Question: Having finally signed up to creative cloud, which seems incredibly good value, I started to wander how the artwork Adobe use to promote their products is actually made... Its quite 3D, and looks very slick (see <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4TQFdMFdN40J:www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativesuite.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk>) 

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4HHp3.jpg)

I am specifically referring to the 3D "Rods" that seem to be bursting out from a point. 

Would I be correct in thinking that (ironically) these are not made in any of the creative suite applications? I know PS and AI have basic 3D capability, but these look to be beyond those capabilities to me....

Answer: 
You can be make this using a 3D app which support (directly or by plugin) populating an object (the rod in this case) onto another object (f.ex a ball object) like a flat surface with a wide-angle camera. There is absolutely no need to use fractals, displacement and so forth.

I setup this scene in about 3 minutes in Vue Infinite just for the sake of demo (further light and camera adjustments ans so forth would make it more identical):

![Rods rendered in Vue](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RlqaD.png)

You can download a free version of Vue Pioneer here:  

[Vue Free version](http://www.cornucopia3d.com/products/vue/vue_2014_pioneer/?page=download)

(I am using Vue 10 Infinite - I am not sure if the free version supports population, you will need to check out the different versions at [E-onsoftware](http://www.e-onsoftware.com/))

I am also willing to share the file I used here if anyone is interested.
i believe what they've done is modeled the heart like shape in 3d as well as all the bars and squares exploding out. 

They've then taken this model into a 3d rendering program and colored it and added the translucency into the shapes. 

Finaly it would have been brought into Photoshop where the background, the faces, star bursts and all post processing colour work would have been done.