: How can I create a photo-realistic cylindrical 3D object? I am trying to achieve something similar to the following photo-realistic image in Photoshop: So far, I have tried copying and pasting

@Twilah924

I don't think Photoshop is the tool you should use for this. However, Illustrator has the "rotate around the z axis" function you are describing.

In a nutshell, you trace the shape of half of the object:



Then use Effect → 3D → Revolve... on that object



Then you can map whatever are you need to make it look as photo-realistic as you like.



I didn't spend much time on the texture for this example, so mine looks like crud. The rendering will improve when you export the image as a PNG:



I think you are much better off using an actual 3D modelling program, but if you need a quick and dirty solution within Adobe's Creative Suite then this could work.

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