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P: Photoshop 3D features are being removed

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
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.

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James Paulley

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so if i want the latest version before this was dropped, do i need to get hold of 22.4? do i ask support chat for this?

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@James Paulley Photoshop version 22.2 is available from the Creative Cloud app

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Momen Ahmed

Participant

I didn't see light to change light place , to make a different degree of shadow , can someone help me in that case

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

Hello, it is recommended to install an older version to use the 3Dfeatures, as the function is being retired: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-3d-features-are-being-removed/m-p/12322748#M574544

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WesB

Participant

If I could, I would extrude a 3D sad face and post it here.

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J-D-F

Known Participant

Adobe should feel absolutely embarrassed by the shameless money grab to release a new pay-to-play toolset when we were all promised that creative cloud would include all the adobe software.

davescm

Community Expert

'.........when we were all promised that creative cloud would include all the adobe software'

When were we promised that? CC plans have never included all Adobe software.

Dave

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WesB

Participant

You make a valid point, but I think that the real issue is that none of us on this thread like having features stripped out and put behind a paywall. I don't work with 3D for a living but I do have a 3D printer and for me it was nice have the ability to create simple 3D objects in a program I already know. I guess I'll just have to commit to learning Blender. (sigh)

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mark@headTrix

Community Expert

Definitely not even close to the Adobe Photoshop 3D environment we had.... but I recently came across this little free plug-in where you can bring pre-created 3D objects, roate them around and create your own scene of sorts.

https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud/plugindetails.html/app/cc/a8c7f65e

Check out the cool art this guy Ingo Lindmeier creates ("Alphanimals"), using some of these 3D objects.

Jump to minute 24 if you dont want to watch the intro of his work, but its worth looking.

https://youtu.be/Lkl0KS0Q4fk

Enjoy!
mark

headTrix, Inc. | Adobe Certified Training & Consulting

Pan Taïnn

Participant

I think to add Affinity Photo to my suite of tools, which does add 360 panorama editing just very fine when I look at the tutorials about it. So if they can manage to do this with a software that's just 55€ single lifetime license, then Adobe would be perfectly capable of updating this feature and improve this instead of moving it to another sofwtare outside the all apps bundle forcing people to buy another 3D subscription...not! This is a bad, bad move. Although the 3D options are still there in May 2022. But the Affinity one looks even better. Sorry to say.

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mad_dawg

Participating Frequently

you forgot to mention how 3d will no longer be avaible to paying all apps memebers in photoshop. now the things I used to be able to do in photoshop you are making me purchase another monthly subscription. you basically took away the 3d funtionality I used to pay for and made new apps which have a seperate subscription fee. so obnoxious.

rayek.elfin

Legend

There are inexpensive alternatives:

Blender (free) & PBR Painter ($24 permanent license): https://blendermarket.com/products/pbr-painter

ArmorPaint ($25): https://armorpaint.org/

3DCoat Textura (95 euros permanent license): https://pilgway.com/product/3dcoattextura

Quixel Mixer (free): https://quixel.com/mixer

Combine any with Blender (free) and you'll have a far more powerful, faster, modern, and effective solution than Photoshop's 3D feature ever was.

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Tazz222

Participating Frequently

Yes the next generation of 3D tools is here AT A PRICE which is on top of the price we already pay for our package! So to get simple tools like the ability to use some lighting, or make a normal map, we now have to fork out more money!!! To replace tools that are taken out of our package.. Adobe wants more money to get those back in another program, but are they reducing the price of our original package to compensate for the losses.. I think not!

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T P W5F94

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Talk about milking the cow! Taking away features from my £50 a month subscription so that I have to pay an extra £20 for 3D software! Absolutely disgusting from Adobe. I am now going to shop around for different editing software for my photo and video editing because this really makes me angry. And they try and hide their GREED behind a few paragraphs of technical jargon schmutz, blaming it on "technical reasons" and " transition to newer native APIs". (Although the best bit is how the people at Adobe hope that "Photoshop and the Substance products will work together to bring the best of modern 2D and 3D to life", when it is obvious to everyone that you just want an extra £20 a month from people like me).

