Blender Tutorial - Turn Any 2D Image to 3D Model - Quick & Easy

[@Someone-zz4kp]

I learnt 3x from this tutorial than I thought I would. Good job!

[@justautomateit]

Incredible tutorial, took me like 40 mins to do it but it was so well explained and informative. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge, respect!

[@presidentofallfoodnice8113]

how bro how

[@yorganyog]

You are a real teacher. You go ahead where must be. You speak slowly. There are many wannabes out there just use KZbin to brag themselfs, speaking fast and I don't get them. Thank you man!!!!!!

[@keller1808]

Damn, out of all the blender tutorials I've seen, this one is definitely one of the best. Thanks for the simple, straight-to-the-point tutorial. Keep it up!

[@danryan28]

I agree! This is the first one that I could actually follow and accomplish my goal! Others: "just extrude, move, / a 17 bzpg" Me: What the hell did he just say!!

[@theofficiaIsteve]

me: casually subdividing it by 100 twice my computer:

[@ChrisRaine_02]

relatable 💀

[@adamkmprt7923]

Haha fr

[@TheCookieOnPC]

my pc crashed

[@legendarymoji]

my computer is still loading

[@Lunar-ecIipse]

my computer said something else than what it usally says when its not reasponding

[@ismailabdulkarim210]

Brooooo, Ive looking for this. The best, most concise, informative and best paced tutorial I've seen in a while. Thanks a lot. Good video bro

[@MartianMoon]

4:08 just FYI in case you wanna add a notation - you said "Set origin to 3d cursor" but selected "Origin to Geometry" (which is correct)

[@Kat52662]

Thank you so much I was trying so much so I decided to scroll to the comments to see whats wrong then I saw this comment and realized lol

[@samfulton172]

Good tutorial, but the keyboard shortcuts are hard to follow along with when they are only sometimes on the screen. Such as 3:17, did you press tab, e, z, but only put on the screen tab, e? It would be helpful to reference the actual features instead of shortcuts for this reason, to give a real explanation as to what you are doing.

[@timnorvill8551]

Exactly what I needed. Thank you for your generosity. May all your endeavors be successful !

[@mrwhatever1970]

Seems to be an overly complicated way to extrude a shape. Why not trace the bitmap file and make a path from it, import it as svg, convert to mesh, extrude. Done.

[@LaLa-ho9hc]

Yes. Via Inkscape.

[@sammionahi5926]

This doesn't seem complicated to me though... Just 1 week using Blender

[@zeroh_chill2966]

He definitely did this the LOOOOONG way. SVG, convert, extrude.. Whatever is going on here, do not do it this way lol

[@WildDonkeyTTV]

@@zeroh_chill2966is there a tutorial?

[@WildDonkeyTTV]

Do u have a tutorial for it?

[@OfficialViper]

It was a bit hard to follow as a blender noob, but I got it now. Looks so good, thanks! :)

[@MrSunshanmu]

Thank you for your very clear and easy to follow instructions. Today is the very first day I downloaded and used blender but was able to achieve my goal of turning a picture into 3d so I it can help me with the perspective for some of my product concepts. Thank you very much.

[@realfaker]

Glad it was helpful 😊

[@curiousity271]

That's awesome. found it super helpful to get everything right from the beginning to the end...🥰❤👌👍

[@Meteotrance]

Inkscape can be use as a SVG generator to make this as a 3D curve convert to mesh or as a stencil , this method is only if you want to apply some kind of bump or bas relief detail logo to the surface of another 3D model.

[@taigaaihayasaka8864]

Thanks for solving 3 problems i am facing at once. Great Tutorial and you have earned a sub!

[@andllip]

Amazing tutorial!! Congrats! And keep the good work!

[@forrestegan]

Looking forward to trying this myself. I recently picked up a 3D printer and would like to fabricate some custom parts for a small model. I had planned to make them out of clay, but I would prefer to 3D print them. Thanks for what seems to be an easy to follow tutorial.

[@johnpekkala6941]

One thing to note is using the smooth modifier or the Shade Smooth setting will not improve the quality of a 3D printed or machined object made from the 3d model cause smoothing just hides the polygons with shading wich the CAM/Slicer program will ignore as it just sees the "raw" polygons in contrast to say a game engine where the shading will carry over and hide the polygons but they are still there. Only further subdivisions to make the polygons even smaller will work for creating a physical object with a (somewhat) smooth surface right from the machine.

