{"id":2726,"date":"2012-11-12T21:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2019-04-13T12:57:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:57:30","slug":"3d-pop-up-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Pop Up Effect In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside><style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 30px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo effects top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-2\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2740208297\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/aside>\n<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this <strong>Photoshop tutorial<\/strong>, we&#8217;ll learn how to create a fun <strong>3D pop-up<\/strong> effect, similar a children&#8217;s pop-up book, where the main subject of your photo appears to be standing up and popping right out of an otherwise flat image.<\/p>\n<p>To add even more of a 3D look to it, we&#8217;ll be curling the edges of the photo using Photoshop&#8217;s Warp command and adding a custom shadow underneath. There&#8217;s quite a few steps involved in creating the effect but they&#8217;re all very simple and easy. I&#8217;ll be using Photoshop CS6 here but any recent version of Photoshop will work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fotolia.com\/partner\/202479569\">photo<\/a> I&#8217;ll be starting with:<\/p>\n<img  data-no-lazy=\"1\"src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/original.jpg\" alt=\"The original photo. Image licensed from Fotolia by Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the final result will look like:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/photoshop-3d-pop-up-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop 3D Pop Up Photo Effect.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The final effect.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside> <style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script> <\/aside>\n<aside>\n<p>This tutorial is from our <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop effects\">Photo Effects<\/a> series. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How To Create A 3D Pop Up Effect<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Make Two Copies Of The Background Layer<\/h3>\n<p>With our photo newly opened in Photoshop, if we look in the <strong><a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layers-panel\/\">Layers panel<\/a><\/strong>, we see our image sitting all by itself on the <strong><a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/background-layer\/\">Background layer<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/background-layer.gif\" alt=\"The Background layer in the Layers panel in Photoshop CS6.\" width=\"264\" height=\"265\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Background layer holds our original image.<\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start by making a couple of copies of the layer. Press <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard to quickly make the first copy. You&#8217;ll see the copy, which Photoshop automatically names &#8220;Layer 1&#8243;, appear above the Background layer in the Layers panel. These default names that Photoshop gives new layers are not very useful, so since this first copy will be used as the &#8220;flat&#8221; version of our image, <strong>double-click<\/strong> directly on the layer&#8217;s name and rename it <strong>flat<\/strong>. Press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard when you&#8217;re done to accept the name change:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/flat-layer.gif\" alt=\"Renaming the first copy of the Background layer to 'flat'.\" width=\"264\" height=\"178\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Change the name of the new layer from &#8220;Layer 1&#8243; to &#8220;flat&#8221;.<\/div>\n<p>Now we&#8217;ll make a second copy of the layer. Press <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac) again on your keyboard. Another new layer, this time named &#8220;flat copy&#8221;, will appear above the other two layers in the Layers panel. We&#8217;ll be using this layer to create our pop-up effect, so <strong>double-click<\/strong> on the layer&#8217;s name and rename it <strong>pop up<\/strong>. Press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) when you&#8217;re done to accept the name change. You should now have three layers in total:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/pop-up-layer.gif\" alt=\"Renaming the second copy of the Background layer to 'pop up'.\" width=\"264\" height=\"239\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Change the name of the second copy from &#8220;flat copy&#8221; to &#8220;pop up&#8221;.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Turn Off The Visibility Of The New Layers<\/h3>\n<p>We don&#8217;t need to see these two new layers in the document just yet, so click on the &#8220;flat&#8221; and &#8220;pop-up&#8221; layer&#8217;s <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> (the eyeball) on the far left of each layer to temporarily turn them off and hide them from view (even though nothing will seem to have happened in the document window since all three of our layers contain the same image):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/layer-visibility-icons.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the layer visibility icons.\" width=\"277\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">When the eyeball disappears, it means the layers are turned off.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Select The Background Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the original <strong>Background layer<\/strong> to select it (selected layers appear highlighted in blue):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-background-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Background layer in the Layers panel.\" width=\"264\" height=\"154\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the Background layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Add A Gradient Fill Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s add a layer to use as the background for our effect. We&#8217;ll use a Gradient Fill layer, since gradients are a bit more interesting than solid colors. Click on the <strong>New Fill or Adjustment Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/new-fill-adjustment-layer.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon in the Layers panel.\" width=\"264\" height=\"162\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon.<\/div>\n<p>Then choose <strong>Gradient<\/strong> from the list that appears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/choose-gradient-fill.gif\" alt=\"Choosing a Gradient fill layer in Photoshop.