How to Import a Mesh From Maya to Photoshop
Maya is one of the premier 3D modeling and animation programs in the world. It has been used for a wide variety of projects, from movies and television to video games. But it is also often used to integrate 3D content and characters into 2d graphics, such as ads and posters.
In the past this simply meant rendering out 2D images from a Maya scene and then opening that image in a graphics editor like Photoshop. But, with the introduction by Adobe Corporation of the Photoshop CS3 Extended version, it became possible to export Maya models and then import the models themselves into Photoshop. The process for doing this is fairly straightforward (though you must have the ColladaMaya plug-in installed to Maya for this to work).
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Instructions
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Open Maya. Select "Window" from the menu, then "Settings/Preferences" and open the "Plug-in Manager." You will see a number of plug-ins to choose from. Click on the "Loaded" check box. You can now export in the Collada format.
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Select "File" and click "Open" to open the project model you have been working on.
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Select "File" and click "Export." In the dialog choose Collada as the file type, choose the features you want to include and click "Export."
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Open Photoshop CS3 Extended. Select "File" form the menu and click "Open." In the dialog browse to the Collada 3D model file you just exported from Maya and open it. You will see that the polygon mesh model itself, as well as any associated textures or bump maps, has been imported and placed on the canvas.
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Use the 3D model tools that you will see at the top of the interface to position and rotate your model in the view.
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