3D shape from layer

If I wrap a layer of rasterized text around a 3D sphere from the Shape from Layer command, how can I then delete the sphere, but keep the curved text?

You can edit the Transparency (if thats what You mean) of the Object in the 3D-Panel under 3D (Materials).
Hit the button right beside the Opacity Value and select New Texture; this You can then open from the Layers Panel and insert Your text there as white on black which works much like a Layer Mask.
If You only want the flattened Layer You can go to the menu 3D and select Rasterize.

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3D New shape from layer in CC

In CS5 I could create 3D shapes from the 3D menu under 'New Shape From Layer'. I can't find this option in CC, Where has it gone?

Brilliant, thank you. I should have explored further. (Y)

New shape from layer - crash CS5

XP 32 CS5 OpenGL or not
3D New shape from layer - cone or whatever
crashes CS5.
1st time I use 3D - just trying.
Could have done something wrong
but should have got a warning instead
of a crash.

Regrds New Layer from 3d File
http://http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stephen.riche/Errors#5474358274068896850
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stephen.riche/Errors#5474358276664750162
Also twice I left my work rendering only to come back to find just my desktop, no photoshop
heres my event log
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stephen.riche/Errors#5474371881472758818
It will post error regards New shape from layer ASAP
Hope this helps, proving to be very frustrating
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Remove 3D New Shape From Layer

I've applied the 3D > New Shape From Layer command to an image. Now I'd like to remove the 3D shape and apply a different shape. Is there a way to remove the first 3D shape? I've searched, but haven't found a way to do it.

Hi,
From post #8 onward should be a new topic.
To answer most basically, in order to not have part of a 3D mesh display you need to use opacity maps. This is supported in CS4. There also is a way to hide geometry (or make it invisible) but that won't accomplish what is being asked. It hides whole mesh groups, not just parts of mesh groups.
If you just want to display the text mapped on a sphere, then you need to setup a matching opacity map. The steps to get this setup is pretty quick, if not discoverable (yes the UI has room for improvement). It can also be made so that the text is live and a single file controls both opacity mapping and text color. Finally, once created, a material can be saved out that can be used in the future to cut out some steps.
Below are steps, but I haven't confirmed most gotchas. There is one known problem that shows up in the Layers panel (No indication that an opacity map is applied). Another thing is to make sure and save a copy of the final file so you don't overwrite the canned sphere.dae file.
1) create new 1024 x 512 RGB with transparent background
2) with Type tool, create a text string to fit middle third of document space
3) save this file, and close
4) go to File> Open and browse to Ps application folder> Presets> Meshes> Sphere.dae
5) expand the 3D panel, select the Sphere_Material, then click the Diffuse map icon and select 'Load Texture...'
6) select the text file created above to replace the current map file
7) now click the Opacity map icon and select 'Load Texture...'
8) again select the text file created above (ok the warning dialog)
You should now just see text wrapping spherically . At this point you can save out a material preset to apply to any 3D shape without having to build the materail from scratch each time. And make sure to Save As..., closing the original Sphere.dae file without saving to keep that preset clean.
To change the text again, just open the Diffuse map file in the 3D layer and edit the text layer. Saving the file will update on the model and affect the Opacity map as well (ie. change text string or size).
Regards,
steve

PS CS4, Vista64: new shape from layer -- no effect

Hello,
I have CS4, Vista64, and want to try this effect: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1584v1025
-> converting a layer into a shape
But I get no reaction after applying this effect.
Is there a solution to this (my?) problem?
Carlos

Hello Zeno,
thanks for helping me, but...
Zeno Bokor wrote:
try resetting your preferences http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0 and also try playing around with the OpenGL settings from Edit->Preferences->Performance
I have resetted all preferences by starting PS CS4 (Vista64) with holding Shift,Ctrl,Alt -- no change in the behaviour of PS. And there is no difference with activated or deactivated OpenGL-Settings (nVidia).
Another suggestions?
Carlos

How do I use "Trim Paths" after "Create Shapes from Vector Layer" on a strokes only layer?

Hello,
Adobe After Effects CC
2014.0.2
Version 13.0.2.3
I have imported an illustrator file that was created in Illustrator CC 18.0.0. The file contains the outline of a logo. It is the logo with the fill set to none and the stroke set to 1px.
I drag the logo_strokes.ai file onto the composition, right click, and click Create Shapes from Vector Layer.
A new layer is created and in the Contents "drop down", a Fill 1 layer is created.
When I select the Contents "drop down" and click Add / Trim Paths, a Trim Paths 1 layer is created.
When I animate Trim Paths 1, it appears to animate the Fill layer, not the stroke.
How do I get it to animate just the stroke, and not show a fill at all?
Thank you.

Thanks,
I am reading and watching tutorials. Still stuck on that one point.
Here are the images of the After Effects layers. The illustrator layer is the top layer.

Magic wand selection shape from one layer, drop to sub layer and copy that shape from that layer.

In PS i can Magic wand selection shape from one layer, drop to sub layer and copy that selected shape from that sub layer. How do I do this in illistrator, and moreover, from multiple layer at the same time.
For instance, in PS = Import an image of gold - select a text phrse with wand - drop to gold - copy paste = gold text.
How is this done in illustrator?

