How To Create a Realistic Pokéball In Photoshop
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Warning: Adobe has removed 3D from Photoshop. The 3D workspace used in this tutorial began to be retired in Photoshop 22.5 (August 2021), and the legacy 3D feature set was removed completely in July 2024. You cannot follow these steps in current versions of Photoshop. This tutorial is kept as a record of how the technique worked. For 3D work today, Adobe points people to Substance 3D.
It seems that everyone is playing Pokémon Go these days. I have not played the game, but I do have a pretty cool tutorial for you. In this video, I will show you how to create a realistic Pokéball in Photoshop.
We will use Photoshop’s 3D features to model, texture, and render the Pokéball. Creating the Pokéball may seem simple, but there are a few challenges that you need to overcome to create this object.
For example, we will use Deform Axis origin point to create a half-sphere. Not many people use this, and it is definitely not obvious.
We will then move on to creating the reflections on the Pokéball. We will use an Image Based Light (IBL) for this effect, which you’ve seen before in our Chrome 3D Text Tutorial.
In this video, you will also learn a bit of compositing since we will need to work with the perspective of the street to match our 3D object to the scene. If you would like to learn more about compositing, then check out my course on compositing in Photoshop.
Download the starter file below if you would like to follow along!
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Nice tutorial. Only the reflections of the cars are not right. I should see what’s behind me, and not what is in front of me…
Yup. You would need another photo.
First time, I’ve done a 3D art there in Ps. Thanks PTC.. Concept and cover both are attractive!
Thanks!
Great concept man. got many necessary information from your video tutorial. I appreciate your work. Keep it up.
Thank you, Alex!
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