App to turn a greyscale image into a 3d relief?

[macnut]

Does anyone know of a photoshop plugin / standalone app for Mac or PC that can turn a greyscale image (dark = deep / light = shallow) into a 3d relief / model ( like a coin or a medal)?

if posible something that is not so complex that its learning curve is so steep that I give up :( and continue using the emboss filter to make a representation of the 3D?

thanks!

[annime]

I know 3dsom turns your images into models, it is on the front of todays gfx page, maybe this would help?

[macnut]

Thanks annime,

but 3dsom bases its 3d generation from taking photos of an actual , real object; :( what i'm looking for is some program that takes a flat illustration generated in the computer and maps the level of the greyscale to height in the 3d resulting model, so I can preview the result , and then readjust maybe even mill or make a real 3d object , if there only would be a machine here to do that!

[canape]

try normalbump.

[oOGOOSEOo]

There is a very interesting free application created by a Rhino user:

ZSurf: http://www.mwt.net/~sjedging/ZSURF4.zip

With ZSurf you can create IGES surfaces from bitmaps (only bitmaps!) with a very good quality.




And a little tutorial to use with Rhino!

_http://rapidshare.de/files/33918491/Zsurf_ring.zip.html

[yuki]

This Rhino plug-in looks very interesting, has anyone actually tried it and if so how well did it perform?

yuki

; )

[DeZZeR]

Use displacement maps of Maya, Max, etc.

[crucify]

What DeZZer said, then convert to editable mesh.

[oOGOOSEOo]

Originally Posted by yuki

This Rhino plug-in looks very interesting, has anyone actually tried it and if so how well did it perform?

yuki

; )

It's a "standalone application" (a little utility :p ) that export IGES files, not a Rhino plugin. It works good, try it, doesn't requires installation!



Anyway macnut, if you can, use displacement.
:)

[vizbits]

I tried z surf you can find a free independent version of the program in the web page. I don?t remember the link. Do some searching with google. Try typing zsurf4.