How To Create A 3D Box In Adobe Photoshop 2 Simple Ways

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You can also select other shapes.

You can pan your camera by using the three icons at the bottom left corner of the screen. Click Orbit the 3D Camera to move around the camera and see the cube. Click Pan the 3D Camera to pan the camera. Click Dolly the 3D Camera to adjust the distance of the camera from the cube.

If you don’t see Infinite Light, you can navigate to the 3D panel and select Infinite Light to activate it. Click and drag the wand to adjust the lighting of your cube.

Alternatively, you can click the cube icon in the Properties panel. This will be next to the trash can icon. You’ll be able to see the remaining rendering time at the bottom left corner, next to zoom percentage. If you want to work on this project later, you can make a PSD file.

To use a gradient, create a new layer. Fill it in using a gradient with the lightest color at the top left. Duplicate the gradient layer. Go to Image → Transform → Flip Horizontal. Create a third layer and fill it in using a gradient with the lightest color now at the bottom left. To use original images as the faces of your cube, import at least three images. Be sure to rasterize your image layers. Select all image layers. Go to Layers → Rasterize → Layers.

Alternatively, you can press CTRL + T (Windows) or CMD + T (Mac) to enter Free Transform mode.

For original images, decide which of the three prepared images will be the front of your cube. Hold down CTRL or CMD and click the middle dot on the left side of the image. Drag the image up until it rests at an angle.

For original images, decide which of the remaining two images will be the side of your cube. Move your image until the left side meets the right side of the first image. Make sure the top-left and bottom-left corners meet. Hold down CTRL or CMD and click the middle dot on the right side of the second image. Drag the image up until it rests at an angle.

For original images, use the remaining image as the top of your cube. Move your image until the bottom-left corner connects to the top-left corner of your first image. Hold down CTRL or CMD and click the middle dot on the right side of the third image. Drag the image down until the third image lines up with the first image. Hold down CTRL or CMD and click the middle dot on the top side of the third image. Drag the image down until the bottom-right corner connects to the first and second image.

To trim the back corner, select the Rectangular Marquee tool in the Tools panel. Select a small segment at the back corner of the cube. Press del on your keyboard to delete the selection. To add a drop shadow, use the Rectangle tool to create a black square the same dimensions as the bottom of your cube. Hold down CTRL or CMD and drag to adjust as necessary. Go to Layer → Layer Styles → Drop Shadow. Adjust the drop shadow settings, then click OK.

Select a small segment at the back corner of the cube. Press del on your keyboard to delete the selection.

Go to Layer → Layer Styles → Drop Shadow. Adjust the drop shadow settings, then click OK.