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
(Admin, Adobe Illustrator)
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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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Peter
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Ideally pushing the rendering tasks to a background process would help with using this tool. It's a bit of a pain to have to click and unclick cpu-intensive modes just to make adjustments or wait for 10+ seconds when I could be working on another part of the artwork.
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hafiz arshad commented
please share where the map art option is in the illustrator 2023 version.
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Danilo Cruz commented
The extrude effect seems to be extruding along the Z axis in both directions simultaneously. Maybe there should be an option to fix the front face and extrude it backwards (or fix it as a back face and extrude it forward) so that it would be possible to match the same isometric view as the original flat vector in a graphic style.
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siaru
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cant use lighting parameters. Where is the problem
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nujeen
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using 3d stuff
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Rachida Rachida commented
Dear Egor Chistyakov, Retracing is working now but the problem is now it cannot be used more then one time at the design. I will share to you the screen on preferences > performance.
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Rachida, probably no.
According to this page — https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/best-practices-to-optimize-cpu-usage-when-working-with-3d-in-illustrator/td-p/12480495 — working with 3D requires 32 GB of RAM and A GPU with 4 GB of VRAM. While 2019 MacBook Pro in any configuration has enough VRAM, it usually has 16 GB OF RAM (unless you have a 32 GB variation)...
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I have a question, am using a macbook pro 2019 version. I see that the option retracing is not available. Is there another option to use it?
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Martin Naumann commented
I am having a problem when I want to use the embossed version as a overlay. The effect changes the shape/size of the vector? I could not fix that with any setting
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José Carrillo commented
Map art lacks of control. I can't find a right way to place my art along de shape I've created. Previous versions lets place graphics, symbols, along the created shape and play around to find the desired way to make the art. Please add more graphic placement controls for symbols or graphics in 3D shapes.
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What We Design commented
A separate color option for ambient light section will be helpful.
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Chris Laughlin commented
no vector export makes the feature useless. No isometric also makes it useless.
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Graphic Designer commented
I need the old expand option fo 3d effects, now it turns it in a pixel object! This is insane, I always made vectors with this tool...
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kerim yıldırım commented
Why is it not suitable for swelling between two objects?
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Steven H commented
I downloaded 3d substances from the adobe community, "the deadleaves - farshad asbaghi". after importing it into my illustrator it crashed and crashed every time when I open the 3D material and substances panel. After uninstall my Illustrator and reinstall it, the same problem occurs. I have no idea how to clean the caches from the SBSAR files I imported. I'm using OS Sonoma 14.4.1 . I just need to know what to clean the cache or delete the imported files, because I can't find the asset link in any finder, therefore its always in my illustrator no matter how I reinstalled my adobe illustrator.
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AHSAN Shabeer commented
AI 23 3d lighting and material are horrible. Thank dog I still had AI 22 that works somewhat better. Lighting in 23 unable to change from white. Materials only take when I applied inner glow to the compound shape. Online chat person does not read what is being typed. Why? Why?
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darrylmanco
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AI 23 3d lighting and material are horrible. Thank dog I still had AI 22 that works somewhat better. Lighting in 23 unable to change from white. Materials only take when I applied inner glow to the compound shape. Online chat person does not read what is being typed. Why? Why?
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Ben Dunkle
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When repositioning a graphic as a material, I can't constrain the position to x/y axis by holding shift, e.g., the graphic always gets off axis or rotates. Please provide more precise control over position of graphic
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Sherwin Bennes commented
Version 28.5: Rotation 3d does not produce full 3d. Missing light. Diffuse instead.
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I tried downloading materials and substances from the community website provided. After I import the SBSAR files, my illustrator crashed when I open the 3D material and substances panel. After uninstall my Illustrator and reinstall it, the same problem occurs. I have no idea how to clean the caches from the SBSAR files I imported.
