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Photoshop User Guide
Introduction to Photoshop
1. Dream it. Make it.
2. What's new in Photoshop
3. Edit your first photo
4. Create documents
5. Photoshop | Common Questions
6. Photoshop system requirements
7. Migrate presets, actions, and settings
8. Get to know Photoshop
Photoshop and other Adobe products and services
1. Work with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
2. Work with Photoshop files in InDesign
3. Substance 3D Materials for Photoshop
4. Photoshop and Adobe Stock
5. Use the Capture in-app extension in Photoshop
6. Creative Cloud Libraries
7. Creative Cloud Libraries in Photoshop
8. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
9. Grid and guides
10. Creating actions
11. Undo and history
Photoshop on the iPad
1. Photoshop on the iPad | Common questions
2. Get to know the workspace
3. System requirements | Photoshop on the iPad
4. Create, open, and export documents
5. Add photos
6. Work with layers
7. Draw and paint with brushes
8. Make selections and add masks
9. Retouch your composites
10. Work with adjustment layers
11. Adjust the tonality of your composite with Curves
12. Apply transform operations
13. Crop and rotate your composites
14. Rotate, pan, zoom, and reset the canvas
15. Work with Type layers
16. Work with Photoshop and Lightroom
17. Get missing fonts in Photoshop on the iPad
18. Japanese Text in Photoshop on the iPad
19. Manage app settings
20. Touch shortcuts and gestures
21. Keyboard shortcuts
22. Edit your image size
23. Livestream as you create in Photoshop on the iPad
24. Correct imperfections with the Healing Brush
25. Create brushes in Capture and use them in Photoshop
26. Work with Camera Raw files
27. Create and work with Smart Objects
28. Adjust exposure in your images with Dodge and Burn
Photoshop on the web beta
1. Common questions | Photoshop on the web beta
2. Introduction to the workspace
3. System requirements | Photoshop on the web beta
4. Keyboard shortcuts | Photoshop on the web beta
5. Supported file types | Photoshop on the web beta
6. Open and work with cloud documents
7. Apply limited edits to your cloud documents
8. Collaborate with stakeholders
Cloud documents
1. Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions
2. Photoshop cloud documents | Workflow questions
3. Manage and work with cloud documents in Photoshop
4. Upgrade cloud storage for Photoshop
5. Unable to create or save a cloud document
6. Solve Photoshop cloud document errors
7. Collect cloud document sync logs
8. Share access and edit your cloud documents
9. Share files and comment in-app
Workspace
1. Workspace basics
2. Preferences
3. Learn faster with the Photoshop Discover Panel
4. Create documents
5. Place files
6. Default keyboard shortcuts
7. Customize keyboard shortcuts
8. Tool galleries
9. Performance preferences
10. Use tools
11. Presets
12. Grid and guides
13. Touch gestures
14. Use the Touch Bar with Photoshop
15. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
16. Technology previews
17. Metadata and notes
18. Touch capabilities and customizable workspaces
19. Place Photoshop images in other applications
20. Rulers
21. Show or hide non-printing Extras
22. Specify columns for an image
23. Undo and history
24. Panels and menus
25. Position elements with snapping
26. Position with the Ruler tool
Web, screen, and app design
1. Photoshop for design
2. Artboards
3. Device Preview
4. Copy CSS from layers
5. Slice web pages
6. HTML options for slices
7. Modify slice layout
8. Work with web graphics
9. Create web photo galleries
Image and color basics
1. How to resize images
2. Work with raster and vector images
3. Image size and resolution
4. Acquire images from cameras and scanners
5. Create, open, and import images
6. View images
7. Invalid JPEG Marker error | Opening images
8. Viewing multiple images
9. Customize color pickers and swatches
10. High dynamic range images
11. Match colors in your image
12. Convert between color modes
13. Color modes
14. Erase parts of an image
15. Blending modes
16. Choose colors
17. Customize indexed color tables
18. Image information
19. Distort filters are unavailable
20. About color
21. Color and monochrome adjustments using channels
22. Choose colors in the Color and Swatches panels
23. Sample
24. Color mode or Image mode
25. Color cast
26. Add a conditional mode change to an action
27. Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG
28. Bit depth and preferences
Layers
1. Layer basics
2. Nondestructive editing
3. Create and manage layers and groups
4. Select, group, and link layers
5. Place images into frames
6. Layer opacity and blending
7. Mask layers
8. Apply Smart Filters
9. Layer comps
10. Move, stack, and lock layers
11. Mask layers with vector masks
12. Manage layers and groups
13. Layer effects and styles
14. Edit layer masks
15. Extract assets
16. Reveal layers with clipping masks
17. Generate image assets from layers
18. Work with Smart Objects
19. Blending modes
20. Combine multiple images into a group portrait
21. Combine images with Auto-Blend Layers
22. Align and distribute layers
23. Copy CSS from layers
24. Load selections from a layer or layer mask's boundaries
25. Knockout to reveal content from other layers
Selections
1. Get started with selections
2. Make selections in your composite
3. Select and Mask workspace
4. Select with the marquee tools
5. Select with the lasso tools
6. Adjust pixel selections
7. Move, copy, and delete selected pixels
8. Create a temporary quick mask
9. Select a color range in an image
10. Convert between paths and selection borders
11. Channel basics
12. Save selections and alpha channel masks
13. Select the image areas in focus
14. Duplicate, split, and merge channels
15. Channel calculations
Image adjustments
1. Replace object colors
2. Perspective warp
3. Reduce camera shake blurring
4. Healing brush examples
5. Export color lookup tables
6. Adjust image sharpness and blur
7. Understand color adjustments
