The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide18 Figure 1.23 Restricting your adjust- ments to a single layer Figure 1.24 View of the toggle button showing the effects of an Adjustment Layer Figure 1.25 View of the adjustments CS4 3D Engine Photoshop has improved its 3D engine so that you can readily use Poser Pro models. Its new engine gives you a whole new set of capabilities for effectively integrating your 3D objects into your artistic scene. The following formats are supported: ■ Obj (Wavefront) ■ Collada (Universal Format) ■ 3DS (3D Studio Max) ■ KMZ (Google Earth) ■ U3D (Supported format within Adobe Acrobat) Let’s take a look at the capabilities of Photoshop’s new 3D engine. 1. Open the file Kelvin Textured.psd, located in the tutorials/ch1 folder. This docu- ment already has the fully textured Kelvin model imported into the document. From the Tools bar, click on 3D Tools. Immediately, you will see a navigational tool located on the left side of your interface. As you rotate your model, you can see which direction the model is facing. Note that each of the arrows is designated as red, green, or blue. These colors represent the X (left to right), Y (up and down), and Z (in and out) axes respectively. See Figure 1.26. Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 19 Figure 1.26 View of the navigational tool The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide20 2. Click and hold the 3D Tools icon in the Tools palette to view the variety of com- mands that are available. Activate the 3D Rotate tool and practice rotating your model from left to right, as shown in Figure 1.27. 3. Now, activate the 3D Roll tool and roll your model, as shown in Figure 1.28. 4. Now, activate the 3D Pan tool and drag your model throughout the document, as shown in Figure 1.29. 5. You can also move your model toward or away from the camera along the Z axis using the 3D Slide tool, as shown in Figure 1.30. 6. Finally, you can enlarge and reduce the size of the model using the 3D Scale tool, as shown in Figure 1.31. Figure 1.27 Rotate your model using the 3D Rotate tool Figure 1.28 Roll your model using the 3D Roll tool Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 21 Figure 1.29 Drag your model using the 3D Pan tool Figure 1.31 Increase or reduce the size of your model using the 3D Scale tool Figure 1.30 Move your model toward or away from the camera using the 3D Slide tool Modifying Textures in Photoshop CS4 Let’s explore Photoshop’s ability to modify textures that have already been established in Poser Pro. It is important to note that Poser Pro uses a technique called UV mapping to establish all of its textures for this model. You’ll read about UV mapping in-depth in Chapter 7, “UV Mapping in Poser Pro.” For now, let’s explore how Photoshop can access these textures. Figure 1.32 displays the 3D layer with all of the textures applied to Kelvin. 1. Turn off the layer designated as efg2cgreenshirt by clicking on the eye symbol just to the left of it. This shows you how the character looks if the texture were not applied to it, as shown in Figure 1.33. CS4 has also imported the lighting infor- mation from Poser Pro, so what you are seeing are the lights, color, and direction on naked geometry. 2. Now, turn the texture back on and double-click on it to view the UV texture within a new document, as shown in Figure 1.34. It is now ready for editing in any man- ner that you choose. Let’s move on. The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide22 Figure 1.32 View of the textures associ- ated with the Kelvin model Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 23 Figure 1.33 Turn off the shirt texture associated with the Kelvin model Figure 1.34 View the shirt texture within a new document 3. Let’s see how you can modify existing textures. Above the UV texture layer, apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and modify the Hue slider by dragging it to the right. See Figure 1.35. Continue to modify this texture by altering the color of the texture toward a reddish hue. Figure 1.36 shows the final example. Update your model by saving the texture (Ctrl+S/Command+S). Note that when you go back to the Photoshop document where Kelvin resides, CS4 will also automatically update it as well. 4. Let’s have some more fun. Select the buttons on the UV map and change them to a purplish color. See Figures 1.37 and 1.38. 5. Next, add other items to the shirt (such as patches) to add personality to the attire. Figures 1.39 and 1.40 show an example. 6. To top things off, let’s add some texture to the shirt. Open the shirt texture.tif file found in the tutorials/ch1 folder, as shown in Figure 1.41. Place this texture above the shirt UV map and then change the blend mode to Soft Light. This will main- tain the darker detail and make the highlights transparent, thus giving the shirt a textural quality. See Figure 1.42. Figure 1.43 displays a closer view of the texture applied to the shirt and Figure 1.44 shows the final results. The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide24 Figure 1.35 Initial modifi- cation of the UV texture with the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 25 Figure 1.36 Final color change of the shirt Figure 1.37 Alter the but- tons on the T- shirt texture Figure 1.38 Updated view of the buttons on the model The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide26 Figure 1.39 Add other content to the T-shirt texture Figure 1.40 Updated view of the patch on the shirt Figure 1.41 Open shirt tex- ture.tif Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 27 Figure 1.42 Place the texture layer above the UV map layer and apply a soft light Figure 1.43 Close-up view of the texture Figure 1.44 Final results of the texture applied to the model [...]