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Pattie-F
Legend
August 17, 2021
Question

P: Photoshop 3D features are being removed

  • August 17, 2021
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As of Photoshop 22.5, released in August 2021, Photoshop’s 3D features will be discontinued. 3D features have enjoyed long success within Photoshop over the course of  10+ years, however the personal computing industry has recently been transitioning away from use of OpenGL  (having to do specifically with the use of GPUs, which is critical for 3D) toward native GPU APIs, which ultimately began the slow deterioration of Photoshop’s 3D features, all of which needed OpenGL. As difficult of a decision as removing 3D features from Photoshop is, the silver lining is that the next generation of 3D content creation tools from Adobe is already here. Check out the Substance line of 3D products.

 

For more details, please visit Photoshop discontinued 3D Q&A.

61 replies

Participating Frequently
August 19, 2021

When I am in the "Spherical Panorama" mode, the panning is super super super slow and jerky!  This happen with the latest release of 22.5.

 

Did any of you experience this?

Participant
August 19, 2021

The new update locks up photoshop and causes all kinds of crazy things for me, cropping an image ran my CPU percentage nearly 50% and would lock it up. I had to revert back to the prior verson.

BioBeck
Participant
August 19, 2021

I understand the decision, given the advanced features that others 3D software have comparing with photoshop, but removing the existing features that already in photoshop only lead to NEGATIVE RESULTS.
I, for example, work with 2D illustration, and for years I've been using the same mockups that were created using the 3D tools in photoshop. After the update, those files are no longer working properly. With the removal of the feature, I'm going to have a huge delay and a huge loss of money, cause I'll have to hire 3D professionals to create hundreds of new mockups. I'm an independent professional, not a company, so this will put me in a alarming and critical financial situation. Now I'm having to use the old version of PS, but I pay the expensive monthly fee precisely because I would like to keep the program always up to date, because photoshop always releases new amazing features that make our workflow a lot easier.
I sincerely hope that more people share this opinion and that Adobe take it back with this feature.

Known Participant
August 19, 2021

Ich hoffe auch, dass Adobe die 3D Funktion wieder einbaut. Auf YouTube habe ich ein Vido von Substance Designer angeschaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3LsSQKp34M. So wie es aussieht ist es sehr kompliziert ein Modell zu erstellen. Ich habe Photoshop 3D wegen der Einfachheit geliebt. Ich brauchte das vorallem um unkomplizierte Modelle für z.B. Adobe Dimension. Zwei Lösungen gibt es für mich: auf meinem MacBook Pro eine alte Version von PS zu installieren und auf meinem grossen iMac die neuste Version von PS. Oder ich werde Blender lernen. Ich habe mich damit schon etwas beschäftigt. Das Programm ist gratis und es gibt sehr viele gute gratis Tutorials.

Known Participant
August 19, 2021

Ich bin SEHR unglücklich, dass die 3D funktion eingestellt wurde. Ich habe diese viel benützt. Ich bezahle schon die Cloud und nun soll ich noch für die 3D Produktelinie von Substance bezahlen. Das finde ich nicht in Ordnung. Es bleibt mir wohl nichts anderes übrig als eine alte Version von Photoshop zu installieren.

Participant
August 19, 2021

If the spherical panorama will no longer be supported you will loose this customer right here. Bad move Adobe, bad move!

Participant
August 19, 2021

This one too. I'm sure there are many more. 

Participant
August 19, 2021

Thank you for giving me important and deadly information.
I immediately operated Creative Cloud to stop automatic updates.
Both desktop and laptop Photoshop, which I use with the same account, currently have 3D capabilities.
Until I become familiar with the next spherical photo retouching software, I will cherish my current version of Photoshop.

Also, from around June, when I used the 3D function, Photoshop started to generate fatal errors such as memory leaks.
To avoid that, I try to reset my preferences when I quit Photoshop.
As a result, I can use Photoshop without accumulating defects and without seeing memory leak errors.

I also commented on the following site.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ricoh.theta.z1/posts/1493403494326631/?comment_id=1493495300984117

 

Participating Frequently
August 19, 2021

I do lots of 360 Pano.

 

How do I edit out the tripod now that I can't use the "Spherical Panorma" mode?

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
August 19, 2021

Since some features we are losing are not strictly 3D workflows, such as Lighting Effects and Spherical Panorama, we are investigating other ways to cover some of these items.

Sam Rohn
Participating Frequently
August 19, 2021

the old spherical panorama editing in photoshop never really worked well, a new method of spherical pano editing would be very well recieved by many users now that 360 panorama cameras like Ricoh Theta Z1 have become more mainstream 🙂

Ussnorway7605025
Legend
August 18, 2021

silver lining?

you get to pay extra for a product that only works in Windows in order to do the same job

robbyn30297452
Known Participant
August 18, 2021

So its useless now if you make team sports banners that have 3d layers.I cant even get them to open anymore.Showes layers in the right side panel but no picture or anything.Just a gray screen.

Pattie-F
Pattie-FAuthor
Legend
August 18, 2021

If you need to use the current verision of Photoshop, you can try setting the Technology Preview preference found at:  Photoshop > Preferences > Technology Previews, check “Deactivate Native Canvas”, and then restart Photoshop. We recommend using Photoshop version 22.2 if you need to work with a 3D file.

robbyn30297452
Known Participant
August 18, 2021

Thank you very much! That fixed it.

bonnielg1@aol.com
Participant
August 18, 2021

I just spent $270 to double my memory because I have been having issues with 3D.  I was getting "not enough memory" and other messages.  Now I find out it was not my computer having problems at all.  I am NOT happy!!!  And no, I cannot afford Substance Line, I could ill afford the memory.  I might just go back to CS6 and Lightroom instead of subscription.

 

BioBeck
Participant
August 19, 2021

Yes. I was also thinking that the problem was my PC. But with luck I go back to last version to check before spent in updates of my machine.

bonnielg1@aol.com
Participant
August 19, 2021

I was having issues with 3D going back until at least July.  I got new memory on July 15th.  Adobe said I should have checked with them when I got memory error message.  Ya, right!  I started w/PS Elements then used CS2 - CS6. 
Here is a free 3D program a friend suggested that I haven't tried yet.
blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline.