3D Scene Settings (Photoshop Extended) - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Choose Window > Workspace > Advanced 3D.
Filter the 3D options displayed
Click the Scene, Mesh, Materials, or Lights button at the top of the 3D panel.
Show or hide a 3D mesh or light
Click the eye icon next to the mesh or light entry in the top section of the 3D panel.
Note: You cannot turn material display on or off from the 3D panel. To show or hide materials, change the visibility settings for their
associated textures in the Layers panel. See
Access settings for the 3D scene
1. Click the Scene button.
2. If not already selected, click the Scene entry at the top of the component list.
Access settings for a mesh, material, or light
Do one of the following:
Click the Scene button to show all scene components. Then select a mesh, material, or light in the top section.
Click the Meshes, Materials, or Lights button to temporarily display just those components. Then select a single mesh, material, or light.
Expand or collapse materials for a mesh
1. Click the Scene button.
2. Click the triangle to the left of a mesh icon.
View the ground plane
The ground plane is a grid that reflects the position of the ground relative to the 3D model.
To view the ground plane, click the Toggle icon
Note: The Toggle icon is enabled only if OpenGL is available on your system. See
Show or hide light guides
At the bottom of the 3D panel, click the Toggle icon
Outline the selected material or mesh in the document window
At the bottom of the 3D panel, click the Toggle icon
When you select materials or meshes in the panel, a colored outline appears in the document window, helping you identify the current item.
To change the color of 3D overlays like material and mesh outlines, customize options in the 3D section of the Preferences dialog box.
Outlining selected items in the document window
A. Materials are surrounded by a colored line B. Meshes by a bounding box

3D Scene settings (Photoshop Extended)

Use 3D Scene settings to change render modes, select a texture to paint on, or create cross sections. To access scene settings, click the Scene
button in the 3D panel, then select the Scene entry in the top section of the panel.
3D Materials settings.
at the bottom of the 3D panel, and select 3D Ground Plane.
, and select 3D Light
, and select 3D Selection.
About OpenGL.
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