Lynda.com - Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Scenes | 2.52 GB
8h 52m | Video: AVC (.MOV) 960x540 15fps 300Kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 96Kbps 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English

In the third installment of the Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One series, author Deke McClelland shows how to build, light, and render realistic 3D scenes in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Providing a systematic approach to scene building, the course explains how to produce reflections and refractions, balance the interplay of light and shadow, and frame scenes with 3D cameras. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

* Building complex 3D objects from simple shapes
* Maintaining control over objects in a scene
* Extruding and positioning glass
* Illuminating a scene with precisely positioned lights
* Modifying light attributes such as Attenuation and Falloff
* Changing shadows on a mesh-by-mesh basis
* Passing light through an opaque object
* Understanding depth of field and field of view
* Aligning lights and cameras
* Rendering stereoscopic 3D artwork