Illustrator C6
Basicly I want to do what takes me 10 minutes to do in PS in Illistrator. LOL! I realize I must learn Illistrator; especially for logo design.
I want to select my objects in Illistrator and drop to another layer and copy that layer but with only the selection to create another new layer with that which I
originally selected and then copied from another layer.
1. Select objects
2. copy that selection from another image. "gold effect taken from an image"
3 paste that which was selected = that which was selected, but in gold.

How to remove 'Outlines' default text when creating shapes from vector layers?

Hello everyone!
You know the text it adds to the name layer when you create shapes from a vector layer that says Outlines? Well, anyone know if it's possible to change it or remove it?
It sucks to have to remove it manually, especially when it's a lot of layers and you've taken the time to do the prepping in illustrator.
Thankss,
Oliver

if I have an illustrator layer that is named icon and I convert it to outlines I get a layer that is named icon Outlines. Are you trying to remove the word Outlines or are you getting just a layer that says Outlines? Personally I would not remove the word Outlines from shape layer because this would differentiate it from the original and let me know at a glance what's going on with the layer and the project. This would be valuable information if I were to return to the project a year later for modifications.

How to copy Shape from illustrator CC to Photoshop CC?

I want to cope Shape from illustrator CC to Photoshop CC, however I found when I copy the Shape from illustrator and paste it in Photoshop, the style of Shape has changed. like the color changed to the foreground color of Photoshop , and the stroke also lost.
I want to keep the style as the same as in illustrator , what should I need to do ?

when you paste into photoshop, you should get some options as to what you want photoshop to import the shape as. if you select 'shape layer' you get the result you describe (a shape masking the foreground colour). choose one of the other options, depending on how you're going to use it.

Unlink shapes from vector mask in PS CS 6

Hi guys,
Do you know how I can unlink the shape from vector mask like in Photoshop cs 4?
cs6:
cs4:
This is especially interessting for if I want to move pattern overlay or something else. I hope you can help me.
thx
http://xd-artist.de

It is relatively easy to create Collage PSD Template for Photoshop. There are several ways to design them. One way is to create image place holder layer with layer mask that you insert images into when you populate a copy of a template. Photoshop support thousands of layers.
The way I do it is to user Alpha channels to map where images go. Photoshop only supports 53 Alpha channels so my collage templates are limited to 53 images. I populate my template using Photoshop scripts. The Alpha channels are use to resize placed image files to fit the alpha channel sizes. Also to position the resized image and to virtually crop the resize images by adding the alpha channels to the image smart object layers. I have scripts that batch populate templates, Populate one and remain open in Photoshop for further tweaking. And a interactive script the allows you to select image as the template is being populated and tweak their placement and sizing. The script also have options for adding text layer with filename over the images in one of 9 locations. Layer styles can also be optionally added to image and text layers. Animated Templates are even possible.
Photo Collage Toolkit: http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/PhotoCollageToolkit.html
One I populated today click on image for a Video Demo:

Creating shapes from Vector layers (.ai files)

I am trying to make extrusions to an image. I am new to Illustrator and have read that .ai files are the only ones that you can extrude in AE. However when I bring in an .ai file and select create shape from vector layer, a grey square covers the shape. I am assuming that it is a transparancy issue and it is just filling in the size of the .ai project. I could be wrong though. How can I fix this?

You need a plain shape in AI. If you're using gradients, masks, clipping paths or other stuff it won't work. Please give us more info and possibly a screenshot of your ai file.
Try this. Open up Illustrator. Take the pen tool and create a simple shape with a closed path. Import that single layer single path file into AE and see if it works. If it does, then show us a screenshot of your AI file and show all layers and expand out any groups. We'll try and help.

How to make a vector into a shaper of transparency on a layer rather than shape of layer?

I'm working on a drawing that somehow I've created a layer on -- all blue, that has what looks like a vector mask
over it, but the vector mask, instead of shaping the layer, creates a transparancy in the layer.
And I don't know how to reproduce this effect!
Every time I create a vector mask, it shapes the layer.
If I take that vector looking mask on that layer, and try to copy it to another layer -- it shapes the layer!
If I copy it back to the original layer -- it shapes the original layer...
So there's something about the vector mask that says the shape of the layer is everything on the 'outside' of the vector.
How in the heck!? The 'invert' button is not available when you go into 'masks' and look at the vector masks.
So how might I recreate this type of transparency mask? It's driving me crazy, cuz there it is -- just like I want it, but I can't
reproduce it! I've tried dup'ing the blend settings on the layer-- but they don't seem to have an effect.
Ideas?

Thanks!
I looked through the reference docs and couldn't find anything on how to do this. Is it in the reference docs anywhere, do you know? Or is just another one of those things that people learn, but Adobe doesn't document.
I can see if someone has 'grown up w/photoshop' and realizes what tools are "orthogonal" to other tools of those, which can have their settings altered to do something meaninful with the primary tool, it could be a powerful tool (and is touted as being so), but if you don't know the interconnects, it doesn't seem like they are well documented in the reference manual.
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**-authors of Neurolinguistic programing books that try to impart or give others new ways of thinking about things (vs. imparting 'how to or factual knowledge)...

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Hi
Created a document in Pages, added some shapes, saved document, now a few days later want to delete certain shapes from that document but cannot select shape to remove it. Read Pages Help, searched online but cannot find any information on how to do it, so, please how do I delete a shape?

Helps if you tell us what version of Pages.
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or
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Thanks!

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