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[ 23 ]Step One: Start by creating a new
Photoshop document by going
under the File menu and choosing
New. Make the Width and Height
both 1500 pixels, change the Resolu-
tion to 100 ppi, set the Background
Contents to White, and click OK
or Create. Once the new canvas
is created, open the Layers panel
(Window>Layers) and create a new
blank layer by clicking the Create
a New Layer icon (+) at the bottom
of the panel.
Step Two: With the new layer
active, go to the Filter menu, under
Render, and choose Tree. (How
many of you had any idea this fea-
ture was even there?) In the Tree
dialog, you’ll see a variety of options.
It’s worth playing around with these
settings to see what the various trees
look like and how you can configure
each one. Notice how just changing
the Arrangement setting at the bot-
tom can give you a different-looking
branch arrangement.
Here we’re using the Oak Tree
as the Base Tree Type and leaving it
nearly bare of all leaves. Use the set-
tings shown here and click OK when
done. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T)
for Free Transform, make the tree
a little larger, and position it at the
bottom of the canvas where it cuts a
little off the bottom of the tree. Press
Enter to commit the transformation.
Step Three: Now go under the 3D
menu, to New Mesh from Layer,
and choose Postcard. Click Yes
when Photoshop asks if you want
to switch to the 3D workspace.
This will put the flat image into a
3D space. You’ll see the layer icon
change in the Layers panel indicat-
ing it’s now a 3D layer.