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msilvand
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April 12, 2022
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Importing 3D object from PS into Animate?

  • April 12, 2022
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Hello. I am trying to import a 3D object from Photoshop into Animate, but apparently it does not support 3D from PSD files, nor any of the 3D file formats that are available to export in PS (?). Am I using the wrong program for the task?

 

What I am trying to achieve is a scene where a truck is driving towards the camera, and I was hoping that there is a way to import the truck as a 3D object and draw a curve on the road for it to follow with correct perspective and scaling throughout. Is this possible at all? If so, in what program?

 

In a mockup I did this frame by frame in PS, just rotating and scaling the 3D object accordingly and saving every frame, but I would like to do it as a nice smooth motion at 24 fps. I have attached the mockup to illustrate. Thank you in advance!

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Mario_CR
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Mario_CRCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 13, 2022

Animate doesn't have 3D capabilities and now neither does Photoshop (deprecated feature), it was bare bones and severely outdated anyway. It's better to animate the 3D object in a 3d program like Blender or Maya then export the scene as a PNG sequence to import it in Animate.

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    msilvandAuthor
    Participant
    April 18, 2022

    Very well. I recently got a Creative Cloud subscription, seems like there's been some water under the bridge since PS CS6 😉 Good to know that exporting as a PNG sequence is a thing in Blender - thank you!

    rayek.elfin
    rayek.elfin
    Legend
    April 13, 2022

    This is easy to do in Blender. It is also simple to assign lineart strokes to the objects in Blender for a more "hand-drawn" effect.

     

    Looking at the scene preview, I'd do this entire animation in Blender - no need for Animate. If you have other scenes that are animated in Animate, render all scenes as frames (or video) and use Premiere to bring it all together (Blender rendered scene(s) and scenes rendered in Animate).

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      msilvandAuthor
      Participant
      April 18, 2022

      Ah, alright. Seems like a workflow I can wrap my head around (eventually). Thank you for the lineart stroke tip also, very helpful!

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