Adobe Improves 3D Functionality in Photoshop CS6.1
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Adobe Improves 3D Functionality in Photoshop CS6.1

on Feb 6th 2013 with 2 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Estimated Completion Time: 9 Minutes
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Apps Used: Adobe Photoshop CS6.1

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This entry is part 29 of 29 in the Introduction to Photoshop CS6 Session
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Adobe made some rather significant changes to its 3D features in Photoshop CS6. In CS6.1, they have made a handful of tweaks that you should be aware of. These new features include a way to generate bump map textures from flat artwork, using the Normals menu; smoother previewing of soft shadows; full-image ray tracing, replacing the earlier block-by-block approach; and always-on Image Based Lighting. Steve Caplin will explain.

Note: Adobe updated the system requirements necessary to use the 3D features in Photoshop 13.1. This means that if you upgrade to this version and are running less than 512 MB of video memory (vRAM) that the 3D features will be disabled on your machine.

How to Get This Update

To get this update, customers can follow the following instructions.

  1. In Photoshop, choose Help > Updates
  2. The Adobe Application Manager will launch. Select Adobe Photoshop or and choose “Update.”

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Not using the Creative Cloud? You can subscribe to the Creative Cloud and get access to all these updates, as well as the rest of the Creative Suite for just $49.99/month.

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Steve Caplin is a freelance digital artist, author and journalist. His satirical photomontage illustrations have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, from London to New York to Rome. He is the author of a dozen books, including the best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop series. Steve has been writing about digital graphics for over 20 years.  

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  • Ken Richmond

    This behaviour of Adobe is a slap in the face of every client with a perpetual license. I spent thousands of dollars in the past few years, paying in advance for their services and don’t get these upgrades? And no, cloud option is an absolute no go in my business, no software allowed that requires a direct connection to the internet.

    • MaleMailMan

      If you have CS6 (cloud or otherwise) you get 6.x updates free. I don’t use cloud and got these updates.