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How to Color Proof Your 3D Prints (Using This Super-Secret Stratasys Website)

Shuvom Ghose
in 3D Printing
33 6 Beginner
If a customer has ever come to you and said, "I need the color of this 3D print to match this RGB or Pantone EXACTLY!" and you've wondered how to do that – this is the tutorial for you! We'll talk about soft proofing (how to make sure your printer can even print a given color) and hard proofing (matching what you see on screen with a physical result) using Photoshop and the most advanced color printer on the market, a Stratasys J750! (You can find a video version of this tutorial here: https://youtu.be/XsollrDbUVc)
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How to 3D Print in Full Color (Part 3): Clear + Texture Together

Shuvom Ghose
in 3D Printing
24 5 Expert
This is the third in a series of tutorials to help printer operators who are NOT graphic artists get the absolute most out of their multi-color, multi-material 3D printers, like the Stratasys J750. We will cover how to create models with semi-transparent textures wrapped around curved, transparent bodies (taking advantage of a new slicer from Stratasys), and how to fix UV-mapping problems when wrapping 2D textures around 3D bodies goes wrong.
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How to 3D Print from Adobe Photoshop

Stratasys
in Modeling
16 1 Intermediate
Every sculpture, product, installation and building (successful and unsuccessful) starts with an idea. When it takes physical form, the designer gets valuable aesthetic and practical feedback. Here are some tips on when and how 3D printing can feed this process.
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How to 3D Print Full-Color, Fully-Textured DISPLACEMENT Mapped Parts Using Photoshop!

Shuvom Ghose
in 3D Printing
15 0 Intermediate
This tutorial covers a little-known feature in Photoshop you can use (today) to quickly create incredibly complex displacement-mapped parts for your 3D printer in full color!
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How to make multi-coloured renderings using Photoshop

Yahya T Khedr
in Other
13 1 Beginner
You've - probably - came upon a model of yours that you don't know which colour suits, so you decide to upload renderings of both colours. Here, I'll show you how to make a single rendering that shows the multiple colour variations you want using Photoshop.
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Adjust Depth of Field using Depth Map- Photoshop

Ananth Narayan
in Other
8 3 Beginner
In this tutorial I am going to explain to dynamically control depth of field using Depth Map. Also at the end of this tutorial I will explore a cool Facebook trick. Links for keyshot file, images are available at end of this tutorial.
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Part 5: Hard Proofing

Naftali Eder
in 3D Printing
8 4 Beginner
Before embarking on large and color-critical prints, it is recommended to carry out proofing. Nothing beats the certainty of holding a sample part in your hand compared to relying on a screen visualization. The process of validating critical colors is called hard proofing and here is how it is done.
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Tips & Tricks for eye-catching renderings

Yahya T Khedr
in Theory
6 1 Intermediate
Do you want to know the hidden secrets of rendering? Have you ever wondered why your amazing renderings aren't on the 1st page? Here I'll show you some tips & tricks I discovered, found & tested myself. All thanks to myself 😂 Note: This tutorial isn't for any specific software. What I make here can be made in any rendering software.
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Part 2: Introduction to Color Proofing: Uploading the Stratasys Color Profile

Naftali Eder
in 3D Printing
4 0 Beginner
This tutorial is a continuation of my last tutorial "Part 1: A Look at Color Proofing". It will demonstrate how to install the J750 color profile, to ensure the most accurate results during soft proofing.
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How to make render of the gearbox in Keyshot and present it?

Dmitriy Babych
in Design & CAD
3 0 Intermediate
In this tutorial on the program Keyshot, you can see how to make a render, for example, the gearbox, and complete the project in Photoshop. It tutorial shows, how to create various scenes and exploded view Keyshot 4. As an example, taken this project https://grabcad.com/library/worm-gearbox-with-differential-animation-speed-render-1 You can download all material for a lesson on this link
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Part 3: Setting Up for Soft Proofing in Adobe® Photoshop®

Naftali Eder
in Process
3 0 Beginner
This tutorial is a continuation of my last tutorial "Part 2: Introduction to Color Proofing: Uploading the Stratasys Color Profile". It will demonstrate how to How to Use Adobe® Photoshop® to simulate how colors selected on screen will print on the J750 and how to adjust your input color if required.
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Learn Photoshop CS6 basics in 30 minutes

Sijo Varghese
in Design & CAD
2 0 Beginner
Photoshop CS6 basics in 30 minutes
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL - How to prepare decals for Rendering

ioan skurka
in Modeling
2 2 Beginner
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL How to prepare decals for Rendering
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Create a texture file for a vertex painted model

Naftali Eder
in Modeling
2 0 Beginner
In my previous tutorials I have discussed the different ways that color can be assigned to models and how Photoshop can be used to make color adjustments for texture files. If such adjustments need to be made to a vertex painted model then this typically requires the original model file or specific design software such as ZBrush. But there is an easy way to create a texture file using Photoshop. Watch this video to find out more...
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TUTORIAL 3: Texture Mapping Using Adobe Photoshop (Quick)

Naftali Eder
in 3D Printing
2 0 Beginner
In our previous tutorial, we explained what texture mapping is and when you would want to use it. We also documented the actual process for applying textures and adding color to a 3D model in Materialise® Magics®. This tutorial will show some of the more advanced texture capabilities that are available in Adobe® Photoshop®
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