Inflate Your Creativity With These Amazing 3d Puff Designs! 

Instead of using the erase tool, when you go to save your image or export it, there is a box under the file name and file type that says "use artboards" click that box and it will only "see" what's on the artboard instead of erasing your edges.

Ashlee, you are truly one of the best teachers on RU-vid. ❤ Thank you so much for doing this video and teaching us how to make these on our own. I searched and searched for a video on this process and could not find one video…Yours is the first! I really enjoy learning from you. Thank you again!! ❤

Also...under the materials tab (next to lighting) you can select default and then adjust the roughness and the metal look...if you increase the metal look you will get that "shiney" look that alot of the tumber wraps have. Also, you should also do your design in landscape mode as 99% of designs for tumblers are printed in landscape mode and you can add more elements to your design...or you can space them out more so it's not so congested.....I am however, ETERNALLY grateful for your workaround for the RAM issue...I've not done so many designs because I couldn't get them to inflate properly!

That was AWESOME! I am also SELF taught in Illustrator, Photoshop and you did a fantastic job explaining this process. Thanks for sharing. :)

Oh my goodness Ashlee!!! You are truly the best! Thank you…Thank you!

Thank you for always sharing! So appreciated!

This came out beautifully

Ashlee, Thank you so much. I am also self taught so I really appreciate the way you explain everything. I subscribed so I can learn more from you!☺

I was looking for this! Thanks for the video

Thank you so much for taking the time to go step by step. You did a great job!

Thank you so much. Ur so amazing 🥰

Thank you for sharing this I have been wondering how to make 3D designs of my own

OMGoodness, thank you!!!!!

Loved this so much I bought you coffee! ❤

You have a great tutorial! I have affinity designer and Affinity Photo, and cannot figure out how to do this design. The price of Adobe is way to high. Please let me know if you have found another program to use

Oh my gosh thank you!! I've spent the last two days trying to figure this out!

Thank you for sharing

Interesting - yeah, I think you have the beginnings of the inflated effect, but something is not quite right. This design is more like a "puffy" effect. The inflated designs I see on CF look like the background is inflated with the design. In other words there's tension, loft, light, shadow, inflation in every area - the images and the spaces in between the images. That's how you get those deep shadows and bright highlights that really give you the sense of an inflated balloon. I will say that you did explain your process well though and I did get an understanding of what to do even if this is not quite the complete inflated effect. I noticed that some of the elements did not inflate at all - the bats, the stars, the checker board - so maybe they were on another layer that you forgot to do the inflate effect for?? Also, there seems to be some kind of border or edging around the design in some spots (the white areas) so I'm guessing that when you cropped the pink background you made it slightly smaller than the artboard. Maybe next time do it slight bigger or is there an option to make fit the image to the artboard? Otherwise - when you inflate it - it looks like it shrunken away from the edges a bit. I wish I had Illustrator - is this inflate option only in the CC version? Or is it in the CS6 version? Anyway - cool tutorial. It showed me, basically, what I needed to know. I WISH someone WOULD do a tutorial on how to do this style of inflate in Affinity and in Inkscape. There are some tutorials, but none have really come close to the same cool effect you can get from Illustrator - sigh...

Your the BEEESSSSTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:13 🎓 The video is about creating 3D puff designs, a popular trend in crafts and design. 00:56 🆘 The creator of the video is seeking suggestions for cheaper or free software alternatives to Adobe Illustrator for creating such designs. 01:22 🎨 The tutorial will demonstrate creating a 3D puff design in Adobe Illustrator, using just a few sample patterns. 02:28 📝 The video's host admits they are a novice at Adobe Illustrator but learned this technique themselves, indicating that the method might not be the most professional or straightforward one. 03:52 🔀 The tutorial includes uploading SVG files into the program, resizing them, and grouping design elements. 05:16 🔄 The host stresses the importance of maintaining a clean design by deleting unnecessary nodes and grouping related images together. 07:33 🎨 Indications are given on how to color match elements using different features of the design software. 10:23 🖍️ To maintain a clean design output, the host uses an eraser tool to remove unnecessary parts. 11:29 💾 The host uses the "Inflate" function for 3D rendering, albeit with some difficulties due to limited computer memory. 14:00 💻 The host reiterates that despite encountering errors, a workaround can help create a stunning 3D design, showcasing the finished output. 15:23 💡 The design is saved as a PNG file with a transparent background for ease of use. 16:30 📚 The host promotes learning new skills yourself as opposed to having professionals do tasks for you, adding that it builds your knowledge and provides satisfaction.

