Hooray! Photoshop can now create 3D text! However it also rasterizes it. Meaning when you go to convert a text layer into 3D it will convert the text to pixels, making it un-editable. I would…
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HDR TONING ONLY WORKS ON A FLAT IMAGE
As cool as the new HDR Toning feature is, there is still one little caveat. You can only apply to a flattened image. Meaning no layers. It will prompt you to flatten the image if…
CUSTOM DEFAULT LAYER STYLES
Tired of those silly default colors and settings in the layer styles panel. Well the suffering ends now. You now have the ability to save a layer style, perhaps one you use all too often,…
DELETE EMPTY LAYERS
You ever have a whole lot of scattered empty layers in your document. It just takes forever to go in there and delete each one especially if they are mixed with other layers. Now all…
BROWSE 3D CONTENT ONLINE
Sometimes you need more 3D content than what Photoshop will give you. There are some great 3D resources that you can access right from within Photoshop. Just go under the 3D menu to the bottom…
3D GROUND PLANE SHADOW CATCHER
In addition to Repoussé, another great new feature added to 3D is the ground plane shadow catcher. When invoked, this feature creates an invisible ground plane, which will receive shadows cast by the main 3D…
SAMPLING RING
Sampling colors in Photoshop isn’t a new concept but there is a great new addition when sampling colors. When you select the eyedropper tool, choose a sample size and then click in the canvas area…
WHAT IS REPOUSSÉ?
Repoussé is the name of the new 3D features in Photoshop CS5 Extended. The word repoussé is actually a French term that refers to a process of forming a relief into a sheet of metal…
on 3D Bold Text Effect[...] This tutorial will explain how to create a bold bright-textured slick text effect in Photoshop CS6. A simple pattern...
on 3D DNAGood tutorial with nice instruction. 
on Replace ColorI found something that worked great for me that will work for black (that's what I used it on), select...
on Vintage Metal Text EffectNice tutorial and cool effect!!! Thank you!!!!