\" width=\"177\" height=\"94\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Choosing a Gradient Fill layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 5: Select The Black, White Gradient<\/h3>\n<p>This opens the Gradient Fill dialog box. Click on the gradient <strong>preview bar<\/strong> at the top of the dialog box to edit the gradient:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/gradient-fill-dialog.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the gradient preview bar in the Gradient Fill dialog box.\" width=\"357\" height=\"226\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the gradient preview bar.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the larger <strong>Gradient Editor<\/strong> dialog box, with a selection of preset gradients we can choose from at the top. Select the <strong>Black, White gradient<\/strong> by clicking on its thumbnail (third from the left, top row):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/black-white-gradient.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Black, White gradient in the Gradient Editor in Photoshop.\" width=\"354\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the Black, White gradient&#8217;s thumbnail to select it.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 6: Replace The Black With A Lighter Gray<\/h3>\n<p>With the Black, White gradient selected, let&#8217;s edit it and make a slight change. We can edit gradients in the bottom half of the Gradient Editor. <strong>Double-click<\/strong> on the <strong>black color stop<\/strong> below and to the far left of the gradient preview bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/black-color-stop.gif\" alt=\"Editing the black color stop in the Gradient Editor.\" width=\"472\" height=\"206\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Double-clicking the black color stop.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop&#8217;s <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>, allowing us to change the black in the gradient to some other color. Black is a bit too dark for our background, so choose a lighter gray to replace it with, at least for now. We&#8217;ll learn how to go back and change the gradient colors if needed at the end of the tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/color-picker.jpg\" alt=\"The Color Picker in Photoshop CS6.\" width=\"454\" height=\"421\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Choosing a lighter gray with the Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to close out of the Color Picker, then click OK to close out of the Gradient Editor. Finally, click OK to close out of the Gradient Fill dialog box. If we look in the Layers panel, we can see our new Gradient Fill layer sitting directly above the Background layer (but below the other two layers):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/gradient-fill-layer.gif\" alt=\"The Gradient Fill layer in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"239\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Layers panel showing the Gradient Fill layer above the Background layer.<\/div>\n<p>And if we look in our document window, we see the gradient background we just added:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-gradient-fill.jpg\" alt=\"The newly added gradient background.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Our gradient background.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 7: Select And Turn On The &#8220;flat&#8221; Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Next, we&#8217;ll create the &#8220;flat&#8221; version of our photo. Click on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer in the Layers panel to select it (so it&#8217;s highlighted in blue), then click on the layer&#8217;s <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> to turn the layer back on in the document window:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-flat-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting and turning on the 'flat' layer.\" width=\"311\" height=\"178\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting and turning on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer.<\/div>\n<p>Your photo will reappear in the document window since the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer is sitting above the Gradient Fill layer and is now blocking the Gradient Fill layer from view:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-flat-on.jpg\" alt=\"The photo reappears in the document window.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The photo is once again visible in the document window.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 8: Select The Rectangular Marquee Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Grab the <strong>Rectangular Marquee Tool<\/strong> from the Tools panel, or press the letter <strong>M<\/strong> on your keyboard to quickly select it with the shortcut:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/rectangular-marquee-tool.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Rectangular Marquee Tool from the Tools panel.\" width=\"79\" height=\"144\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the Rectangular Marquee Tool from the Tools panel.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 9: Drag Out A Rectangular Selection Inside The Image<\/h3>\n<p>With the Rectangular Marquee Tool selected, click and drag out a rectangular selection inside the image around the area that will become the flat version of the photo. Don&#8217;t worry about getting anything exactly right for now. An initial selection around the general area is all we need:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-rectangular-selection.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging out a rectangular selection inside the image.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Dragging out a rectangular selection inside the image.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 10: Select The Transform Selection Command<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s reshape our selection outline to give it more of a 3D perspective. For that, we&#8217;ll use Photoshop&#8217;s <strong>Transform Selection<\/strong> command. Go up to the <strong>Select<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen and choose <strong>Transform Selection<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-transform-selection.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Transform Selection command from the Select menu.\" width=\"220\" height=\"127\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Go to Select &gt; Transform Selection.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 11: Switch To Perspective Mode<\/h3>\n<p>As soon as you choose Transform Selection, you&#8217;ll see <strong>transform handles<\/strong> (little squares) appear around the selection outline (one in each corner and one on the top, bottom, left, and right). We&#8217;ll use these handles to reshape the selection, but before we do, we need to switch the Transform Selection command into Perspective mode. To do that, <strong>Right-click<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Control-click<\/strong> (Mac) anywhere inside the selection outline and choose <strong>Perspective<\/strong> from the menu that appears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/choose-perspective.gif\" alt=\"Switching the Transform Selection command into Perspective mode.