Logo in Photoshop CS3 (Beta) to Cinema 4D

[Joe Bird]

this can indeed be done under these conditions: you must have paths (vectors) in the psd file. also, multiple layers of paths either need to be combined or exported seperately. Not certain if cs3 does anything to the paths that earlier photoshop didn’t, so if it doesn’t work as expected, open up the paths in Illustrator and resave them as .ai version 8 or earlier… then try merging again. HTH

[Keith Hill]

That’s my point. I don’t have Illustrator just Photoshop CS2. So, I’m stuck, huh?

Any suggestions?

Keith Hill
https://www.LightedPath.biz
Dallas, TX
Final Cut Studio, Combustion4 (Mac), Cinema 4D r9.6, PhotoshopCS2, PIllusion 3, StitcherUlimited, Boujou_PXC; Mac G5 (v10.4.6) 2Ghz, 1.5 RAM

[Joe Bird]

It would seem that maybe that cs version of PS exports version 9+ paths, I dunno. My regular CS version works ok though. In your paths menu of photoshop, how may layers of paths are showing? Does the new version of ps have any .ai export options for legacy versions?

[Keith Hill]

I opened up CS2 and CS3 and they both DON’T have any export for .ai. Just Export>Paths To Illustrator.

I’m not that proficient with Photoshop so I don’t even know what you’re referring to when you say paths menu and how many layers. If you have time I’d appreciate the guidance.

Also, I could send you this logo and maybe you could make it where I can Import/Merge the right file in C4D.

Keith Hill
https://www.LightedPath.biz
Dallas, TX
Final Cut Studio, Combustion4 (Mac), Cinema 4D r9.6, PhotoshopCS2, PIllusion 3, StitcherUlimited, Boujou_PXC; Mac G5 (v10.4.6) 2Ghz, 1.5 RAM

[Joe Bird]

I suggest that you post in the photoshop forum. First you need an understanding of vectors (for 3d) vs bitmap files (pictures). I suspect that your photoshop file contains no vectors (paths) to export. Drawing these paths can be a time consuming process.

[Adam Trachtenberg]

I just tried it in CS2 and it worked fine. ?

[Keith Hill]

Adam,

Can you deescribe what you did so I can double check what I’ve been doing?

Thanks.

Keith Hill
https://www.LightedPath.biz
Dallas, TX
Final Cut Studio, Combustion4 (Mac), Cinema 4D r9.6, PhotoshopCS2, PIllusion 3, StitcherUlimited, Boujou_PXC; Mac G5 (v10.4.6) 2Ghz, 1.5 RAM

[Adam Trachtenberg]

All I did was create a circle path and a hexagon path (two path layers), then exported to Illustrator, and opened the *.ai file in Cinema.

[Joe Bird]

I’ll refer you back to my previous post, where I stated that you probably do not have any paths to export in your photoshop file, therefore there is nothing to merge in C4d. Photoshop does not automatically create paths for you, they must be built, using various possible methods. to check if you have these paths, simply open the paths menu in photoshop. Its a layer-like menu that shows thumbnails and the name of your path/s If you have them, then of course something else has gone wrong. If not, you’ve got some drawing to do.

[Steven Jenkins]

If your paths don’t already exist in your photoshop file, why not draw them in Cinema 4d? Save the PSD file to JPEG and set it as a background image in Cinema 4d in a non-perspective view using configure>back. Then draw the paths using one of the splines (I prefer bezier). This method saves you the trouble of exporting paths from Photoshop to Cinema 4D.

Regards,

Steven Jenkins