Photoshop CS4, 3D Model Creation help

Hello,
I am a video editor and have the Adobe CS4 suite.
I would like to ask the community for the best and easiest way to achieve this:
- Create 3D text for end use in After Effects
- Take an Illustrator file like a Logo and extrude it to make a 3D model for use in After effects
It seems 3D programs have so many options that simple tasks are way more involved than I have time for.
I just want to take a client supplied logo or some text, give it some depth and use it in After Effects as a 3D object.
I have seen a plugin for Photoshop from Strata that might be a good option, but I only looked at their website.
Thanks for your help and input.

While I will say that what the OP wants isn't do able in Photoshop. You can
doing it using Illustrator and Photoshop, but not Photoshop alone. However,
Jim isn't 100% correct either. Photoshop does have some limited 3D creation
capabilities. One of which is turning a flat photo of say the Grand Canyon
in to a 3D plane that one can then move through in 3D space. You can also
mape flat photos to simple 3D objects like spheres, etc.
However, Jim is also correct that Photoshop isn't like Maya, etc. it doesn't
create complex 3D models and things like that. It is more to complement
applications like Maya, etc.
BTW if you would like to see the photo to 3D plane feature in action take a
look at:
http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/MeshFromGrayCanyon_SM.mov
It is actually a pretty cool option.
Robert

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