8. Apply a Brightness/Contrast adjustment
9. Adjust shadow and highlight detail
10. Levels adjustment
11. Adjust hue and saturation
12. Adjust vibrance
13. Adjust color saturation in image areas
14. Make quick tonal adjustments
15. Apply special color effects to images
16. Enhance your image with color balance adjustments
17. High dynamic range images
18. View histograms and pixel values
19. Match colors in your image
20. Crop and straighten photos
21. Convert a color image to black and white
22. Adjustment and fill layers
23. Curves adjustment
24. Blending modes
25. Target images for press
26. Adjust color and tone with Levels and Curves eyedroppers
27. Adjust HDR exposure and toning
28. Dodge or burn image areas
29. Make selective color adjustments
Adobe Camera Raw
1. Camera Raw system requirements
2. What's new in Camera Raw
3. Introduction to Camera Raw
4. Create panoramas
5. Supported lenses
6. Vignette, grain, and dehaze effects in Camera Raw
7. Default keyboard shortcuts
8. Automatic perspective correction in Camera Raw
9. How to make non-destructive edits in Camera Raw
10. Radial Filter in Camera Raw
11. Manage Camera Raw settings
12. Open, process, and save images in Camera Raw
13. Repair images with the Enhanced Spot Removal tool in Camera Raw
14. Rotate, crop, and adjust images
15. Adjust color rendering in Camera Raw
16. Feature summary | Adobe Camera Raw | 2018 releases
17. New features summary
18. Process versions in Camera Raw
19. Make local adjustments in Camera Raw
Image repair and restoration
1. Remove objects from your photos with Content-Aware Fill
2. Content-Aware Patch and Move
3. Retouch and repair photos
4. Correct image distortion and noise
5. Basic troubleshooting steps to fix most issues
Image enhancement and transformation
1. Replace sky in your images
2. Transform objects
3. Adjust crop, rotation, and canvas size
4. How to crop and straighten photos
5. Create and edit panoramic images
6. Warp images, shapes, and paths
7. Vanishing Point
8. Content-aware scaling
9. Transform images, shapes, and paths
Drawing and painting
1. Paint symmetrical patterns
2. Draw rectangles and modify stroke options
3. About drawing
4. Draw and edit shapes
5. Painting tools
6. Create and modify brushes
7. Blending modes
8. Add color to paths
9. Edit paths
10. Paint with the Mixer Brush
11. Brush presets
12. Gradients
13. Gradient interpolation
14. Fill and stroke selections, layers, and paths
15. Draw with the Pen tools
16. Create patterns
17. Generate a pattern using the Pattern Maker
18. Manage paths
19. Manage pattern libraries and presets
20. Draw or paint with a graphics tablet
21. Create textured brushes
22. Add dynamic elements to brushes
23. Gradient
24. Paint stylized strokes with the Art History Brush
25. Paint with a pattern
26. Sync presets on multiple devices
Text
1. Add and edit the text
2. Unified Text Engine
3. Work with OpenType SVG fonts
4. Format characters
5. Format paragraphs
6. How to create type effects
7. Edit text
8. Line and character spacing
9. Arabic and Hebrew type
10. Fonts
11. Troubleshoot fonts
12. Asian type
13. Create type
14. Text Engine error using Type tool in Photoshop | Windows 8
Filters and effects
1. Use the Liquify filter
2. Use the Blur Gallery
3. Filter basics
4. Filter effects reference
5. Add Lighting Effects
6. Use the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
7. Use the Oil Paint filter
8. Use the Liquify filter
9. Layer effects and styles
10. Apply specific filters
11. Smudge image areas
Saving and exporting
1. Save your files in Photoshop
2. Export your files in Photoshop
3. Supported file formats
4. Save files in graphics formats
5. Move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator
6. Save and export video and animations
7. Save PDF files
8. Digimarc copyright protection
Color Management
1. Understanding color management
2. Keeping colors consistent
3. Color settings
4. Duotones
5. Work with color profiles
6. Color-managing documents for online viewing
7. Color-managing documents when printing
8. Color-managing imported images
9. Proofing colors
Web, screen, and app design
1. Photoshop for design
2. Artboards
3. Device Preview
4. Copy CSS from layers
5. Slice web pages
6. HTML options for slices
7. Modify slice layout
8. Work with web graphics
9. Create web photo galleries
Video and animation
1. Video editing in Photoshop
2. Edit video and animation layers
3. Video and animation overview
4. Preview video and animations
5. Paint frames in video layers
6. Import video files and image sequences
7. Create frame animations
8. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
9. Create timeline animations
10. Create images for video
Printing
1. Print 3D objects
2. Print from Photoshop
3. Print with color management
4. Contact Sheets and PDF Presentations
5. Print photos in a picture package layout
6. Print spot colors
7. Print images to a commercial printing press
8. Improve color prints from Photoshop
9. Troubleshoot printing problems | Photoshop
Automation
1. Creating actions
2. Create data-driven graphics
3. Scripting
4. Process a batch of files
5. Play and manage actions
6. Add conditional actions
7. About actions and the Actions panel
8. Record tools in actions
9. Add a conditional mode change to an action
10. Photoshop UI toolkit for plug-ins and scripts
Content authenticity
1. Learn about content credentials
2. Identity and provenance for NFTs
3. Connect accounts for creative attribution
3D and technical imaging
1. Photoshop 3D | Common questions around discontinued 3D features
2. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
3. Print 3D objects
4. 3D painting
5. 3D panel enhancements | Photoshop
6. Essential 3D concepts and tools
7. 3D rendering and saving
8. Create 3D objects and animations
9. Image stacks
10. 3D workflow
11. Measurement
12. DICOM files
13. Photoshop and MATLAB
14. Count objects in an image
15. Combine and convert 3D objects
16. 3D texture editing
17. Adjust HDR exposure and toning
18. 3D panel settings