\" width=\"181\" height=\"101\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting &#8220;Perspective&#8221; from the menu.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 12: Drag The Corner Handles To Create A 3D Perspective<\/h3>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;re in Perspective mode, click on the handle in the <strong>top left corner<\/strong> of the selection outline and, with your mouse button still held down, drag the handle in towards the right. The opposite handle in the top right corner will move in along with it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/perspective-top-left.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging the top left tranform handle in Perspective mode.\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Drag the top left handle towards the right. The top right handle will move towards the left.<\/div>\n<p>Then click on the handle in the <strong>bottom left corner<\/strong> of the selection outline and, again with your mouse button still held down, drag this handle outward towards the left. Since we&#8217;re still in Perspective mode, the opposite handle in the bottom right corner will move outward along with it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/perspective-bottom-left.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging the bottom left tranform handle in Perspective mode.\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Drag the bottom left handle towards the left. The bottom right handle will move towards the right.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 13: Switch To Scale Mode<\/h3>\n<p>Next, we need to switch the Transform Selection command out of Perspective mode and into the more common Scale mode. <strong>Right-click<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Control-click<\/strong> (Mac) once again inside the selection outline and this time, choose <strong>Scale<\/strong> from the menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/choose-scale.gif\" alt=\"Switching the Transform Selection command into Scale mode.\" width=\"181\" height=\"114\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting &#8220;Scale&#8221; from the menu.<\/div>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;re in Scale mode, click on the handle at the <strong>top<\/strong> of the selection outline and, with your mouse button still held down, drag the handle downward:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/scale-top-handle.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging the top tranform handle downward.\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Drag the top of the selection outline down towards the center.<\/div>\n<p>Finally, click on the handle at the <strong>bottom<\/strong> of the selection outline, keep your mouse held down, and drag this handle upward:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/scale-bottom-handle.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging the bottom tranform handle upward.\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Drag the bottom of the selection outline up towards the center.<\/div>\n<p>Continue dragging the handles to reshape the selection outline, switching between Perspective and Scale modes as needed, until your selection outline looks more like it&#8217;s fading off into the distance. When you&#8217;re done, press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) to accept it and exit out of the Transform Selection command:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-transform-selection.jpg\" alt=\"The selection outline has been reshaped with the Transform Selection command.\" width=\"640\" height=\"387\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The selection outline now looks more &#8220;3D-ish&#8221; (technical term).<\/div>\n<h3>Step 14: Add A Layer Mask<\/h3>\n<p>With our selection in place, click on the <strong>Layer Mask<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/layer-mask-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Layer Mask icon in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the Layer Mask icon.<\/div>\n<p>This converts our selection into a layer mask. We can see the new <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> that&#8217;s been added to the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer in the Layers panel. The black area in the thumbnail represents the part of the layer that&#8217;s being hidden from view in the document, while the white area represents the part that remains visible in the document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/layer-mask-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"The layer mask thumbnail in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"210\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">A layer mask thumbnail appears on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer.<\/div>\n<p>And if we look in our actual document window, we see that everything on the layer that fell outside of our selection has disappeared, leaving only the area that was inside the selection:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-layer-mask.jpg\" alt=\"The image after converting the selection to a layer mask.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The image after converting the selection to a layer mask.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 15: Add A White Stroke Layer Style<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s use a white stroke to add a border to the photo. Click on the <strong>Layer Style<\/strong> icon (the &#8220;fx&#8221; icon) at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/layer-style-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Layer Style icon in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"137\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking the Layer Style icon.<\/div>\n<p>Then choose <strong>Stroke<\/strong> from the list of layer styles that appears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/choose-stroke.gif\" alt=\"Choosing Stroke from the list of layer styles.\" width=\"159\" height=\"126\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Choosing a Stroke layer style.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop&#8217;s Layer Style dialog box. First, we need to change the color of our stroke, so click on the <strong>color swatch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/change-stroke-color.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the color swatch for the Stroke layer style.\" width=\"306\" height=\"183\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the color swatch.