3D Graphic Stage
Graphic Stage This is the best way to make a awesome presentation with a small effort You can use this with a: POSTER POSTCARD VOUCHER CARD CREDIT CARD NEWSLETTER FLYER LEAFLET CALENDAR TICKET INVITATION WEBSITE ...
Stage scene CONTROL • • • •
Size, format and resolution Rotate in any direction Background color or texture Floor - color/ texture, reflection, remove • Lights intensity, color, shadows-hard/soft • rotate in any direction
Object CONTROL • • • • •
Die Cut Varnish Gloss - Full or spot Embossing and Debossing Perfuration Paper texture
Starting This stage is useful for graphic presentation, this is a smart 3d object, that you can scale the amount you need, there no limit. For a web or printing project, from 72 dpi to 300 dpi. The resolution will be in the file you upload. You can start from this blank file if you are an expert or open any other file from this tutorial. Before you do anything confirm the render settings - should be INTERACTIVE
Scale Use de cube in the center of the 3d tool to scale the stage, with the mouse, click and move to the left to see the object getting closer. (You can see also the 3d guide) You can use any of this tools to reposition your scene, they are in the tool bar
Loading To start loading your pictures go to 3D window > Material > Poster > Diffuse > LOAD TEXTURE, your picture should always be inserted in a square
Opacity Now you gone load a mask with the actual shape of your project, place your art in middle of the square shape, paint in black what you want to hide leave white what you want to see. (as the Mask) If you upload your art with the 1000x1000px, size all the maps should have the same size. Diffuse - RGB file with your picture Opacity - Grey file with the picture shape
Die Cut To make a special shape in your picture load this special shape in opacity panel
Embossing and Debossing To raise up or down a surface, we use the same method as we use in opacity, white will raise up the surface and black will pull down. If you want to use both in same surface, embossing and debossing, you should use a grey color 50% black for the flat surface. You can control intensity 1>10 You should also blur for better results
Varnish To simulate Varnish Gloss, we have to upload a environment map, to reflect it. Look in internet for hdri maps, could be studio lighting, interior scene or exterior or you can download here http://kraphik3d.com/ wordpress/?page_id=87 Set the reflection value to 20% This is the only map that don’t need to be square
Spot UV To simulate Spot UV you only need to load one extra map with the mask shape. this map replaces the value entered, so the zone without varnish is black and that area with varnish make a 20% black
Raise To raise a surface from the floor you just need to mask the area between the floor and the inferior margin of your picture
picture
Floor
Paper texture Insert the paper texture in the bump level leave the amount set in 1.
Floor To customize the floor use: DIFFUSE to set floor color to load a texture OPACITY load a texture map to soft the edges and easily fade with the background REFLECTION set a value to see your art reflected on the floor To remove the floor remove all maps and set OPACITY to zero
Floor From left to right 1 - Reflection 0% 2 - Reflection 25% 3 - Reflection 100% 4 - Reflection 25%
Lights In this panel you can control lights: - Kind of light - Intensity - Color - 3d orientation
Finishing This is the last step to finish your work. Go to 3D Scene Follow the round shapes and activate the RAY TRACED FINAL It will take some minutes to render the final picture, You can stop the rendering by clicking in the photoshop window, to activate again, click interactive, then Ray Trace.