Ben Harper, web design guru and owner of Templamatic, posted a great video screencast on how to import the free 3D model content found on 3DVIA.com into Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.    Since it references 3DVIA, I thought I would pass it along and see what you think.

 

In short, Photoshop Extended allows graphic designers to incorporate 3D content directly into their 2D designs.  This gives you the ability to optimize the position and lighting of an element in your design on the fly.  Photoshop accepts .3ds, .obj and .dae files among other formats readily available for free right here on 3DVIA.com. 

If you do not have Photoshop, why not try a similar functionality in our own free 3Dcollage?  All you need is a Facebook account and the 3Dcollage app.  You can read all about it here.

 

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