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.
From where to get such “sun” images ?
I either got it from http://istockphoto.com or http://shutterstock.com
I think we can create such images with different blending options so there is no need to purchase such images. i have tried the cube many times(when i started photoshop) and that was the most difficult thing to do. I think it is pretty easy to build a cube now.
Thank you New Age, it’s easy once you know how.
Rob, Your Mysql has some problems with comments as it returned with my first comment. I am not sure if this comment is going to be posted or not. I like both sites in your comment and both of them are pretty good at image stuff.
Thank you so much, Passive Harry, for the encouraging comment but even more so for alerting me to the “MySQL server has gone away” error message which you got when you tried to post your comment. This is where readers can be so vitally important to a website. I found a fix for this issue here: http://robsnotebook.com/wordpress-mysql-gone-away and it seems to have done the trick but I will be keeping an eye on it. Thanks a million, Harry. Thanks, Rob, for the fix!
Nice little tutorial, I used this to create a software box and it worked a treat.
Great, Steve, I’m glad it was useful.
This guide is fantastic. I tried this and got a similar result. This guide is very simple. I love the design. It’s very unique.
Good to hear, Peter!