With Photoshop, you can print any compatible 3D model without worrying about 3D printer limitations. In preparation for printing, Photoshop automatically makes 3D models watertight. Photoshop also generates the necessary support structures—scaffolding and rafts—to ensure that your 3D prints are successful.

Preparing to print 3D objects

Select Window > Workspace > 3D to switch to the 3D workspace.
Open the 3D model in Photoshop. If necessary, customize the size of the 3D model while opening it.
Select 3D > 3D Print Settings.

3D Print Settings

In the 3D Print Settings panel, choose whether you want to print to a printer connected to your computer through a USB port (local printer) or use an online 3D printing service, such as Shapeways.com or Sculpteo.

You can now print 3D models as 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) files. While specifying the 3D Print Settings, select Print To: Local and Printer: 3MF File. When you print the 3D object, Photoshop generates the 3MF file. On computers running Windows, Photoshop also launches Microsoft 3D Builder for you to work further on the 3MF file.

To refresh the list of supported printers or online profiles, select Get Latest Printers from the Print To pop-up menu.

Select a local printer or a Shapeways.com printer profile.

To view estimated prices for printing the 3D model using available Shapeways.com profiles, select Printer > Estimate Price.

Select a unit for the printer volume—inch, centimeter, millimeter, or pixel. The unit is reflected in the Printer Volume dimensions as well as the print plate measurements.

A. 3D model B. Print plate C. Printer volume overlay

Select a Detail Level—Low, Medium, or High—for the 3D print. The time required to print the 3D object depends on the detail level that you choose.
If you don't want to see the 3D printer volume overlaid on the 3D model, deselect Show Printer Volume Overlay.

Adjust the Scene Volume dimensions to specify the desired size of the printed 3D object. When you change a value (X, Y, or Z), the other two values are scaled proportionately. As you modify the Scene Volume dimensions, notice that the print plate under the 3D model scales in proportion.

You can scrub the value of a Scene Volume dimension by clicking the dimension label (X, Y, or Z) and then dragging the mouse left or right. Hold down the Shift key to make the value scrub faster.

Choose Scale To Print Volume if you want Photoshop to auto-scale your 3D model, such that it fills up the available print volume of the selected printer.
If the 3D model has normal maps, bump maps, or opacity maps; you can choose to ignore one of more types of these maps while printing the model. You'll notice that the 3D model updates in real time when you change these Surface Detail settings.
You may choose to not print the support structures (scaffolds or rafts) required for the 3D object. Use this option with caution, since the printing of the 3D model may fail if you don't print a necessary support structure.
If your printer supports multiple materials, choose the material that you want to use for printing the 3D object.

(Experimental) Enable multitone printing for MakerBot Replicator 2x

You can enable an experimental feature that lets you print continuous tones using your MakerBot Replicator 2x 3D printer.

Prerequisite: Enable experimental features

As a prerequisite to multitone printing, you must enable experimental features in Photoshop:

Select Preferences > Experimental Features.
Select Enable Multitone Printing.
Click OK.
Restart Photoshop.

Experimental features are not yet production-ready. Use these features with discretion.

Select the multitone surface material

Select the MakerBot Replicator 2x printer in the 3D Print Settings panel.
Under Material, select Multitone Surface. If this option is not available for selection, ensure that the Multitone 3D Printing experimental feature is already enabled.

Select other options relevant to the 3D object that you're printing.
Select 3D > 3D Print to preview and print the 3D object.

Previewing and printing the 3D object

Once you're done specifying the 3D print settings, follow these steps:

Click the Start Print icon () or select 3D > 3D Print. Photoshop unifies the 3D scene and prepares it for the printing process.
If you chose to print using a Shapeways.com profile, Photoshop prompts you that the actual cost of printing may differ from the displayed estimates. Click OK.
In the preview window that appears, use the 3D camera tools to rotate, zoom, or move the 3D object.
   Rotate the 3D camera
   Roll the 3D camera
   Pan the 3D camera
   Slide the 3D camera
   Reset the 3D camera to its original location

3D print preview; notice the support structures

If necessary, select Show Repair. Photoshop displays the Original Mesh, Wall Thickness, and Closed Hole repairs using appropriate color coding:

Preview with the Show Repair option enabled

Optionally, enable Raytrace Preview. Raytrace previews represent the printed output more accurately.

A raytrace preview

If you want to export the 3D print settings to an STL file, click Export and save the file to an appropriate location on your computer. You can upload the STL file to an online service or put it on an SD card for local printing.
Review the 3D print summary and click Print.

You can cancel an in-progress 3D print by selecting 3D > Cancel 3D Print.

3D print utilities

Photoshop provides interactive wizard-based utilities that you can use for configuring, calibrating, and maintaining your 3D printer. You can use these utilities only when the 3D printer is powered on and connected to your computer.

Select 3D > 3D Printer Utilities.
Select the utility that you want to launch.

Calibrate Print Plate

Helps level the print plate. This utility performs the following broad steps:

Prompts you to remove any leftover printing material from the 3D printer
Initializes the print head
Lets you adjust/finetune the gap between the print plate and the print head for nine nozzle positions

You can use this utility in the wizard mode or in the manual mode.

Load Filament

Helps load a filament into a fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer. Photoshop initiates the head-heating process and the filament-loading mechanism for easy filament loading.

Remove Filament

Helps remove a filament from an FDM 3D printer. Photoshop initiates the head-heating process and the filament-loading mechanism for easy filament removal.

Change Filament

Helps replace the filament of an FDM 3D printer with a new filament. Photoshop initiates the head-heating process and the filament-loading mechanism for easy filament changing.

Follow the onscreen instructions.

Pack objects on the ground plane

At times, you may want to print multiple instances of the same object on the same build plate. Follow these steps:

Select the required objects in the 3D Panel.
Select 3D > Pack Objects On Ground Plane.
Proceed with printing the objects.

