Texture Mapping in 3D T
exture mapping is the process whereby you wrap a photograph onto a three dimensional object. In Photoshop, there are several 3D shapes that come with the program. For example, a cube, sphere, wine bottle, donut, pyramid, and so on. Decide on the shape you want to use and then choose the two dimensional photograph from your photo library to be texture mapped onto it. In the composites on this page and the next, you can see I used a cube and sphere, respectively. These are my favorite shapes to work with. Once I created the 3D texture mapped image,
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I then combined that with a 2D background. You can also import other types of 3D objects into Photoshop, such as human figures, vehicles, buildings, animals, and more, but for now let’s focus on the stock 3D objects that are built into Photoshop. To start, use File > open and choose the image to be applied to the 3D object. For the photo below, I chose the international terminal in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport as the abstract background.. Next, go to the pulldown menu command:
