In addition, Adobe now has its own range of dedicated 3D software, the Substance 3D Collection, having acquired Allegorithmic in 2019.įaced with the choice between a doubling of development effort to create an up-to-date version of what, for many Photoshop users, is a secondary toolset, and simply directing people to its newer 3D applications, Adobe has – perhaps not surprisingly – chosen the latter.Īccording to the FAQs, the firm has no “concrete plans” to reintroduce advanced 3D features in Photoshop.ģD functionality still available via Photoshop 22.2 for “up to two years”įor anyone who does use Photoshop’s 3D features on a regular basis, they will remain available in the current build for a “short time” by activating a preference setting. Since then, Apple has deprecated support for OpenGL in favour of its own Metal API, meaning that tools developers now need to support separate APIs for Windows and Mac users. When it was developed, it was possible to use OpenGL for GPU acceleration on both Windows and macOS. In its online FAQs, Adobe attributes the decision to discontinue Photoshop’s 3D features to the difficulty of porting the toolset to current graphics APIs. Too costly to update for modern graphics APIs?
However, the functionality did make it possible to use effects like 3D text, extrusion and lighting in graphic design workflows, and to use 3D models as sources for Smart Objects.
In practice, we imagine that few people used Photoshop primarily to create 3D images – 3D artists have other options, and graphic designers have newer Adobe tools like Dimension and Substance 3D Stager. Work on removing the code has already begun in Photoshop 22.5, the latest release of the software, although it is still possible to use the 3D features for a “short time”.Ī basic set of 3D features aimed mainly at graphic design workflowsįirst rolled out a decade ago, Photoshop’s 3D engine made it possible to carry out a number of basic 3D operations within the otherwise 2D image editing and digital painting software. Adobe has discontinued the 3D features in Photoshop, including the option to import and export 3D files, 3D lighting effects, 3D text and extrusions, and spherical panorama editing.
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