Photoshop currently supports the following local 3D printers:

MakerBot Replicator 2
MakerBot Replicator 2x
ZCorp Full Color
Mcor Iris
MakerBot Replicator 5th Generation

Additionally, Photoshop supports several Shapeways.com and Sculpteo profiles.

Direct USB printing with the MakerBot Replicator 5th Generation printer profile is not supported yet. You can export the files you want to print to a USB stick and then print them locally.

Yes. You can define cross sections to slice away parts of a 3D model before printing. Follow these broad steps:

Select Window > Workspace > 3D to switch to the 3D workspace.
Open the 3D object you want to print.
Select Scene in the 3D panel.
In the Properties panel, select Cross Section.
Specify settings for the cross section in the Properties panel.
Select 3D > Apply Cross Section To Scene.
Print the 3D scene.

Before printing, you must bake the cross section you've defined.

Slicing away a cross section of a sphere before printing

Yes. Follow these broad steps:

Select a material in the Scene panel.
In the Properties panel, click the folder icon () next to Bump/Opacity/Normal and load a texture. You can also define a new texture that you want to apply to the 3D model.
If you're defining a new texture, save the texture. The texture is applied to the 3D model as a bump/opacity map.
Print the 3D model.

Applying a bump map to a 3D model before printing Applying an opacity map to a 3D model before printing

If your 3D printer is equipped with two heads, you can print 3D models in two colors. The Print Properties panel displays pop-up options for the additional heads available. The 3D workspace and the 3D print preview display the model in two colors.

Printing a 3D model in two colors

From a printing standpoint, each layer in the 3D model is treated as a 3D object. If necessary, you can merge two or more layers (3D > Merge 3D Layers).

3D Printing & 3D Modeling with Photoshop CC | 3D Printing Blog

by Fabian | September 1, 2016

Great news for Photoshop users: you can now use the powerful editing tools of Photoshop to bring 3D models and prints to life! Photoshop CC now fully supports 3D printing with i. materialise in 100+ materials and finishes – all that’s left for you to do is to take a look at our new tutorial video on how to create 3D models in Photoshop.

3D printing tutorial for Photoshop CC

We’ve created a hands-on tutorial and info website to take you step-by-step through the process of creating 3D models in Photoshop CC. This tutorial will teach you how to use different views, how to edit both in 3D space and on the UV skin, and how to 3D print your model. You’ll see how to suit up a little piguin (yes, that’s a penguin and a pig mixed together) in minutes for a black tie event. Check out our new Photoshop 3D printing tutorial and follow the tutorial text in this blog post.

Step 1: Learn to import a 3D file to Photoshop

Photoshop lets you import the most popular 3D file formats such as STL, IGS, PLY, or OBJ. In our tutorial video, we chose to import the STL file of a piguin. If you don’t have a 3D file yet, you can find objects to start from on these 10 popular 3D model databases.

Start by importing a 3D file (for example an STL file) to Photoshop

Step 2: Get familiar with the basic controls

The next part of our video tutorial is all about familiarizing yourself with the 3D environment in Photoshop CC. Learn how to use basic controls to manipulate and rotate the view, zoom in and out, and to switch between several predefined views (i.e. how to switch between the main and secondary view).

Get familiar with the 3D environment in Photoshop

Step 3: Investigate the 3D model in Photoshop

Now it’s time to investigate the model in more detail. Photoshop lets you change the layer characteristics of your 3D object. With the segmented view, for instance, you can virtually cut open your model on the X, Y, and Z axis to take a look inside your model. You can also display the design as a point cloud wireframe structure and switch other effects such as shadows off or on.

Learn to investigate your 3D model in Photoshop

Step 4: Paint your model in a 3D space

The ability to paint your 3D model is one of the biggest benefits of Photoshop. Which other 3D modeling or design software can offer editing tools as powerful as those that Photoshop has to offer? If you want to, you can directly start painting the design in a 3D space.

You can paint a model in a 3D space

Step 5: Switch from 3D to 2D and paint the 2D skin

If you prefer to paint and edit in 2D you can simply switch from the 3D view to a classic 2D view. This means that the UV skin of the model will be unwrapped and easy to edit. You can change the UV overlay capacity, select the brush size and hardness of your choice, and use any of the Photoshop editing tools you have in mind. For example, you can add effects and filters such as noise, distortion, pixelation and much more.

You can also edit the 2D skin of your model

Step 6: Import Photoshop files and images into your 3D model

Of course, you can also add images to your 3D model. It makes the most sense to start importing them in the 2D view and then navigating them to the right place. Of course, you can also work with several layers, use textures, and modify and manipulate the important images with the Photoshop editing operation of your choice.

You can also import images onto your design

Step 7: 3D print your design

Once your design is ready, it’s time to hit the ‘print’ button, select i.materialise, and choose the material and finish of your choice from the drop-down menu. You can also double-check if the dimensions of your 3D model are correct. Click ‘prepare to print’ and save your 3D file by selecting ‘export’.

Prepare your Photoshop file for 3D printing

You will then be directed to the i.materialise upload page. Upload the 3D file that you just saved on your computer and you will instantly see the price for your high-quality 3D print.

Upload your Photoshop 3D file and get your 3D print

Piguins painted in Photoshop CC and 3D printed in Multicolor

And that’s it. Editing your 3D files with Photoshop will make them look better than ever! This is especially useful if you were thinking about printing in our multicolor material. Visit our dedicated Photoshop CC site for some more info and images. To get a general overview of all 3D printing materials, check out our materials page.

