How to design a 3d box or cube in Photoshop
March 12, 2008 – 11:04 am
I created this image to represent the idea of “Energy in a Box”.
The secret of making a box in Photoshop is to use guides and enabling the Snap to Guides feature to make sure everything looks as it should do.
I started with selecting a 2d side (or sides) for the box. I chose a sun image to represent energy. I added some Inner Glow around the edges and saved the document. I then created a slightly larger Photoshop file and proceeded to set my guides (see below).
Paste the 2d shape into the file and use the Free Transform tool (Cmd/Ctrl-T) and, holding down Cmd or Ctrl, drag the corners of the 2d shape to the correct point where the guides intersect.
You may decide to darken some areas of the cube to increase the 3d effect.
I’ll give it a try now.
2 Responses to “How to design a 3d box or cube in Photoshop”
From where to get such “sun” images ?
By Webmaster blog on Apr 3, 2008
I either got it from http://istockphoto.com or http://shutterstock.com
By Rob Cubbon on Apr 4, 2008