Start with a square. Here I made a new document 300X300, created a new layer and filled it with a gradient.
2. step two :
- Press Crtl/Cmd+T to enter free-transform mode.
- Right click/Cmd click... when the dropdown menu appears, select SKEW
- Click on the right middle square and drag up until you get your desired angle.
- Press Enter/return to apply the transformation.
3. step three :
Duplicate the layer
4. step four :
- Enter free transform again (Ctrl/Cmd+t) Right click and this time select FLIP HORIZONTAL.
- Drag out the copy to the left. Hold down the shift key to keep the baselines aligned.
- You may also want to make this side a bit thinner by clicking the left middle square (node) and drag it in a little bit
5. step five :
Create a new layer and make another square and fill it with the same gradient, this time make the lightest color at the bottom left.
6. step six :
- This time while in the free transform mode... when you right click/Cmd click select DISTORT
- drag each corner until you get a good match.
- Be sure the corners fit nice and snug.
- This step will take a bit of practice to master.
7. step seven:
- Finally select the top of the cube.
- Image>adjust>LEVELS slide the middle triangle over to the right to darken up the mid-tones.
- Repeat for the left side. This step adds more realistic lighting to the cube.
8. final step :
- Ta-da A complete cube. Don't limit yourself to just cubes.
- You can use this effect for all kinds of shapes.
- You can even construct a cube out of pictures.
- Just use images instead of the gradients.
By Colin Smith http://www.photoshopcafe.com/
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