Lynda.com – Photoshop CS5 Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

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. Exercise files accompany the course.

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