Printing 3D Objects in Photoshop

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Photoshop
Introduction to Photoshop
1. Dream about it. Do it.
2. What's New in Photoshop
3. Editing the first photo
4. Create documents
5. Photoshop | FAQ
6. Photoshop
7. Transferring presets, operations and settings
8. Introduction to Photoshop
Photoshop and other Adobe products and services
1. Working with Illustrator artwork in Photoshop
2. Working with Photoshop files in InDesign
3. Substance 3D Materials for Photoshop
4. Photoshop and Adobe Stock
5. Working with the built-in Capture extension in Photoshop
6. Creative Cloud Libraries in Photoshop
7. Working in Photoshop using the Touch Bar
8. Net and guides
9. Create transactions
10. Cancellation and transaction history
Photoshop on iPad
1. Photoshop on iPad | General questions
2. Introduction to the working environment
3. System requirements | Photoshop on iPad
4. Create, open and export documents
5. Adding photos
6. Working with layers
7. Drawing and painting with brushes
8. Selecting areas and adding masks
9. Retouch compositions
10. Working with Adjustment Layers
11. Adjusting the key of a composition using the Curves layer
12. Applying transform operations
13. Trim and rotate compositions
14. Rotate, pan, zoom and restore canvas
15. Working with Photoshop and Lightroom
16. Getting missing fonts in Photoshop on iPad
17. Japanese text in Photoshop on iPad
18. Application parameter management
19. Touch shortcuts and gestures
20. Key combinations
21. Image resizing
22. Live stream your creative process in Photoshop on iPad
23. Fix imperfections with Healing Brush
24. Creating brushes in Capture and using them in Photoshop
25. Working with Camera Raw files
26. Creating and using smart objects
27. Adjusting the exposure of images with the Dodge and Burn tools
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1. Frequently Asked Questions | Photoshop Web App Beta
2. Working environment overview
3. System requirements | Photoshop 9 Web App Beta0010
4. Keyboard shortcuts | Photoshop Web Application Beta
5. Supported file formats | Photoshop Web Application Beta
6. Opening and working with cloud documents
7. Collaboration with stakeholders
8. Limited editing options for cloud documents
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1. Photoshop Cloud Documents | Frequently Asked Questions
2. Photoshop Cloud Documents | Workflow Questions
3. Work with and manage cloud documents in Photoshop
4. Cloud storage update for Photoshop
5. Unable to create or save cloud document
6. Troubleshooting Photoshop cloud documents
7. Collection of cloud document synchronization logs
8. Sharing and editing cloud documents
9. File sharing and commenting in the application
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1. Working environment basics
2. Learn faster with the What's New panel in Photoshop
3. Create documents
4. Working in Photoshop using the Touch Bar
5. Tool gallery
6. Performance settings
7. Using tools
8. Touch gestures
9. Touch gestures and customizable workspaces
10. Technology overview versions
11. Metadata and comments
12. Default key combinations
13. Touch gestures and customizable workspaces
14. Putting Photoshop images into other applications
15. Installations
16. Default key combinations
17. Rulers
18. Show or hide non-printing auxiliaries
19. Specifying columns for the image
20. Cancellation and transaction history
21. Panels and menus
22. File storage
23. Positioning of elements with referencing
24. Positioning with the ruler tool
25. Setting sets
26. Customizing keyboard shortcuts
27. Net and guides
Web, screen and application content development
1. Photoshop for design
2. Artboards
3. View on device
4. Copy CSS from layers
5. Splitting web pages into fragments
6. HTML options for snippets
7. Changing the arrangement of fragments
8. Working with web graphics
9. Create web photo galleries
Understanding images and working with color
1. Resizing images
2. Working with raster and vector images
3. Image size and resolution
4. Importing images from cameras and scanners
5. Creating, opening and importing images
6. Image viewer
7. "Invalid JPEG marker" error | Opening images
8. Viewing multiple images
9. Customize color palettes and color swatches
10. HDR images
11. Image color matching
12. Converting between color modes
13. Color modes
14. Erase sub-images
15. Blend Modes
16. Choice of colors
17. Making changes to indexed color tables
18. Image information
19. Distortion filters not available
20. Color details
21. Color and monochrome corrections with channels
22. Selecting colors in the Color and Swatches panels
23. Sample
24. Color mode (or picture mode)
25. Shade
26. Add color mode change to operation
27. Add swatches from HTML CSS and SVG files
28. Bit depth and settings
Layers
1. Understanding Layers
2. Reversible editing
3. Create and manage layers and groups
4. Selecting, grouping and linking layers
5. Putting images into frames
6. Opacity and layering
7. Layer masks
8. Application of smart filters
9. Layer compositions
10. Move, arrange and lock layers
11. Layer masking with vector masks
12. Manage layers and groups
13. Effects and Layer Styles
14. Editing layer masks
15. Extract resources
16. Display layers with clipping masks
17. Generation of graphic resources from layers
18. Working with Smart Objects
19. Blend Modes
20. Combining several fragments into one image
21. Combining images with Auto Layer
22. Alignment and distribution of layers
23. Copy CSS from layers
24. Load selections based on layer boundaries or layer masks
25. See-through to show the contents of other layers
26. Layer
27. Mixing
28. Composite images
29. Background
Selections
1. Select and Mask workspace
2. Quick area selection
3. Getting Started with Selections
4. Selecting with the Marquee Toolbox
5. Selection with the Lasso tools
6. Selecting a color range in the image
7. Pixel highlight setting
8. Convert between contours and selection boundaries
9. Channel Basics
10. Moving, copying and deleting selected pixels
11. Creating a temporary quick mask
12. Save selections and alpha channel masks
13. Selecting focus areas in an image
14. Duplication, splitting and merging of channels
15. Channel calculation
16. Extraction
17. Bounding box
Image corrections
1. Perspective distortion
2. Blur reduction due to camera movement
3. Healing Brush Tool Examples
4. Export color lookup tables
5. Image sharpening and blurring
6. Introduction to color grading
7. Applying the Brightness/Contrast setting
8. Shadow and Highlight Detail Correction
9. "Levels" correction
10. Hue and saturation correction
11. Juiciness correction
12. Adjusting the color saturation in image areas
13. Quick tone correction
14. Applying special color effects to images
15. Image enhancement with color balance correction
16. HDR images
17. View histograms and pixel values
18. Image color matching
19. Crop and straighten photographs
20. Converting a color image to black and white
21. Adjustment and fill layers
22. Curves correction
23. Blend Modes
24. Target Imaging for Press
25. Color and tone correction with Levels and Curves eyedroppers
26. HDR Exposure and Toning Compensation
27. Filter
28. Blur
29. Lighten or darken image areas
30. Selective color correction
31. Changing object colors
Adobe Camera Raw
1. Camera Raw
2. What's New in Camera Raw
3. Introduction to Camera Raw
4. Creating panoramas
5. Supported lenses
6. Camera Raw 9 Vignetting, Grain, and Haze Removal0010
7. Default key combinations
8. Automatic perspective correction in Camera Raw
9. Reversible editing in Camera Raw
10. Camera Raw Radial Filter Tool
11. Manage Camera Raw Settings
12. Processing, saving and opening images in Camera Raw
13. Improving Images with Camera Raw's Improved Spot Remover
14. Rotating, cropping and modifying images
15. Function overview | Adobe Camera Raw | Issues for 2018
16. Overview of new features
17. Processing versions in Camera Raw
18. Making local adjustments in Camera Raw
Fixing and restoring images
1. Removing objects from photos using Content-Aware Fill
2. Content-aware patching and relocation
3. Retouching and fixing photos
4. Image Distortion and Noise Correction
5. Basic troubleshooting steps to solve most problems
Image transformation
1. Object transformation
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3. Crop and straighten photographs
4. Creating and editing panoramic images
5. Deforming images, shapes and contours
6. Perspective
7. Using the Liquify filter
8. Content-aware scale
9. Transforming images, shapes and paths
10. Deformation
11. Transformation
12. Panorama
Drawing and painting
1. Drawing symmetrical ornaments
2. Options for drawing a rectangle and changing the stroke
3. Drawing details
4. Drawing and editing shapes
5. Paint tools
6. Creating and modifying brushes
7. Blend Modes
8. Adding color to contours
9. Edit contours
10. Painting with mix brush
11. Brush Presets
12. Gradients
13. Gradient interpolation
14. Fill and stroke selections, layers, and paths
15. Drawing with the pen tool group
16. Making patterns
17. Creating a pattern with the Pattern Builder filter
18. Loop control
19. Managing pattern libraries and presets
20. Drawing with pen tablet
21. Creating textured brushes
22. Adding dynamic elements to brushes
23. Gradient
24. Draw stylized strokes with the Artistic Archive Brush
25. Drawing with pattern
26. Synchronizing presets across multiple devices
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9. Font for Arabic and Hebrew
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3. Introduction to video and animation
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8. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
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2. Using Blur Gallery group effects
3. Filter basics
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5. Adding lighting effects
6. Using the Adaptive Wide Angle filter
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10. Image area feathering
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Printing
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2. Printing with Photoshop
3. Printing and color management
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6. Spot color printing
7. Duplexes
8. Printing images on a printing press
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10. Printing troubleshooting | Photoshop
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Color Management
1. Understanding Color Management
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3. Color settings
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7. Color management of imported images
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3D objects and technical images
1. 3D in Photoshop | Common questions about deprecated 3D features
2. Creative Cloud 3D Animation (Preview)
3. Printing 3D objects
4. 3D drawing
5. 3D Panel Enhancement | Photoshop
6. 3D Concepts and Tools
7. Rendering and saving 3D objects
8. Creating 3D objects and animations
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10. 3D graphics workflow
11. Measurements
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17. HDR Exposure and Toning Compensation
18. 3D panel settings

