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Since we haven't moved the camera's position yet, the 'Animation View' camera is just a copy of the 'Default Camera.' This will add a new camera to our 3D panel. Under the View section, save the camera as 'Animation View.'

In the 3D Panel, select the 'Current View' camera and go to the Properties Panel. In the Layers Panel, select all 3D layers and press Command/Ctrl + E to merge them into the same scene. We need to merge all 3D objects into the same scene. This will convert all layers to a 3D Postcard (it will also preserve any transparent pixels that exist in each layer).Ĭurrently, each 3D object is in its own scene. Select all layers, right-click (or Command/Ctrl-click) and select Postcard.

Using the Clone Tool, remove the trees and extend the mountains and sky downward. The last thing to edit is the 'Backdrop' layer. It is not necessary to remove this hay bale altogether, we just need to hide enough of the repetitive pixels so they won't be visible when we start moving our layers in 3D.Ĭontinue editing each layer to remove the repeating pixels from the layer in front.

Use the Content-Aware Move Tool and the Patch Tool to clone out the foremost hay bale (on the lower right of our layer). This can be done quickly by Alt-clicking the 'Bale 2' layer visibility icon. Start by hiding all layers except the 'Bale 2' layer. To sell the illusion of a 3D field, we need to remove the repetitive imagery behind each layer.

As the layers pass over one another in 3D space, we can see the image repeats on each layer, causing a series of unwanted repetitive pixels. To explain this, I've created a test animation. Now that we have separated our image into different layers, we need to do some clean up. Below you'll see the Channel with its corresponding Layer. Name this layer 'Front Bale.'Ĭontinue this technique with the remaining layers.

Go back to the Layers Panel and with the 'Original' Layer still selected, Copy (Command/Ctrl + C) and Paste (Command/Ctrl + V) the selection to a new layer. Press Command/Ctrl + I to invert the colors.Ĭommand/Ctrl-Click the Channel's Thumbnail to make a selection. Using a hard brush with the Mode set to Normal, paint in the remaining areas until the Channel is solid black and white. This method allows us to define a more complex (and thus, more natural) edge. Continue to define the edge of our pre-defined shape using both colors. In Overlay mode, White will focus on making the lighter parts lighter and Black will focus on making the dark parts darker. We will use this brush to paint over the image along the edges that define layer 'F.' Start by selecting a soft brush with the Foreground/Background, set to Black/White. We will work on extracting layer 'F' according to Step 3. Adjust the Levels (Command/Ctrl +L) to increase the contrast The next step is optional and should be used if you need to work with more contrast than the original channel layer. This channel will give us enough detail (contrast) to work with. To start, go to the Channels Panel and duplicate the Blue Channel.

You can use any method you prefer, but for this tutorial, we will cover how to extract these shapes using the Channels panel. We will now start extracting the layers as defined in Step 3. As you can see, I've defined 6 separate layers to be extracted. Below is an illustration of this:Īt this point, we need to define the areas within our image that we can extract to separate layers. We will do this by extracting parts of our images and stacking them in a 3D space. Our goal is to simulate multiple layers of depth within the image. Go ahead and rename the original background layer to 'Original.' Make a copy of the image and rename it 'Backdrop' and hide it.

The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. In this tutorial, we will combine these new tools to simulate 3D depth in a 2D photograph using the new 3D and video timeline features available in Photoshop CS6 Extended. Photoshop CS6 includes several new features that you can use to create 3D and video effects.

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