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Step 23: Now we’re ready to ren-
der the 3D layer, so go under the 3D
menu and choose Render 3D Layer.
You can also press Shift-Option-
Command-R (PC: Shift-Alt-Ctrl-R).
Once the render is done (mine
took about 5 minutes), press Com-
mand-A (PC: Ctrl-A) to select the
entire layer area, and press Com-
mand-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to copy the image
to a regular layer. Then, just turn off
the 3D layer by clicking its Eye icon
in the Layers panel. This allows you
to keep the 3D version so you can
switch out different tree elements
without having to start over. You can
click here to watch a quick video
tip on how to do that.Step 24: Now that the stage is set,
it’s time for the stars of the show.
Here we have a set of bat shapes in
various poses. They’re simple images
but perfect for what we need here.
You can click here to download
the low-res preview from Adobe
Stock. Since this is an SVG file, if
you double-click it in the Libraries
panel, it will attempt to open it in
Illustrator. As a workaround, create
a new 1,000 x1,000-pixel file, and
then drag-and-drop the bat image
from the Libraries panel in the
new document.
Start by using the Lasso tool
( L ) to draw a selection around the
sleeping bat. Then go under the Edit
menu, and choose Define Brush Pre-
set. Photoshop will ignore any white
areas when defining a brush. Give
the brush a name, and click OK. Do
the same with one of the flying bat
poses. That’s all that we need.©Adobe Stock/fotoliaanjak