Adobe Dimension

Browse the latest Adobe Dimension tutorials, video tutorials, hands-on projects, and more. Ranging from beginner to advanced, these tutorials provide basics, new features, plus tips and techniques. Adobe does offer a collection of free mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Learn more › Can I get Dimension without a Creative Cloud membership? No, Dimension is available only as part of a Creative Cloud membership. You can choose a Single App plan with Dimension only or a plan that includes more apps.

What you learned: Customize scene backgrounds by adjusting reflection effects, lighting, and color

The environment is part of each Dimension scene. It includes the background, lighting, and ground plane, the space around your objects. Changes to the environment are global and affect all objects in the scene.

Edit the background

Select the environment
Click the Background swatch
Use the Color Picker to select a color or set an image to use as your background

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Render preview

Enable the render preview to see advanced rendering effects like soft shadows, reflections, glowing materials, and depth effects.

Add ground reflections

Select the environment
Enable the Ground Plane option
Combine Reflection Opacity and Reflection Roughness to apply different types of ground reflection effects

Set up the lighting in 3D scenes

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Dimension uses Physically Based Rendering (PBR), which means it mimics the real world. The lighting, materials, and camera all affect the final appearance. There are several types of lights you can use in Dimension:

Environment Lights are 360° spherical panoramic images that wrap around the scene and project light inward from every pixel. A scene can only contain one environment light at a time.
Directional Lights point from one direction only, but you can add multiple and combine them to create custom lighting setups.
Materials can also have a glow property, which makes them emit light. Glowing materials can be placed onto objects and will appear in the 3D scene.

Learn about new features and enhancements in the July 2019 release of Dimension (version 2.3)

Quickly select models and adjust their placements using the Align and Distribute option.

Export specific models in common file formats instead of saving the entire scene in Dimension.

Use the Publish 3D Scene (Beta) feature to share a 3D scene over web.

Find information about other enhancements in Dimension with this release.

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In Dimension 2.3, you can see a new option in the Actions bar - Align and Distribute. This interactive widget allows you to quickly select models and adjust the placement to perfectly align objects with even spacing. You can drag the handles to adjust spacing between multiple objects.

The Align and Distribute action helps you layout and adjust the placement of objects quickly, and precisely.

See Align and Distribute for more information on how to use this action.

In addition to saving your entire Dimension scene, you can now export specific models in several common file formats including .dn, .obj, .gltf, and .glb. Saving as .dn is perfect for reusing models in other Dimension projects and preserves all of your decals and object setups. Other formats allow you to take your projects to other applications and services.

This update also includes the ability to add models from Dimension into Creative Cloud Libraries, making it easy to stay organized and reuse models in many projects.

You can easily reuse your models across Dimension projects by saving to local storage or using Creative Cloud Libraries.

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See Supported file types | 3D models for more information on exporting formats.

You can now easily send 3D content to any website using iFrame embedding. Simply create a 3D scene in Dimension and use the Publish 3D Scene (Beta) feature to send it to the web. The new embed functionality will generate an embed code which can be placed into any site.

Bring your portfolio or product pages to life using embedded 3D content.

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See Publish 3D Scene (Beta) for more information on exporting formats.

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Licensing upgrades: Dimension now supports Shared Device Licensing for educational and lab setups.
Improved realtime renderer: The real-time rendering used to preview 3D in the interactive canvas has been improved with better translucency and performance.
Improved Reduce Noise in render: This option reduces render times by using image denoising. This setting can be found in the application preferences and is on by default. The denoising technology has been updated in Dimension 2.3 with significant visual improvements, made possible with Adobe Sensei, our artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.
Import SVG Images: You can now use .svg images in any image input, including as a background or as a decal.
Cloud render resolution increase: The size limit for cloud renders has been increased from 2000 x 2000 px to 4000 x 4000 px.
Camera tool updates: The camera tools (Orbit, Pan, and Dolly) have had behavior tweaks, which provide a smoother 3D navigation experience.
Sticky tool options: Many options for tool behavior are now sticky and therefore remembered across sessions. These include marquee select, magic wand tolerance, and camera tool configurations.