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Kniting Circle: Adobe Dimension


Background

This is a video that walks through a process with using Adobe Dimension. It is a streamlined way to create 3D imagery; namely product mockups. Please review the video below and let me know if you have any questions.

Video



Keyboard Shortcuts/Time stamps

    • 00:00 intro/what I will make
    • 00:48 Tater Head graphic
    • 01:37 (the font is called Taters this is in the font repository)
    • 03:03 Adobe Dimension interface
    • 03:18 (CMD or CTRL + ' will toggle the grid)
    • 03:57 Adjusting canvas size and resolution
    • 04:45 Adding objects/looking at built in models
    • 06:19 (F will zoom in or out into the selected objects) reviewing images ( will toggle the photorealistic preview)
    • 06:44 adding materials & editing parameters
    • 09:07 Adjusting environmental lights & directional lights
    • 11:04 Basic object translation (moving/rotating/scaling )
    • 12:06 Camera stuff (right click + drag or 1 is orbit tool, 2 or right click + spacebar+drag is panning, 3 or right click + shift + spacebar + drag is dolly)
    • 14:01 Camera "bookmarks" (CTRL or CMD + SHIFT + B saves a camera bookmark)
    • 14:49 Adding Image to surface of object + positioning it on object
    • 16:14 Adding Images to backgrounds + "matching" scene lighting and perspective to them
    • 18:07 Fleshing out the scene (montage)
    • 19:10 Rendering (CTRL or CMD + TAB to toggle modes)
    • 20:02 (render took about 10 minutes) + critiquing render
    • 22:20 Importing another model + creating a scene
    • 22:50 What you get when you export as a .PSD

Related videos

This is an alternate video showing the basic workflow in Adobe Dimension

This one uses Photoshop in order to create a custom 3D object for Adobe Dimension.

Creating more complex scenes in Adobe Dimension.
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