Photoshop allows you to print any compatible 3D model without worrying about the limitations of a 3D printer. When preparing to print, Photoshop automatically renders 3D models impenetrable. Photoshop also generates the necessary support structures—platforms and bases—to help you achieve successful 3D printing results.

Preparing 3D objects for printing

Select the menu item Window > Workspace > 3D to switch to 3D mode. nine0010
Open the 3D model in Photoshop. If necessary, resize the 3D model while opening the file.
Select menu item 3D > 3D Print Settings.

3D Printing Preferences

In the 3D Printing Preferences panel, choose whether to use a printer connected to your computer via USB (local printer) or online 3D printing services such as Shapeways.com or Sculpteo.

You can now print 3D models as 3MF (3D Manufacturing Format) files. When specifying 3D printing options, select 9 for option0848 Print to is set to Local and Printer is set to 3MF File. When you send a 3D object to print, Photoshop creates a 3MF file. On Windows computers, Photoshop also launches the Microsoft 3D Builder application to further process the 3MF file.

To update the list of supported printers or online profiles, select Get Latest Printers from the Send to Print To pop-up menu.

Select a local printer or Shapeways.com print profile. nine0010

View estimated prices for printing 3D models using available Shapeways.com profiles by selecting Printer > Estimated Price.

Select the print volume units from inches, centimeters, millimeters, or pixels. This unit will serve to measure the dimensions of the volume of the printer as well as the dimensions of the printing plate.

A. 3D model B. Printing plate C. Printer volume overlay nine0003

Select the 3D Printing Detail Level—Low, Medium, or Fine. The time it takes to print a 3D object depends on the level of detail selected.
If you do not want to see the bounds of the 3D model's print volume, clear the Show Printer Volume Overlay check box.