Thank you. ❤

Love the design a new sub here

What paper is used to print to permanently stick to a tumbler or glass can? And is transfer paper used? This is the best tutorial ever. Thank you

How did you created the original file?

Hello, thank you very much for this video! I downloaded the same file as you (thanks for the link), but when I put it in Illustrator I can't "ungroup" it... The option is grey and I can't click on it... I'm stuck at this stage, so if anyone can please help me! Thanks 🙏

Thank you

hello what program are you using. i have never seen it before

nice design mam, what version of illustrator you are using?

Is anyone else having the issue of when you click on Inflate under 3D and Materials dropdown there's a message that appears that says ""3D and Materials' effect currently works only on some object types and cannot apply as multiple instances." Google tells me to save the individual vectors as svgs so I tried that but no luck. Anyone else run into this?

Lily Rose Craftroom did a tutorial about a month ago

I wish i could use something besides adobe illustrator! It always crashes on me.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING TUTORIAL. I have a question for you. DO I NEED TO USE ANOTHER TOOL TO UPSCALE IT BEFORE LISTING IT ON ETSY? thank you

Thank you so much for this video. Your explanation is easy to follow. I do have one question. I am trying to get the background to remain white but it turns a soft gray. I want it a shiny white. Do you know how to keep the background the original color? Again, thank you so much.

Yay!!!!

Woww I really like your video))))Could you please give any tips how to render faster in Illustrator?

Great tutorial.:) my daughters name is Ashlee I slept it that way because my name is leesa and my mom named me with 2 ee because her name was Lee :)

Thank you for making this video. I need HELP! When I bring over the image with drag and drop, I get an X through it. When I open it with place, I get an X. When I open it in a new window, I cannot select the image to make is smaller. Please, what step am I missing? I'm using version 27.9

Hi, That was AWESOME! That was AWESOME! Can you advise me on how to configure my computer to do this well?

Help someone, please. I worked with this video and followed every step of your fantastic explanations.I am using AI 2024 and I get stuck when it comes to working with the stars and similar elements. literally, I have zero success trying to group the top with the shadow. No matter what I try they do not stay together. I am on Win 11, therefore where you say to click command G, I click Control G. I have tried this for the past two days for about five hours. If anyone reads this I would be absolutely grateful to have you help me figure this out. TIA

ive got a question...i did a print for a coffee mug and once put on the mug, it didnt look puffy or 3D at all! do you gotta change the printer property settings?

👏👏👏👏👏👏💜🩷💙. Thank you ..🥹🥹🥹

hey, can you plz tell the requirements of PC configuration forthis 3d task in illustrator

Thank you for sharing but could I use adobe illustrator on iPad?

I don’t have anything that brings the svg into the art board space as easily as you. How to I get the whole thing in?

Thank you so much! Would you or anyone on here know how to turn a png into a svg in order to bring it in to the program?

My son wants a black background with a white element in the middle everytime I make it, the inflate turns the white into red does anyone know how to stop it from doing that?

My 16GB Ram Macbook 2020 m1 says not enough RAM.. what computers are u guys using?

hi there! this is very helpful for me. but do you have a link where i can download free ai thank you

When i import svg images don't make it and sometimes the illustrator closes.When i design mine everything is ok...Why???

I'm so very new to this. Can anyone tell me how I can get my already purchased SVGs or pngs converted into the AI? I have no clue. Ive uploaded every image and non are accepted. Thank you

I have a 2020 Macbook m1 with 16gb RAM but it says not enough RAM..

I did the same svg file as you but I dont have the option to ungroup the svgs.

what version of AI did you used ?

Hi I was wondering if you change one of my image into 3d and how much it cost for a few pages to be made

Did you manage to find an app to do this? I dont have adobe illustrator.

Gimp will do everything Illustrator does...and yes it is "FREE"

Question. When you bring the file over, how are you doing it?

Have you tried this on seamless pattern?

How about Affinity Designer. One price

Did anyone ever find a free alternative to this? I would love to be able to do this effect but can't afford Adobe :/

What version of illustration? 😊

I use ps

looks great but illustrator for me is not worth the price, i mostly use photoshop and would only use illustrator to do this 3d effect but it is £22 a month just for that alone....i only pay £9.98 for Lightroom Lightroom Classic Photoshop Photoshop Express Adobe Firefly which is a bargain

can i make it on adobe for ipad

Can I do this in a iPad?

Hi, what version of Illustrator software do you use? Thank you!

Do the files have to be uploaded as an svg?

what is your ai version?

😢 illustrator won’t allow me to ungroup ai files

Thank you❤

Thank you