tutorial for 3D rotation??

[Sandyfan]

I have been looking all day for some sort of tutorial to make 3d rotation. Basically, I have a box, and I want to scan the four sides and make it look like it is spinning. Is this possible? Here is my .psd of a sample file. Any help, as always is appreciated.

Mike

http://www.geocities.com/m_vasiloff/3d_box.zip

[NymPhezze]

Do you mean a 3D animation of it spinning or something 2D that "looks" like its spinning but is a still image?

[Sandyfan]

No, I would really like it to spin if that is possible. I know how do do it in flash, but I am not that good in flash. If there is a way to do it in photoshop, or with a plugin, I am sure someone here will know about it.

Thanks for getting back so soon :)

Mike

[Greg Vander Houwen]

Sandyfan,

Almost anything is "possible" in PS but this is right on the edge. My advice is to do this in a 3d modeling/rendering package. Insert a cube primitive and map the images to the sides, then animate the cube to spin and render out the frames.

Greg

[Sandyfan]

Very Nice Greg

Any preferences as to a 3d rendering package??

Thanks for the input!!


Mike

[David Anders]

You can download Strata3d demo for free (Win or Mac) at
Strata Download (http://www.versiontracker.com/)
Choose your platform, search for "strata".
It is a 20Mb download.