<\/div>\n<p>Choose <strong>white<\/strong> in the Color Picker when it appears, then click OK to close out of the Color Picker:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/color-picker-white.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing white from the Color Picker.\" width=\"451\" height=\"421\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Change the stroke&#8217;s color to white using the Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>Back in the Layer Style dialog box, change the <strong>Position<\/strong> of the stroke from Outside to <strong>Inside<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/position-inside.gif\" alt=\"Changing the stroke Position option to Inside.\" width=\"334\" height=\"173\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Changing the Position option to Inside.<\/div>\n<p>Finally, click on the <strong>Size<\/strong> slider and begin dragging it towards the right to increase the size of the border around the photo (keep an eye on the document window as you drag the slider). I&#8217;m going to set my stroke size to 16px, but depending on the resolution of your image, you may need to set your size even higher to get a similar result:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/stroke-size-16.gif\" alt=\"Increasing the size of the stroke to 16px.\" width=\"351\" height=\"178\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Increase the size of the stroke using the slider.<\/div>\n<p>When you&#8217;re done, click OK to close out of the Layer Style dialog box. We now have our photo border:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-stroke.jpg\" alt=\"The image after adding a white stroke around the photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The image after adding the white stroke around the photo.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 16: Select And Turn On The &#8220;pop up&#8221; Layer<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re ready to add our pop-up effect. Click on the &#8220;pop up&#8221; layer in the Layers panel to select it, then click on its <strong>visibility icon<\/strong> to turn the layer back on in the document window:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-turn-on-top-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting and turning on the top layer in the Layers panel.\" width=\"310\" height=\"161\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Select the top layer and click its visibility icon.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 17: Select Your Main Subject<\/h3>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/\">selection tool<\/a> of your choice (<a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/lasso-tool\/\">Lasso Tool<\/a>, <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/quick-selection-tool\/\">Quick Selection Tool<\/a>, <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/pen-tool-selections\/\">Pen Tool<\/a>, etc.), draw a selection around the main subject in your photo. Here I&#8217;ve selected the two boys and the snowman. Try to make your selection as accurate as possible around the areas that will actually be popping up out of the photo (in other words, the areas that will end up appearing in front of the gradient background), but it&#8217;s okay to draw a loose selection around lower areas that will appear in front of the flat version of the photo:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-main-subject.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting the main subject in the image.\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the main subject(s) that will pop out of the image.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 18: Add A Layer Mask<\/h3>\n<p>With our selection around our main subject in place, click once again on the <strong>Layer Mask<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/layer-mask-2.gif\" alt=\"Clicking the Layer Mask icon once again.\" width=\"295\" height=\"247\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking on the Layer Mask icon.<\/div>\n<p>Just as we saw earlier, Photoshop converts our selection into a layer mask, displaying a mask thumbnail on the &quot;pop up&quot; layer:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/pop-up-mask-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"The layer mask thumbnail for the 'pop up' layer.\" width=\"295\" height=\"187\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Layers panel showing the new layer mask thumbnail for the &#8220;pop up&#8221; layer.<\/div>\n<p>And with the layer mask added, the area we selected now pops up out of the image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-pop-up.jpg\" alt=\"The selected area now pops up out of the photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The image after adding the second layer mask.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 19: Select The &#8220;flat&#8221; Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s finish off the effect by curling the corners of the photo and adding a shadow. Click on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer in the Layers panel to select it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-flat.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the 'flat' layer.\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the &#8216;flat&#8217; layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 20: Reload The Layer Mask As A Selection<\/h3>\n<p>Hold down the <strong>Ctrl<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command<\/strong> (Mac) key on your keyboard and click directly on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer&#8217;s <strong>mask thumbnail<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/click-flat-thumb.gif\" alt=\"Clicking on the mask thumbnail for the 'flat' layer.\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Ctrl-click (Win) \/ Command-click (Mac) on the layer mask thumbnail.<\/div>\n<p>This reloads the layer mask as a selection in the document window. You&#8217;ll see the selection outline re-appear around the flat version of the photo:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/load-selection.jpg\" alt=\"The layer mask has been loaded as a selection.\" width=\"640\" height=\"197\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The selection outline is visible once again around the photo.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 21: Add A New Layer Below The &#8220;flat&#8221; Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Hold down the <strong>Ctrl<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard once again and click on the <strong>New Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/new-layer-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking on the New Layer icon in the Layers panel.\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Hold down your Ctrl (Win) \/ Command (Mac) key and click on the New Layer icon.