cs6 lighting filter [EDIT — Lighting filter in CS6 3D]

Hi

In 3D do what you would do in real life i.e add an extra light. Try two infinite lights, one to each side and both with even intensities. You might also need to adjust the shine property if you have glare on the front surface ( or reduce the IBL light in environment)

If you don't like the shadows on the side sufaces you can turn off the Catch shadows/cast shadows in the object properties

Dave

Dave
(Trevor tagging another person does not work in this forum. I just happened on this thread when looking through the posts)

OK Philip.  I was way off the mark if you were talking about 3D.  I have edited your subject line to show people it is a 3D issue, and added a link to our Dave who is one of our 3D experts.  With the old forum that would generate a notification email to let Dave know he had been mentioned.  I have not tried it with the new forum so far, so fingers crossed.

With objects so graphic as that, I'd personally build them again, but you asked about Lighting Effects (I think)

To have any idea what is going on we'd need to know what the original image looked like, and how you set up the filter.

BTW  Did you make the layer(s) a Smart Object?  That would be highly advisable in a situation like this, so you could keep going in and tweaking the filter.

I can't remember if LE is different today from CS6, but AFAICS you can centralise the effect, and its focus.  Did yours look like this?

I would have started from scratch though, and made the four rectangles and made them a Smart Object

Then add Filter > Texture > Grain Remember it is a SO so you can double click the effect to tweak it, and so as many times as you like

I'd have finished with Adobe Paper Texture Pro because it is free and excellent.  It creates a new layer, so it is still non-destructive

Note I have the texture set to Overlay. Multiply would be darker and more intense.

Note also that I cliped the tyexture layer to the grey rectangle layers or the texture would have filled the document window.

I probably haven't answered your LE question, so can you give us some more info about what the issue is?  Thanks