Shame on you Adobe. You make a great product, get people to rely on it and then take away features that people have used for ages in a bid to ~~extort~~ extract more £££ from them.

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Tazz222

Participating Frequently

Wow thank you! you said the same thing I did, but you did it so much better! Let's hope someone from Adobe actually reads these posts.

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thepoiboy

Participant

I'm with some of the other artists on this thread. Wait, check that. I'm with most of the artist on this thread saying this is a horrible thing and now I've been trying to deal with it for the past couple months and it's a nightmare of workarounds and crappy solutions. Because yeah, you know that is exactly the best way to spend my time. Let's completely change my 2D illustration workflow to switch to a different program mid-stream while working on an image/illustration (oh and learn a whole other piece of software. Oh I'm sorry, I mean 4 new pieces of software if you are going the Substance route), just to do a simple lighting effect on an image layer. Love those 20 step work around solutions. What a time saver! (note: if you can't sense the sarcasm here I don't know what to tell you.) I am fine with you taking them out. No really. It's just a major crappy move to make us have to use a much more complicated app suite for a simple task and then charge me an Adobe "Sorry, Not Sorry" tax of an additional $100 a month or $1200 a year. Opps, I'm Sorry. I mean $99.99 a month, $1199.88 a year. Thanks for the discount for paying annually Adobe. Again that is sarcasm.

Hey, now that I think about it, You know those simple 2D vector tools Photoshop has, and has had in it for years? Well let's get rid of those. I mean heck, we have Illustrator right? Let's force people to use that for a few simple vector tasks. Now those pesky people who only subscribe to the Photographer's bundle (is it even still an option they have on the site of just Photoshop and Lightroom? I just looked. I don’t think it is. Wow. Nice move Adobe. Add another tick to the not-so-cool column. Bravo… golf clap) will have to upgrade to the "FULL" creative cloud. Opps, did I say FULL? (insert an evil Adobe overlord laugh here).

I mean in my head I can hear the Powers that be and how this went...

…Exec 1, "How much should we charge for these new apps that aren't going to be part of the current All applications subscription?"

Exec 2, "How many applications are in it?"

Exec 1, "We can call it 4. But the catch is we are removing some stuff from our most popular piece of software Photoshop that will be in the new apps"

Exec 2, "How much do we charge for the FULL all aps suite now?"

Exec 1, "$960 a year for the 20+ creative apps now."

Exec 2, "You mean $959.88. Hmmm Nice. Let's say another $100 a month."

Exec 1, "You know that is more than our main all apps creative cloud subscription for these 4 apps right?"

Exec 2, "I know, but it's It's 3D!"

Exec 1, "So, $1200 a year for the new apps."

Exec 1, "No, no. That’s too much. Let's make it $99.99 a month. You know, so it's only $1199.88 a year."

Both, "Hahahahahhahahah."...

Adobe just keeps making it easier to start looking for alternatives and I've been using Photoshop since version 2.5. (Yep that long) I mean if Photoshop is going to get less usable, and the creative suite is not going to have the creative software to do a 2D/3D comp in it anyways why stick with an bloated/restrictive creative suite that either has way more than you need or not some of the critical pieces you do. Plus if I need to switch programs to do a simple task that I used to be able to do but can't now why not switch to a whole different echo system of applications. Gotta learn new software anyways it looks like, so why not just drop Adobe entirely. My guess is that they will remove Acrobat Pro from the “All” apps creative cloud next at some point, and you will need to subscribe to their business cloud with all new Acrobat, that is the old Acrobat just split up into 4 different apps and a couple new ones, or old ones re-named. I'm looking at you Indesign and some others. I mean they will come up with a really good sounding reason (for some). Just wait. I won't be surprised. lol