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Progress 3: Add texture detail

3D AND PHOTOSHOP

CRAFT A ROBOTIC LOOK USING ONE PHOTOGRAPH, DIGITAL

PAINTING AND 3D LAYERING TECHNIQUES

I

n this tutorial you’ll learn how to utilise brushes

in Photoshop CS5, using digital painting

techniques and 3D assets to create cyborg special

effects. It’s recommended you have some

experience of controlling Photoshop brushes with a

graphics tablet to follow the tutorial more effectively,

but we’ll also use standard brushes.

To save you time switching between brush modes,

it’s encouraged to install the tool presets from the

‘AJ-tools.tpl’ file supplied, as they include the brushes

directly in Color Dodge (CD) mode. You can also access

them from the ‘Fantasio Brushes.abr’ brush set if you

want to apply your own settings. There’s an OBJ format

3D model texture and an alternative non-Photoshop

BEGIN COMPOSITING AND POSTPRODUCTION

READY YOUR FILES TO START ENHANCING YOUR 3D RENDER

01

PLAN THE WORKFLOW

Having completed the render, it is now

time for compositing and post-production. It is

always essential to know how much you can get

directly from 3D and how much can you add

later, and in this case, the plan is to change the

background and enhance the image with the

render passes, and add some more detail by

using textures in Photoshop.

FROM RAW RENDER

TO FINISH

WORK IN

PROGRESS

Progress 1: Have all your

files ready

Progress 2: Create

advanced masks

ANDREI LACATUSU

andreilacatusu.tumblr.com

OUR EXPERT

Andrei Lacatusu is a self-taught

graphic artist, living in Bucharest,

Romania. He specialises in 3D

graphics and currently works as

lead CGI artist at Carioca Studio,

in Bucharest.

SOURCE FILES

All the files used in this tutorial are

available on FileSilo, including the

32-bit raw render, the render

passes and the background photo.

The textures can be downloaded

free from CGTextures.com

(DecalLeakingRusty0002_1_M and

MetalScratches0079_4_L).

MASTER 3D

POSTPRODUCTION