 3D pillow inflation

• Simulating worn fabric with soft noise

• Making blocky type using depth maps

• Carving recessed type in a tree

• Creating a sunken extrusion

• Bending 3D text as a Smart Object