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New Illustrator plugin lets 2D designers hands work in 3D

If y'all're a 2D designer or illustrator who'd beloved to motility into 3D but feel intimidated by 3D software, y'all'll be interested in Cineware for Illustrator (opens in new tab) – a brand new gratis Illustrator plugin (opens in new tab) that enables users to add and edit 3D objects direct inside Adobe Illustrator CC.

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Created by MAXON, Cineware for Illustrator uses the same powerful 3D engine as the programmer's other 3D modelling, animation, painting and rendering solution, Cinema 4D.

The new plugin marks a welcome addition for artists and designers who regularly work with 3D fine art , creating a faster, more flexible workflow.

Hither's how it works: users can import any Cinema 4D file and tweak the view, lighting and textures to integrate 3D elements with second design. Alternatively, you lot can utilize 3D elements as templates when creating vector artwork in Illustrator CC

All this ways you tin can now complete a wealth of 3D tasks in Illustrator. These include visualising objects like product labels, incorporating rich 3D content into Illustrator compositions, and even arranging 3D elements equally guides for form and perspective when creating vector artwork.

Is this a Project Felix killer?

One central divergence betwixt Cineware for Illustrator and Project Felix (opens in new tab) – Adobe'south simplified 3D app for graphic designers and illustrators – is that with Cineware you don't have to leave Illustrator for rendering.

Using Projection Felix, you have to render your finished design into a high-quality nugget that tin can be opened in Photoshop CC or Illustrator CC (and then on) to refine further. If you change your mind well-nigh part of the pattern – or the client requests a new edit – it'south dorsum into the app to make the changes, which y'all'll accept to render out once again.

With Cineware for Illustrator, you import a Cinema 4D file into Illustrator, where you tin can rotate, zoom and position the 3D object – and fifty-fifty modify cameras, textures or light sources – directly in the app.

When you're satisfied with the result, you lot can return your paradigm directly in Illustrator. Changes tin be made at any time and the epitome will re-render automatically.

A jump start into 3D

The creation of Cineware for Illustrator is the outcome of a partnership between MAXON and TurboSquid (opens in new tab), the leading online source for 3D models.

TurboSquid hopes that its input will give users of the plugin a "spring start" into the tertiary dimension, thanks to a collection of ready-to-use 3D models (opens in new tab). Users of Cinema 4D will also be able to create and share their own custom 3D content for use in Illustrator CC.

"Movie theatre 4D has long offered a fantastic, easy-to-acquire toolset for product visualisation and graphic design," says Harald Egel, managing partner at MAXON. "With Cineware for Illustrator we're making both the Movie theatre 4D toolset and 3D in general more accessible to designers, and plan to develop this workflow even farther in the futurity."

Cineware for Illustrator features

The tool makes it easy to imagine how 3D products, like packaging, could look — The tool makes it easy to imagine how 3D products, like packaging, could wait

The main features of Cineware for Illustrator include:

3D objects - Rotate, position and show/hide individual 3D objects from whatever Movie theatre 4D scene, all within Illustrator CC.
Materials - Adjust the color, reflection, luminance, transparency, and crash-land directly within Illustrator CC. Users can even apply vector artwork to the surface of 3D models.
Cameras - Switch between preset cameras or use uncomplicated navigation tools to choose preferred viewing angles.
Lights - Enable or disable lights, and alter their color to set a mood and emphasise shapes.
Integrated workflow - Easily remove the groundwork past choosing the automatically created blastoff map so 3D elements tin can be integrated into existing vector artwork.

Cineware for Illustrator is available at no price for macOS and Windows 10 through the MAXON website (opens in new tab).

For Illustrator CC users who want a rich, total-features 3D content creation experience, MAXON offers an attractive upgrade path to Cinema 4D.

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Dom Carter is a freelance writer who specialises in art and design. Formerly a staff writer for Creative Bloq, his work has as well appeared on Artistic Blast and in the pages of ImagineFX, Computer Arts, 3D Earth, and .internet. He has been a D&AD New Claret judge, and has a particular interest in moving picture books.