Improved 3D effects and Adobe Substance materials
We have introduced new and improved '3D and Materials' effects in 26.0 this year. These effects have been fully rebuilt using modern rendering technology and apart from being much more stable than classic 3D effects, they also allow you to:
* Apply and edit 3D effects conveniently through a non-blocking panel with real time preview.
* Texture artwork using Adobe Substance 3D materials that are highly adjustable. Choose from built-in materials in the panel or upload your own.
* Light up artwork with environment and directional light along with shadows.
* Create smooth and curvy extrusions using the new Inflate option.
* Rotate artwork more easily using the new on-canvas controls.
* Once you've setup your 3D object, render it using Ray tracing with adjustable quality options.
There are more features we're actively working on bringing to these effects. Please share your feedback and suggestions from your experience of using these new effects.
AdminAkshaya Saxena
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There are now several separate requests made, based on the feedback in this thread:
1. Regarding adjustable color and opacity for 3D shadows:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47054086
2. Regarding presets for each tab in 3D and Materials panels: Object, Materials, Lighting:
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47350001
All those who commented on the topic until October 16, 2023, are already added as voters there. If this is something you want to have for 3D and Materials in Illustrator — please upvote it. If possible — create new requests and bug reports about 3D, rather than commenting here inside. This will help the team to better prioritize efforts on making the feature better. As always — thanks for the feedback! It helps.
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Holly, you can view an unexpanded 3D object as a wireframe, live.
Select an object, open the 3D and Materials panel, hit the down arrow in the top right corner of it to open Render Settings, enable Wireframe and hit Render button below to apply settings. It’s not ideal, but it works. Please comment back if it helps. -
Holly Goodwin commented
you cannot view a live 3D object as wireframes from what i can see, like older versions. you can only look at the result once expanded, which is no good for adjusting angles on revolve etc. I use this feature for fake blueprints, not being able to see the rotation as a wireframe, while using revolve etc., makes the function virtually useless for me, make wireframe a property you can apply to a live 3D shape.
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Studio G commented
Now I know why all the online tutorials for creating a 3D world globe avoid the new 3D tools and jump straight into Classic. There is no way to control the mapping style of a graphic onto a sphere. Your world map does not follow normal cylindrical or spherical mapping and gets pinched oddly at the ends. Please fix this!
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Zivi Edri commented
The gold material doesn't look like gold. or metal. It"s not glossy and not shine...
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Kyle Robinson commented
Huge fan of your 3D now! The workflow with this is gonna become a part of my every day. Thanks!
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Jay Borrelli commented
When I try to use any of the 3D and Materials tools in Illustrator I continue to receive the following errors back-to-back. I've uninstalled illustrator and reinstalled but I'm still running into the same issue. Not sure what to do
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Brandy Gibson commented
It would be a great feature to be able to copy the 3D settings to other objects.
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초록 commented
What is wrong with my shape?? I can't make this shape and background into 3d - inflate.. I made the shape by photoshop path tool and converted into smart object, and brought to illustrator.
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Aline Menzel commented
What is happening with 3D rendering?? There are pixels that cannot be seen and it looks horrible!
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Bobby Redmond commented
It would be great if you could recolour shadows
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sebastien “Krisken” Gaudet commented
Aaaah : OK ! I try to improve this effect to more than 1 object... It's necessary to imrpove it one by one !
Thanks Egor Tchistiakov | Administrateur -
Je ne peux pas utiliser les options de 3D et matières car elles sont grisées dans ma palette outils !
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Tom T commented
Perspective is greyed out making it pretty useless, I have to use the old version
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Cynthia McIntyre commented
I just installed AI on a new computer with better graphics card and 64 gb of ram. However, when I render an image 3d using inflate, the image is extremely grainy! This did not happen on my prior computer.
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Grzegorz Ryszko commented
I need to cut one element by another (quasi-3D modelling).
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Lee Probert commented
A compound path of multiple separated paths will not take a graphic across the entire surface of the shape.
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yanira figueroa commented
every change I make opens the rendering process is really exhausting.
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Kripa Jayakrishnan
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I loved the options you offer for 3D production. However, when we add shadows to the 3D vectors we are creating, there is no options to alter the shadows. We're receiving really dark shadows, and it'd be great if we could modify them, change their opacity, or add a blend mode to them. It would be ideal if we could also include blur options. It would be fantastic if we could also integrate this.
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soumaya sondhi commented
the properties panel for the materials doesn't show PLEASE FIX IT
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Elaine Albuquerque Reis dos Santos commented
não está funcionando o efeito novo 3d
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