Set the Scene Size options to the appropriate size for the 3D printed object. When you change one value (X, Y, or Z), the other two values are scaled proportionally. When resizing the Stage Volume, notice that the print plate under the 3D model resizes accordingly. nine0010

You can scroll through the Scene Volume settings by clicking the size label (X, Y, or Z) and dragging the cursor left or right. By holding down the Shift key, you can scroll through the values faster.

Select Scale by printer volume if you want to automatically resize the 3D model so that it takes up the entire available printer volume on the selected printer.
If the 3D model includes normal maps, bump maps, or transparency maps, you can ignore these types of maps when printing the model. Notice how the 3D model changes in real time as you change the Surface Detail settings. nine0010
Optionally, you can exclude the support structures of the 3D object (platforms and bases) from printing. Use this option with caution as printing a 3D model without the necessary support structures may produce unsatisfactory results.
If your printer supports multiple materials, select the material you want to use to print this 3D object.

(Experimental) Enable multitone printing for the MakerBot Replicator 2x 9 printer0036

You can enable an experimental feature that allows you to print continuous tones with your MakerBot Replicator 2x 3D printer.

Requirement: Enable experimental Photoshop features

Experimental features must be enabled in Photoshop before using multitone printing:

Select Preferences > Experimental Features.
Select the Enable multitone printing check box. nine0010
Click OK.
Restart Photoshop.

Experimental features not yet fully tested. They should be used with caution.

Choose a multi-tone surface material

Select the MakerBot Replicator 2x printer in the 3D Printing Settings panel.
In the Material field, select Multitone Surface. If you don't see this option, make sure the experimental Multitone 3D Printing feature is enabled. nine0010

Set other parameters according to the generated 3D model.
To view and print a 3D object, select 3D > 3D Print.

Preview and print 3D object

After setting the 3D printing options, follow these steps.

Click the Start Print icon () or select the menu item 3D > 3D Print. Photoshop will combine the 3D elements of the scene and prepare it for the printing process. nine0036
If you choose to print with a Shapeways.com profile, Photoshop will display a message that the actual print cost may differ from the estimated cost displayed. Click OK.
In the preview window that opens, you can use the 3D camera tools to rotate, scale, or move the 3D object.
Rotate the 3D camera.

3D camera rotation.

Move the 3D camera.

3D camera slide. nine0003
Return to the home position of the 3D camera.

3D print preview; pay attention to the support structures

If necessary, select the Show restoration check box. Photoshop displays various restoration colors such as Original mesh, Thickened walls, and Hole closed.

Preview with "Show Repair" setting

You can also turn on Ray Tracing Preview. Viewing ray tracing allows you to more accurately reproduce the printed material. nine0010

Ray Tracing Preview

If you want to export the 3D printing settings to an STL file, click the Export button and save the file to the desired folder on your computer. This STL file can be sent to a network service server or moved to an SD card for printing with your own printer.
View a summary of the 3D print object and click the Print button.

You can cancel the current 3D printing process using the menu item 3D > Cancel 3D printing. nine0036

3D printing utilities

Photoshop provides interactive step-by-step utilities that you can use to set up, calibrate, and maintain your 3D printer. These utilities can only be used when the 3D printer is turned on and connected to a computer.

Select the menu item 3D > 3D Printer Utilities.
Select the utilities you want to run.

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Helps in leveling the printing plate. This utility includes the following general steps:

Requires you to remove all residual print materials from the 3D printer.
Initializes the print head.
Allows you to adjust the amount of gap between the platen and the printhead at nine nozzle positions.

You can use this utility in wizard mode or manual mode.

Download Thread nine0003

Helps load filament into a Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer. To facilitate filament loading, Photoshop starts the head heating process and the filament loading mechanism.

Remove thread

Helps remove the filament from the FDM 3D printer. To facilitate the removal of the filament, Photoshop starts the head heating process and the filament loading mechanism.

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Helps to replace the old filament in the FDM 3D printer with a new one. To make changing filament easier, Photoshop starts the head heating process and the filament loading mechanism.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

Pack objects on the base plane

Sometimes you may want to print multiple instances of an object on the same panel. Do the following.

Select the required objects in the 3D panel.
Start printing objects.

FAQ

Photoshop currently supports the following 3D printers:

MakerBot Replicator 2
MakerBot Replicator 2x
ZCorp Full Color
Mcor Iris
MakerBot Replicator 5th Generation

Photoshop also supports several Shapeways.com and Sculpteo profiles. nine0003

The MakerBot Replicator 5th Generation Printer Profile does not yet support USB direct printing. You can export files to a USB drive and print them to a local printer.

Yes. Before printing, you can set a cross section to cut off part of the 3D model. Follow these general steps.

Select the menu item Window > Workspace > 3D to switch to 3D mode.
Open the 3D object you want to print. nine0010
Select Scene in the 3D panel.
On the Properties panel, select Cross Section.
Specify the cross section parameters in the Properties panel.
Select the menu item 3D > Apply Cross Section to Scene.
Print the 3D scene.

The desired cross section must be dried before printing.

Clipping off a portion of a sphere before printing.

Yes. Follow these general steps. nine0003

Select a material in the Stage panel.
In the Properties panel, click the folder icon () next to Emboss/Transparency/Normals and load the texture. You can also specify a new texture to apply to the 3D model.
When specifying a new texture, save this texture. The texture is applied to the 3D model as a bump map or transparency.
Print a 3D model.

Applying a bump map to a 3D model before printing Applying a transparency map to a 3D model before printing. nine0002 If your 3D printer has two heads, you can print 3D models in two colors.

Pop-up menus for additional heads available are displayed in the Print Properties panel. In the 3D workspace and in the 3D Print Preview window, the model appears in two colors.

