Posted on Wednesday, 19th December 2007 by tutorials007
In this tutorial you will learn how to make cool looking 3D boxes in Photoshop
1. Create a new document with a proportions like in picture below
2. Now, create a new layer.
Go to Filter -> Render -> 3D Transform
3. Grab the Cube tool (M) from the toolbox at the transform window.
Make a couple of cubes like shown on picture, by holding left mouse button and pulling your mouse in some direction.
4. Grab the Trackball tool (R) from the toolbox of your transform window.Ž
Click on your cubes and by holding left mouse button pressed and pulling your mouse rotate your cubes.
5. Hit “OK” button and see what you get. I got this
6. Now you can colorize them by pressing CTRL + U, and you can change your background color also.
Here’s another example
and that’s it!
You can download a psd file at the download section.
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Posted in Photoshop Tutorials | Comments (35)
December 19th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Very nice fresh technique. Good for backgrounds & artwork. Many thanks!
December 19th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Thank you for your support.
December 26th, 2007 at 4:13 am
Great and hell easy technique, thanks for sharing.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
no prob…thank you for supporting…
January 5th, 2008 at 4:16 am
This might sound like a dumb question but does it matter what version of Photoshop is being used? I have CS2 and I can’t even find the 3D Transform function.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Yes bigpappaJ,
The 3D transform function is only in the professional(or the higher version) of CS3.
January 5th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Nope, the earlier versions of photoshop had it too. Photoshop 7.0.1 has a 3D transform function.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Great tut I love this cube feature on CS3 - saves shed loads of time!
January 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
very abstract looking cubes! thank you for the tutorial.
January 5th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Call me a stickler, but shouldn’t the first line in a tutorial be one that tells what versions of the program it works with? You have to go all the way to comments? Boy that’s a real time saver. And then to see conflicting answers. Answer me this boy blunder. Where in the menus is the 3D transform tool in CS2?
January 5th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Well mr stickler why don’t you try to find out f it exist? Like other visitors here. I do not use CS2 and I don’t know if it exists.
Ooops I forgot, you never heard for PS 7, PS CS3…and other versions of PS…tup!
January 5th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Photoshop CS2 is by far the best in my opinion! CS3 is a big no no, in my eyes. Far too unstable.
January 5th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I’m still using version 7.0.1. I kinda fall in love with it
But I have CS2 and CS3…
January 8th, 2008 at 10:07 am
i have cs3 but i don’t have the 3d Transform Tool..is this plugin downloadable?? thanks~~
January 8th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I wouldn’t know, I wrote this tutorial at Photoshop 7.0.1 version.
Maybe someone else who’s using cs3 version would know.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:10 am
3D Transform is not included in CS versions of PS.You have to go here: http://www.freeflashmenu.com/3dtransform.htm and download and install by yourself.
Regards!
P.S.
Nice tutorial
January 9th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Thanks Cantona for a link, and for your support!
January 11th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Just curious about the whole download things?
Since none of the “good guys” use pirate-software - it is and has been in every CS photoshop… Its in the install CD..
* [CD-drive letter]:\Goodies\Optional Plug-Ins\Filters
* There you will find the file: “3D Transform.8BF”
* Or just search for the file from your install CDs
3D transform IS included in CS versions of Photoshop.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Thank you very much tutorials 007, y’all did save me a hell of a time!!! –Bigg Smoke
January 18th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Thank you Bigg Smoke
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
mr.curious as u said i searched for it every where but there is nothing called 3D Transform.8BF
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
You can download it free from http://www.freeflashmenu.com/3dtransform.htm
January 27th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Wow, I thought that Photoshop can’t make 3D things…
Thx for sharing…
February 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Wow… That’s amazingly easy… Can’t do it right now, but I’ll be using this in the future.
Thanks,
Night
February 15th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
OK people here are talking nonsense, so here goes:
The Plug-in is included in 7, CS and CS2
IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN CS3!! Looks like Adobe discontinued this plug-in. If you happen to have older versions of Photoshop you can get the 8BF file from the Goodies directory, drop it in the filters directory of your Photoshop CS3 Installation and have fun.
CS3 now has special 3D layers that you can create by importing 3D models (generic files like obj), but that’s not the same thing, and you do need to have some sort of 3D program like Blender, Maya, Max, XSI or others in order to create the 3D geometry before you can import it into Photoshop.
June 10th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I installed 3d transform plug in but it wonr work in the menu
July 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
2. Now, create a new layer.
Go to Filter -> Render -> 3D Transform
I have CS extended and this path does NOT exist
Perhaps your instructiona are in error
October 4th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Asalam_U_Alikum! to every one. Well guys i cannot make this thing. Got PS 7.0 & do have 3D transform as well, but after making these cubes i just don’t get any thing on the layer can any one help?
January 7th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Downloading and installing the 3DTransform.8bf file into CS3 filters folder does not work. I even changed the extension on the file to read “.plugin” like the other plug ins. I went to the GET INFO screen and changed the “open with” field to Photoshop CS3.
I spent at least an hour and half researching this. Unless I’m dong something wrong, there is no way to get the 3D transform tool for CS3 that I could find.
(at least on the MAC platform).
January 7th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
BLAH
Shame on you Adobe.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Hey.! Were Can I Install 3D Transform Tell Me Plzz..???
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
the plugin from the download link does work. once you install it in the correct photoshop folder, close down photoshop if it is open, restart it and plugin is available make sure you are in RGB mode that plugin will not work in CMYK mode. Once you are in the filter interface make aany shape you will see the wireframe of the shape, rotate the shape untill you see grey shading instead of wireframes, for some reason the plugin shows only wireframs in CS3 untill you rotate the shapes. Once you see the grey shapes go ahead and ok it and your done!
March 12th, 2009 at 12:29 am
The 3D Transform plugin stopped being developed at version 7.0. Using it with newer versions or on newer OS, then was available and supported for 7.0 is at your own discretion.
On the Mac side, the plug-in was never updated to run natively on Mactel systems (only loads when Ps runs in Rosetta). I’m not sure it was foolproof on PPC under OSX. On PC, running it under Vista is probably problematic, and it won’t load in 64-bit Ps CS4.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Wow, that tutorial has me very helped.
May 17th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Where can I download the 3d transform plugin for mac?
Every download I have tried is not compatible?? Any suggestions?