Is it possible to generate a 3-d book cover with Photoshop AI?

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November 22, 2023
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Is it possible to generate a 3-d book cover with Photoshop AI, and if so, how to do this?

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c.pfaffenbichler

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What exactly are you planning to do with the book cover?

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esterk42897401Author

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Thanks for your reply. I'm a webdesigner and often I make e-bookcovers for whitepapers and use mockups to render them into 3d. Now that I also design printed books I needed more mockups. The thing with mockups is that there's always something not to my liking or not accurate and mostly I can't find a way to alter it. I can find my way in Photoshop but by no means I'm an expert. I could dive deep into it, but have so much other things to do, that I don't find the peace and quiet to keep creating my own 3d templates or do alterations to existing ones. That's where my question comes from: is there a way to hand 2d front, back and spine to AI and ask for it to be rendered in 3d in different displays (books stacked, front or side view, opened etc.)?

c.pfaffenbichler

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At current this is not an option in the AI Photoshop utilizes.

As @Kevin Stohlmeyer mentioned you may be able to find a 3D model (or whole 3D scene) in which to insert the cover elements; alternatively there are template files for Photoshop in which a cover can be inserted in an appropriately transformed Smart Object with highlichts/shadows/… – but that probably matches roughly what you have been doing anyway.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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@esterk42897401 3D support in Photoshop ended with version 22.2. You can still download that version via the Creative Cloud desktop app. However, Photoshop was never meant to be a 3D creation tool - only meant to read 3D files. You are better off using sketchup or another 3D application to build your 3D model - or better yet check for free 3D models from sketchup warehouse or other sites.

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esterk42897401Author

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Ok, thanks Kevin

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