Nothing I do with the lighting can make White actually Appear White. If I drag the intensity of any lights to 200%, all the colours are glossy and bloomed, but white still appears grey.

I'd much rather you remove lighting all together, and let my colours stay their actual colours. Changing the colours ruins the entire application of this tool.

The new Graphics tool works way better than the old "Map Art" feature, which would regularly render my face as a blank canvas eve though I've correctly applied the symbol to the correct face. The new tool works easily on first click, but the colours are always wrong.

Hi there. Regarding 3D effects update from Illustrator, I like that a lot. Reckon it is just missing an option to save the presets. At least I could not find that.

With simple 3d effect I get a message that the operation cannot be performed. This also applies to more complex operations.
Who knows a solution?
See also example

I have Mac Studio, 32GB Ram, Apple M1 Chip and Ventura 13.2.1 OS.
The color is Adobe RGB.
Remarkable! the 3D function works on my Macbook Pro!

I would like some help on a problem that has occurred every time I try to apply a graphic element on top of an object that I created in Adobe Illustrator.
The graphic element is not applied and turns into a jagged line. My computer is a 2013 Ima 27 with 16gb memory and 3tb hard drive.

If you can help me I will be grateful. Wait your return.

i'm having trouble using 3d in illustrator, i can't access lighting in 3d and materials everything is greyed out...please help

Jerry, that was a private comment I made. You can reply those directly from your email client. But it’s OK to discuss it publicly.
The file behaves just fine for me, I am able to move the slider, it gets moved, the shape gets properly distorted, inputting values manually works too... So this must be something machine-specific, so thanks for the details you provided. I will let the team know.
As for the Classic’s slider — nothing to wonder about, they use completely different engines.

I posted about this yesterday and received a response from Egor, but I can't find how to respond to his message here (I don't see it under my original post?).

My issue is that in the new 3D Extrude Bevel tool, the Perspective Slider is completely locked and I cannot enter any value into the text box. I have tried this tool on multiple shapes/texts, etc.. and it does not work on any object.

However, the perspective slider in the 'Classic" 3D tool does work! Weird.

I am using AI 27.3.1 on a Mac OS Ventura 13.2.1 with 64g of RAM

I'm attached the AI file with a simple example of an attempt to extrude some outlined text. Thank you!

The Perspective 'slided' under the 'rotation tools' does not work. By that I mean it does not move. Cannot move it all. A slide is supposed to slide.

I've tried it in different files, on type, outlined text, shapes, boxes. Nothing. There is no object in any file that will allow me to use the perspective slider located at the bottom under 'rotation'.

Is there a reason a simple shape splits when I use the perspective slider? Is there a way around this? I have the latest version of Illustrator and it's still happening

how do I change the colour of the shadow? to make it darker like the sample?

I want to rotate an object in 3D space, without the lighting effects. The lighting effects change the color palette of the object and it appears I cannot remove the lighting effects.

I made 5 pie charts and they all look great. I made another one the very same way and it's pixelated beyond use. Everything is updated and built in the same way with the same effects. What gives?

Where's map art onto 3D extruded objects? The old version (screen attached) of 3D is much better and is actually usable. I have a brand new Mac Book Pro and it's rendering and spinning with every dial adjustment in "3D and appearance" in Adobe 2022, and it's excruciatingly slow. No mapping of symbols, or is it somewhere else?

The extrude function of illustrator 2023 dowloaded on my mac has never rendered the color on the sides of the object. This happens whether I view the file using cpu or gpu or when I choose to render the object as a vector or not. Anyone able to help?

Gordon, this is useful enough already, and a lot of artwork has been created with the effect. But this is not a block shadow indeed, it is mostly raster based at the moment, and more generalised than just a block shadow, with a wider variety of possibilities. Sure the team is going to develop it further.
If you want to have the same block shadow you had previously in FlexiSign, you can vote here to add it in Illustrator: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/34975705-long-block-shadow-effect
Also, there is specialised paid plugin available to do exactly this, AG Block Shadow, you can use today.

Stop. Further developing this clunky effect it is pointless. You need to go back to the start.
Block Shadows have been a staple of signage /graphic design since 'the start'. It should be simple. Take a look at FlexiSign (now defunct) for a clear, concise Lettering effects interface.

Make object layering a thing: make separate objects be able to stack on top and be placed behind other objects while still creating realistic shadows.

Make separate/individual objects have the ability to be different materials when grouped

@olesia O: Please make sure that selected object is 3D and it doesn't contain multiple 3D effects for that case we'll not allow to apply any of 3D properties including base Material too.

On 3D and Materials panel impossible to select Base material, i press select Base material (ball) but it just deselects itself. And no Base properties parameters are visible, looks like it doesn't exist on the panel

Hello, would be great if there is an option to control shadow opacity. Thanks!