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Step Four: Next, let’s create a new
document in which to build the final
design. Set the Width to 1500 pixels
and the Height to 2000 pixels, leave
the Background Contents set to
White, and click OK or Create. Now
go back to the tree image and bring
that 3D layer into this new canvas.
To bring over the 3D layer, switch to
the Move tool (V), hold the Shift key,
click on the layer in the Layers panel,
and drag-and-drop it into the target
canvas. The Shift key will center the
layer in the canvas.Step Five: If the 3D and Proper-
ties panels didn’t open when you
switched to the 3D workspace,
open both of them in the Window
menu. In the 3D panel, click on
the Light icon at the bottom, and
choose New Point Light. Jump over
to the Properties panel, and click on
the Move to View button. This will
bring the light wireframe into view.Step Six: With the Move tool
active, go to the Options Bar and
choose the Drag the 3D Object tool
(it’s the third icon in the 3D Mode
tools). Make sure the Point Light 1
is selected in the 3D panel, and then
click on the image and drag the
light (widget) to the middle of the
canvas in front of the tree. You can
also click-and-drag the arrowheads
of the 3D widget itself to move the
light along each axis.
Next select the Slide the 3D
Object tool in the Options Bar, and
then click-and-drag up in the can-
vas to push the light behind the
tree in the 3D space. You’ll see the
shadow shift from the back of the
tree to the front. You’ll have to
drag quite a bit to get the shadow
shown here. We’ll continue to
adjust this as we add more back-
ground elements.