<\/div>\n<p>Normally, Photoshop adds new layers directly above the currently selected layer, but by adding in the Ctrl (Win) \/ Command (Mac) key, Photoshop places the new layer <strong>below<\/strong> the selected layer. In our case here, it places it below the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer. <strong>Double-click<\/strong> on the new layer&#8217;s name and rename it &#8220;shadow&#8221;, then press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) to accept the name change:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/new-shadow-layer.gif\" alt=\"The Layers panel displaying the new 'shadow' layer.\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Photoshop adds the new layer below the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer. Rename the new layer &#8220;shadow&#8221;.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 22: Fill The Selection on The New Layer With Black<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s fill our selection on the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer with black. Go up to the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen and choose the <strong>Fill<\/strong> command:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/edit-fill.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Fill command from the Edit menu in Photoshop.\" width=\"264\" height=\"124\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Go to Edit &gt; Fill.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop&#8217;s Fill dialog box. Change the <strong>Use<\/strong> option at the top to Black, then make sure the <strong>Mode<\/strong> option in the bottom half of the dialog box is set to <strong>Normal<\/strong> and the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option is set to <strong>100%<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/photoshop-fill.gif\" alt=\"The Fill dialog box in Photoshop.\" width=\"376\" height=\"274\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Fill dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK when you&#8217;re done to close out of the dialog box. Photoshop fills the selection on the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer with black. We can&#8217;t actually see it at the moment in the document window because the photo on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer above it is blocking it from view, but we <em>can<\/em> see our black-filled area if we look at the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer&#8217;s <strong>preview thumbnail<\/strong> in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/shadow-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"The 'shadow' layer preview thumbnail in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"214\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Each layer&#8217;s preview thumbnail shows us what&#8217;s on the layer, even when we can&#8217;t see it in the document window.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 23: Select The &#8220;flat&#8221; Layer&#8217;s Mask<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ll come back to the shadow after we&#8217;ve curled the corners of our photo, which is what we&#8217;ll do next. Click directly on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> on the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer to select the mask:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-flat-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the layer mask by clicking on the mask thumbnail.\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer&#8217;s mask by clicking on the mask thumbnail.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 24: Unlink The Layer From Its Mask<\/h3>\n<p>If you look closely, you&#8217;ll see a small <strong>link icon<\/strong> between the &#8220;flat&#8221; layer&#8217;s preview thumbnail and its mask thumbnail in the Layers panel. Click on the link icon to remove it, which will unlink the mask from the contents of the layer:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/link-icon.gif\" alt=\"Unlinking the layer mask from the layer contents.\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking the link icon to unlink the mask from the layer contents (the photo).<\/div>\n<h3>Step 25: Select The Warp Command<\/h3>\n<p>With the layer mask thumbnail selected and unlinked from the photo itself, go up to the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen, choose <strong>Transform<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Warp<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/edit-transform-warp.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Warp command from the Edit menu in Photoshop.\" width=\"160\" height=\"124\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Go to Edit &gt; Transform &gt; Warp.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 26: Drag The Four Corner Points Upward To Curl The Corners<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see a <strong>warp grid<\/strong> appear around the photo. Click on each of the four <strong>corner handles<\/strong> on the grid and drag them upward. As you drag each handle, you&#8217;ll see that corner of the photo curl upward, and you&#8217;ll reveal some of the black &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer below the photo. Press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) when you&#8217;re done to accept the effect and exit out of the Warp command:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/photoshop-warp.jpg\" alt=\"Curling the photo corners with the Warp command in Photoshop.\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Drag each corner of the grid upward to warp the photo and curl the corners.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 27: Select The &#8220;shadow&#8221; Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s finish things off by softening the shadow below the photo. Click on the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer in the Layers panel to select it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/select-shadow-layer.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the 'shadow' layer in the Layers panel.\" width=\"295\" height=\"215\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Selecting the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 28: Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter<\/h3>\n<p>Go up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen, choose <strong>Blur<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Gaussian Blur<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/choose-gaussian-blur.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Gaussian Blur filter from the Edit menu in Photoshop.\" width=\"158\" height=\"107\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Go to Filter &gt; Blur &gt; Gaussian Blur.