Save the AI file and bring it into Photoshop as a Smart Object. Here's what mine looked like before turning on the "Invisible Geometry" checkbox: When I was setting up my example here, I had to rotate the text 180 degrees (because of how I'd set it up in the first place) to get it to show right-side-up in the render. Bert's video gives you a great introduction to this dialog, and it's a lot better shown in a video than I could do here with screen grabs. Add the text symbol to the correct face in the dialog. Still in the 3D dialog, click on the Map Art.It doesn't much matter if you have a cylinder or a ring, just so you have a circular wall to put the text on. Here are the settings I used for the Revolve version, so you can see the angles, perspective, etc.: In either case, play with the perspective and angle until you have the illusion of distance that you're looking for. Bert uses a cylinder, but we're going in a slightly different direction here. Set your text and convert it to a Symbol.Ĭreate either a squat cylinder from a circle (using Effects > 3D > Extrude&Bevel) or a ring, by drawing a short vertical stroke and using Effects > 3D > Revolve, with an Offset of 200 pt (or whatever gives you a good size ring). Most of it's not totally relevant to your problem, but it's all useful stuff, and you'll need the info for what follows: I did a couple of tests, and was about to launch into a full-blown tutorial, but I recalled seeing Bert Monroy doing something of the sort, and found the video on.
Using the tools in Photoshop CS3 requires you to find and learn a 3D program to get the effect you're looking for, but you CAN get there with Illustrator CS3.