Lokas Software 3D Maker is an excellent 3D graphics creation plug-in for PhotoShop that allows you to create pseudo 3D graphic elements in 2D graphics. Not only can you fully control the X and Y angles of graphic elements, but you can also control perspective, depth, shadow and Overlay mode allows you to freely convert dull 2D graphics into extremely beautiful three-dimensional graphics, as shown in the figure below.
1. First open the foreground color "Color Picker" and set the foreground color to red, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
2. Select the "Horizontal Text Tool" and set its properties in the property bar, then enter the letter "I" in the drawing area and press the Enter key to confirm the input, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2
3. After entering the letters, select the [Filter]/[lokas Software]/[3D Maker...] command in the menu bar to open the 3D Maker dialog box, and then set the parameters of various 3D font effects, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
4. After completing the settings in step 3, return to the drawing area and enter the letter "t", and then follow the method in step 3 to set its 3D effect, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
5. Refer to the method in the previous steps, enter a series of letters, and set a 3D cube effect for them. The effect is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5
6. Select the "I" layer, then select the [Layer]/[Layer Style]/[Projection] command in the menu bar to open the "Layer Style" dialog box, and then set the projection effect as shown in Figure 6 .
Figure 6
7. Refer to the method in step 6 to set the projection effects for other letters respectively, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7
8. Click the "Create New Group" button in the "Layer" panel, create a new "Group 1", and then drag all the letter layers into "Group 1". This method is to facilitate the arrangement of many layers. Management, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8
9. Create a new layer above "Group 1", as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9