...28 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide 3D Lighting Capabilities in CS4 A great improvement to the 3D engine in CS4 is its ability to recognize and import the lights and camera information from the original 3D program In addition, you can rotate, pan, and place the lights and camera closer to or farther away from the model Access the 3D panel (choose Windows... view of all of your textures You can select each texture and change its lighting and surface qualities such as ambient, specular, diffuse, bump, or glossiness 30 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.47 Display of the 3D Mesh panel Figure 1.48 Display the figure without the shirt in the 3D Mesh panel Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview Figure 1.49 Display the figure... figure without the body in the 3D Mesh panel Figure 1.50 Display of the 3D Materials panel 31 32 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Note that you can also apply a texture or an image to any of these properties, as shown in Figure 1.51 Select the 3D Lights panel and note the lights that are listed there See Figure 1.52 Figure 1.51 Icon display for adding images to each of the lighting... lights can be added to a scene 34 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.56 Apply pan to the spot light Figure 1.57 Alter the color of the light source Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 35 Experiment with all the types of light sources Also, be aware of the Create Shadows check box, which allows you to cast shadows onto the surface of model A Quick Look at Bridge... Let’s preview the other three Figures 1.71 through 1.73 display each interface Figure 1.71 shows the thumbnail grid This helps you visually track your images a little more easily Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview Figure 1.68 View of the Filmstrip workflow Figure 1.69 View of the Metadata workflow 41 42 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.70 View of the Output... organizes all of the XMP and metadata within a series of subfolders (shown in Figure 1.67) Browse through these folders to understand how Photoshop stores extensive metadata within your images Figure 1.66 Visual results of choosing Preview mode 40 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.67 View of the File Information dialog box Workflow Styles in Bridge Next you see a series of images... display the file information of the chosen images Figure 1.65 View of the Refine menu’s options If you select a series of images and then select Preview mode, the screen will show all the selected images, as shown in Figure 1.66 Using the arrow keys on your keyboard or the virtual arrow keys provided for you on either side of the screen, you can scroll through this series of images When you select the. .. View of the Output workflow Figure 1.71 View of the Grid workflow Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview Figure 1.72 View of the View Content as Details workflow Figure 1.73 View of the List workflow 43 44 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.72 shows the View Content as Details workflow This option allows you to view the selected metadata along with your content... properties Figure 1.52 Display of the 3D Lights panel Select the drop-down lists to display the types of lights available in CS4 They are infinite, point, spot, and global, as shown in Figure 1.53 You can change the properties of any given light in your scene by selecting the light and then selecting from the drop-down list which type of light you want In addition, you have the ability to add new lights,... Bridge interface 36 The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide Figure 1.59 Establish the quality of the previewed thumbnails The next drop-down menu allows you to rate your images according to their importance You can also label an image “rejected,” which is a good feature when you’re sitting with clients determining which images will or will not be considered as part of the current project . view of the texture applied to the shirt and Figure 1.44 shows the final results. The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide24 Figure 1.35 Initial modifi- cation of the UV texture with the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer Chapter. 1.26. Chapter 1 ■ Poser and Photoshop Interface Overview 19 Figure 1.26 View of the navigational tool The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide20 2. Click and hold the 3D Tools icon in the Tools. rotation to the spot light The Art of Poser and Photoshop: The Official Guide34 Figure 1.56 Apply pan to the spot light Figure 1.57 Alter the color of the light source Experiment with all the types of