Deke's Techniques 314: Create a Riveting 3D Bump Map

Deke applies a 3D bump map to add texture to his Photoshop-created rocket ship.

Deke's Techniques 172: Creating 3D Punched Letters in Illustrator

Today I show you how to create punched-out 3D letters in Adobe Illustrator, turning the plain old word 'good' into something even better.

Deke's Techniques 136: Building a Sci-Fi Temple from Scratch in Photoshop CS6 Extended 3D

Today, I pay appropriate 3D homage to my alien overlords by building them a temple out of plain old earthly linear gradients and a little thing called a depth map.

My Latest Video Course, Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects, Is on Its Way

I've Begun Work on My Next Photoshop Masking Course

I've Finally Begun Work on Photoshop Extended One-on-One: 3D Type Effects

Deke's Techniques 046: Adding Stereo-3D Text and Shapes

This week, I show you how to take a stereoscopic photograph (fit for viewing with 3D glasses) and add text and shapes at different planes of depth.

Deke's Techniques 044: Making a Stereoscopic Photo

Learn how to pull of one of the most arcane but ultimately practical techniques in Photoshop, the creation of a 3D stereoscopic photograph. (Glasses required.)

Join Me for a Half-Day Workshop, "Photoshop 3D Fundamentals," at Photoshop World

This Is Me in Real 3D

Deke's Techniques 031: Splitting and Modifying 3D Meshes

This week, I show you how to take a basic 3D pie chart, split its meshes, color its slices, and otherwise make it a tangible slice of business-graphics reality.

dekeSpeak May 4, 2011