Today, I posted on my blog an article about painting as a diary that keeps a record of each day. Although we always spend the same, sometimes boring, everyday life, if we cherish, appreciate, enjoy, and record each day, it can become a valuable legacy in the future. If you are interested in this, go to the blog post.

 ​Today, I will try to express the text of the diary in a fancy three-dimensional way.
First, let's make a copy of the text with only Korean characters. Let's write a letter called D. First, create a new layer and write the letter D. All capital letters will be used.

  And then go to the New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer.

  Click with Right-button on your mouse to go the options. For changing basic material, I choose the first icon(Materials) and clicked the white sphere like below. 

  For changing Mesh mode, I choose the item of them like below. 

And then adjust the Extrusion Depth as your preference. 

 For adjust Bevel, I click the Cap icon and adjust as follow as below. 

If you don't want to use only basic materials and then would like to change with your image, you can go to Environment. Just double click to open it. 

and then you can find the paper shaped icon. You have to click it . 

Next with the drop-down menu, you have to choose Replace Texture for changing the materials as your image. 

If you see the browser to search you file, click it. After that, you can find the result like below.

  First, you create a new layer and then write texts whatever you want. 

  For impact 3-dimensional effect, I wrote with Arial black. 

 Then, go to New 3D Extrusion from Selected Layer.   

For sure, if you see a small window as below, click the Yes!

After that, you can find out below workplace. 

  Today I wrote a blog post called Crumpled Paper Effect. In an era of perfectionism, we have re-imagined the meaning of existence for what seems imperfect and shabby. I tried to implement crumpled paper in Photoshop with this article.

    I would like to introduce how to make a very simple crumpled paper in Photoshop.

  ​First, load a new file into Photoshop. 

 And then you can choose gradient effect with black & white and the adjust the shape 

  If you choose the value from gradient mode, you have to set as follow as below.
​ First, you can click black and white gradient color.

 Change the value of mode like this. (in my case, I selected the diamond mode)

Next, for artistic wrinkles, you can drag it on the gradient layer freely. 

  And then go to the Filter---> Stylize--> Emboss, and you can adjust the value along the preference. 

  ​Today, I'm going to make a simple rubber ducky image in Photoshop. First, prepare photos of cute rubber ducks.

  I gathered our little rubber duckies and took a picture. So cute!!

 And then open the picture from Photoshop and delete a background image with magic wand eraser. 

  And then make a new layer for sea. 

  

   Next, make a color with light blue and then do double-click or go with right-click for blending options. 

 Click to Pattern overlay and choose the water pattern. You can adjust the value of scale as your preference. 

  For adjusting the shape and size, use Ctrl+T and with Right-Click, go to Warp. 

   A while ago, I made a 3D character from a 2D, photo of a snowman using Photoshop. Today I would like to show you this process for a moment.

  In fact, Photoshop's 3D features require detailed explanations for each element. It's been a long time since 3D features were added to Photoshop. Above all, for instance,  the mesh preset function makes it possible for anyone to easily create various types of three-dimensional objects. Especially, Adobe Photoshop CC, which was newly updated in 2014, has been upgraded so that it can become a printer directly by connecting the created 3D model to a 3D printer.

 So, if you use the 3D function in Adobe Photoshop CC, products from more angles will pour out with various ideas.
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 Today, I'm going to put off explaining this in detail and show you how I made the snowman I showed you above using photos. Additional function descriptions will be uploaded gradually.  

  First, open your 2D image for convert 3D character from your browser in Photoshop.

 ​Using the Lasso tool, draw along the snowman's line.

  Make a new layer and paste the snowman like this. 

 With Ctrl + J, you have to make a copied layer as follow as below. 

  Turn off eye shaped icon on the layer1, to see only layer 1 copy for making eyes, nose and arms only.

 On layer 1 copy, you can erase background by using Magic Eraser Tool to show only eyes, nose, mouse and arms. 

 Named each layer like below. 

 Return to the body layer and use the right-click mouse option to move to New 3d Extrusion from selected Layer. 

And then you can see the workspace for making 3D object. 

 You have to click with Right-click on the snowman, and then find out below small window. 

   Click the first icon (In red rectangle area), it calls 'material". And then click the right blue icon. 

 After that, click the white ball from the drop down models.