Printing a 3D model in two colors

From a printing point of view, each layer of a 3D model is treated as a separate 3D object. You can optionally merge two or more layers (3D > Merge 3D Layers). nine0036

Photoshop CS6 Modeling and 3D Printing Tutorial

Independent creation of a model does not necessarily imply the use of special 3D or CAD programs. To do this, you can use Photoshop CS6 Extended and two other free cross-platform tools: the Cura 3D printing utility and the MeshLab model validation and processing tool. nine0003

The 3D modeling options have been greatly improved in Photoshop CS6 and now include more intuitive on-screen controls that let even the least tech-savvy of designers create 3D models from flat images, photographs, or their own imagination.

Photoshop may have very limited modeling capabilities compared to professional CAD programs, but it's much easier to use than learning NURBS and SDS surfaces. Also, once you master Adobe's 3D tool, it will be much easier for you to switch to more professional 3D programs like Cinema 4D or Maya. nine0003

Here we'll show you how you can use Photoshop to create a model of a human figure and then print the physical version of it. You will learn about the creative and technical side of this process, as well as some of the limitations that you must consider when modeling for the subsequent 3D printing. This figurine was printed using an Ultimaker 2 3D printer. However, the preparation and printing process is almost identical to any desktop 3D printer.

How long will it take to complete this project:
2 hours for modeling and file preparation and up to 4 hours for printing.

Tools:
Photoshop CS6 Extended, Cura, MeshLab

Download
The files for this lesson can be downloaded here.

1 Step 1 - new document
2 Step 2 - creating a 3D object
3 Step 3 - object depth
4 Step 4 - Build Model
5 Step 5 - model volume
6 step 6 - stability
7 step 7 - sole
8 Step 8 - detailing
9 step 9 - layers
10 Step 10 - Location
11 Step 11 - forming stl
12 Step 12 - export to stl
13 Step 13 - Preparing to Print
14 Step 14 - print options
15 Step 15 - Printing
16 Step 16 - print

Step 1 - New Document

First, create a new document in Photoshop - a 2000px square will suffice - and draw your design on a new layer.

Since the model will be printed layer by layer from the bottom up, it is important that there are no places where the machine will print in the air: because of this limitation, we cannot create a figure of a man with his hands down.

Step 2 - forming the 3D object

From the menu 3D select New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer . The form will instantly become three-dimensional due to the “push back”, this will be the beginning of the formation of a 3D object.

Step 3 - Object Depth

You can use the Move tool in Photoshop CS6 to view an object from different angles: simply move the tool outside the object you are creating to look at it from a different angle.

Make sure you don't move the object itself, as you want it to stay upright. nine0003

Select an object and you will see its depth in the Extrusion Depth indicator in the Properties panel . Drag the slider for this indicator to zero so that the object has no depth.

Step 4 - Modeling

In the Cap section of the Properties panel, set the value Inflate Angle to 90 degrees so that the model inflates at right angles on both sides.

Then with slider Strength set to a value that makes the object look round and three-dimensional.

You can also inflate an object by pressing the V key and dragging the controls on the object itself.

Step 5 - volume of the model

By default, only the front side of the object is inflated.

In the Properties panel find the pop-up menu Sides and change the value to Front and Back .

The magnification of the object will now be mirrored. nine0003

The thicker the original drawing, the more "inflated" the object will be, so the body and head are thicker than the arms and legs.

Step 6 - stability

Now you need to make some voluminous shoes for your figure.

And in order for the figurine to be stable, it is important to create a large enough area that will be attached to the print platform.

Just like with the little man, start by drawing the outline of the shoe on a new layer.

Step 7 - sole

Just as before, make the figure three-dimensional using menu 3D .

However, this time you don't need to nullify Extrusion Depth , by setting it to a small value, say 20, we will make a flat sole for this shoe.

Rotate the shoe 90 degrees in the X direction using the Co-ordinates tab in the Properties panel so that it lies flat on the base.

Step 8 - Detail

Use the controls Inflate to make the shoe look more real.

This time you want only the front side to increase.

Step 9 - Layers

Make a copy of the 3D shoe layer, then select all three layers and choose Merge 3D Layers from the menu 3D .

They will all be connected, and you may end up with the same bad orientation as in the picture below. This is a matter of chance. nine0003

Step 10 - Location

You can select each of the shoes on the panel 3D or by clicking on them.

Select the 3D menu option Snap Object to Ground Plane and move the shoe to the side so that it is exactly under one of the legs of the main figure.

Repeat for the other shoe.

Then select Export 3D Layer from the pop-up menu in the 3D panel and select the .obj file type. nine0003

Step 11 - generating stl

Then convert the .obj file to a .stl file so that the printer knows what to do with it.

The free software MeshLab is great for this.

Open the 3D file you created and you will see a couple of warnings like the one shown in the picture.

Click the OK button because they are not important - for example, this is a warning that the program is looking for missing textures.

Step 12 - export to stl

You can rotate the model in MeshLab if you want.

But our main task here is to export the file: select Export Mesh and select STL as the file type.

Step 13 - Preparing to Print

Before sending the .stl file for printing, it must be cut. And for this we need the Cura program, although its installation will have to be tricky, especially for Mac owners.

But don't be alarmed, the instructions for the program are quite detailed, and the program's website provides user support. nine0003

Select Load Model to place the figurine on the platform.

It may seem too big: here we have scaled it to 0.05 of its original size in order to fit on the platform.

Step 14 - print settings

Next, you need to set the values for all the necessary parameters: layer height (height of each print cycle), wall thickness, print temperature and other parameters.

You will have to install a lot of this by trial and error, although you can find some pretty good advice on this in the user forums of your 3D printer model. nine0003

When all values are set, select command Slice to GCode .

Step 15 - Printing

GCode is a file that your printer understands.

When this file is ready, you can send it for printing directly from your computer, but we recommend that you copy this file to an SD card and insert it into your printer.

Step 16 - Printing

The object is printed from bottom to top, layer by layer.