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop&#8217;s Gaussian Blur dialog box. Drag the <strong>Radius slider<\/strong> at the bottom of the dialog box towards the right to increase the amount of blurring that&#8217;s applied to the shadow. The more blur we apply, the softer the shadow edges will appear. I&#8217;m going to increase my Radius value to around 10px, but depending on the resolution of your image, you may want to set your Radius value higher, so be sure to keep an eye on the image in the document window as you drag the slider:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/radius-slider.gif\" alt=\"Dragging the Radius slider in the Gaussian Blur dialog box.\" width=\"343\" height=\"353\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Increase the Radius amount to blur and soften the shadow edges.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK when you&#8217;re done to close out of the dialog box. Here&#8217;s what my shadow now looks like after applying the blur filter:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-gaussian-blur.jpg\" alt=\"The shadow edges are now softer after applying Gaussian Blur.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The shadow edges are now softer thanks to the Gaussian Blur filter.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 29: Lower The Opacity Of The Shadow<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve softened the edges of the shadow but it&#8217;s still too dark and intense. Go up to the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option in the top right of the Layers panel and lower the &#8220;shadow&#8221; layer&#8217;s opacity from 100% down to <strong>60%<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/opacity-60.gif\" alt=\"Lowering the layer opacity.\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Lowering the layer opacity down to 60%.<\/div>\n<p>With the opacity lowered, the shadow now fades more into the background:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/image-opacity.jpg\" alt=\"The image after lowering the shadow layer opacity.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The image after lowering the opacity of the shadow.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 30: Reshape The Shadow With The Free Transform Command<\/h3>\n<p>One last thing. Let&#8217;s tidy up the shadow a bit so it looks more like its actually under the photo. Go up to the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu and choose <strong>Free Transform<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/edit-free-transform.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Free Transform command in Photoshop.\" width=\"264\" height=\"107\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Go to Edit &gt; Free Transform.<\/div>\n<p>This places the Free Transform box and handles around the shadow. I&#8217;m just going to click and drag the <strong>left<\/strong>, <strong>right<\/strong> and <strong>bottom handles<\/strong> inward a bit so the edges of the shadow line up better with the edges of the photo:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/free-transform-shadow.jpg\" alt=\"Reshaping the shadow with Free Transform.\" width=\"640\" height=\"241\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Moving the left, right and bottom edges of the shadow inward.<\/div>\n<p>When you&#8217;re done, press <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard to accept the transformation and exit out of the Free Transform command. Here&#8217;s my effect after reshaping the shadow a bit with Free Transform:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/photoshop-3d-pop-up.jpg\" alt=\"A 3D pop up effect created with Photoshop CS6. Image licensed from Fotolia by Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The shadow edges now line up better with the photo edges.<\/div>\n<h3>Changing The Background Gradient Color<\/h3>\n<p>If you decide you don&#8217;t like the color of the background gradient, one thing you might want to try is sampling a color directly from the image to use for the background. Let&#8217;s quickly see how to do that. First, <strong>double-click<\/strong> on the Gradient Fill layer&#8217;s thumbnail in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/gradient-fill-thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"Double-clicking on the Gradient Fill thumbnail.\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Double-clicking on the Gradient Fill thumbnail.<\/div>\n<p>This re-opens the <strong>Gradient Fill<\/strong> dialog box just as we saw at the beginning of the tutorial. Click on the gradient <strong>preview bar<\/strong> to re-edit the gradient:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/gradient-editor-2.gif\" alt=\"The Gradient Fill dialog box re-appears.\" width=\"357\" height=\"228\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Clicking the gradient preview bar.<\/div>\n<p>This will re-open the <strong>Gradient Editor<\/strong>. I want to change the gray color in the gradient to something else, so I&#8217;ll <strong>double-click<\/strong> on the <strong>gray color stop<\/strong> below and to the far left of the gradient preview bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/gray-color-stop.gif\" alt=\"Double-clicking the gray color stop in the Gradient Editor.\" width=\"473\" height=\"210\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Double-clicking on the gray color stop.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop will re-open the <strong>Color Picker<\/strong>, but instead of choosing a color from the Color Picker, I&#8217;m going to move my mouse cursor directly over the image itself, which will temporarily turn my mouse cursor into an <strong>eyedropper<\/strong> icon. To sample a color, simply click on the color you want in the image. I&#8217;ll click on an area of light blue in the snow. Photoshop gives me an instant live preview of what the new color looks like in the gradient:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/sample-color.jpg\" alt=\"Sampling a color from the image to use for the background.\" width=\"566\" height=\"406\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">Choosing a color from the image to use with the gradient.<\/div>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve chosen a color you like, click OK to close out of the Color Picker, then click OK to close out of the Gradient Editor and then the Gradient Fill dialog box. And with that, we&#8217;re done! Here, for comparison, is my original photo once again:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/original.jpg\" alt=\"The original photo. Image licensed from Fotolia by Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s my final result after replacing the gray in the background gradient with a color sampled directly from the image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/3d-pop-up\/photoshop-3d-pop-up-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop 3D Pop Up Photo Effect.\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"caption\">The final effect.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<aside>\n<p>And there we have it! 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