[@AlexanderKaye-u3y]

@@johnpekkala6941 great tip

[@sigmablackhole]

this was really helpful thanks for the tutorial!!!😊😊

[@cb3065]

incredible that this is considered simple--7 minutes of almost one instruction per second!

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Welcome to Blender, the worst 3D package, in Maya this takes a few clicks haha

[@cb3065]

@@wallacesousuke1433 Found a way to do it with TinkerCAD in 2, lol. 1. Convert to SVG 2. Import to TinkerCAD.

[@Harisiymo]

@@wallacesousuke1433 Maya costs 1875 usd for a year and blender costs nothing... At least know what you are comparing blender to.

[@MuchoClipped]

This was EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR

[@wretchedbeasts]

Thank you for this tutorial. The SVG generators out there can have some unwanted artifacts that are hard to clean up, this is much more simple!

[@marinbivol8787]

One thing he left out that caught me scratching my head was when you make the subdivide, he switches back to object mode, which is important for the modifier to work.

[@Harisiymo]

Holy shit thanks, was wandering why it didn't work

[@JWR03KF9]

your better off changing to quads to triangulate faces by right clicking before you apply. you can avoid jagged edges. you can then Un-subdivide "Ctrl+E" and switch back to object mode until you fine one that has less vert and use that setting then. after cleaning up the cut out you can then start face dissolving faces and have less resource usage and a smoother result by far.

[@Relentless2E2K]

i learned way more then expected, great video!

[@Haroldo2011]

How do you do the bridge edge loops because everytime I try it it fills the whole plane.

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

This was an excellent tutorial! You did a fantastic job and got to the point! Keep up the great work!

[@User-gj9pb]

Hi great tutorial but can't find an answer to the following: what if the bridge edge loops and fill both creates vertices that pass over empty space? I have a circular logo and there must be some variation in the z axis along the vertices because filling or bridging edge loops causes some of them to overlap others. I tried scaling along the z axis as you said to flatten everything but didn't fix it. For example imagine a doughnut where the inner hole has been filled in but the vertices outlining the hole are still there. Is there a way to cut the face of the doughnut using the vertices of the inner hole?

[@mayak.ramesar4481]

This tutorial is great but at around 3:51 I lost the plot a bit, every time I try it I get a copy of the entire face of the logo, instead of just an orange outline of the sharp edges. Am I doing something wrong? Any explanation appreciated since I'm stuck on this step.

[@sobatni]

select the edit mode

[@enrikbassgranada]

@@sobatni are you sure? I select edit mode and it doesn´t appear.

[@shedowgm]

perfect video! I has looking for something like this at days!

[@Jojo-bu1qr]

5:41 im trying to fill a letter R, but when I select it and try to fill, it only fills the hole in the R. Help?

[@Lulle.00]

Did you find a solution. Im having the same problem right now

[@AJF-s2u]

I learned so much, thank you!

[@solar-monk]

Amazing. Thank you so much for this man. So helpful! Looking forward your next tutorials.

[@realfaker]

I really appreciate your awesome words :)

[@jykajyka-cl8sx]

At 2:55 when Im selecting the parts of the wireframe, it just selects the whole mesh. Why blender doesn't let me to select certain parts of the mesh?

[@sobatni]

select the edit mode

[@ziinyu5111]

my image was shitty as hell so I had to refine the model for a long time but so much grateful to watch this tutorial jajaja

[@ApertureApex]

Well deserved like. I can't thank you enough. Top notch tutorial. Many thanks!

[@enrikbassgranada]

In 3:44 of the video, I do exactly the same as you, and on Edit Mode, scrolling the select bar, select sharp edges doesn´t appear. I´m almost to f**k off my Blender learning because every step costs all my nerves.

[@applejuice4214]

Nice job, i was thinking of designing a coaster for 3d printing and this will help a lot.

[@realfaker]

Happy to help 🙂

[@Nunsyyy]

Any advice on why Blender will not allow me to extrude on the z-axis? Like when I go to 3:22 in the video it does not allow me to extrude upwards I can only extrude on the x/y axis.

[@JoeyFameli]

I think i figured it out. Somewhere along the way the Z scale of the object gets set to 0. Meaning there's nothing for the object to multiply on top of. Solution: Go to OBJECT mode -> hit N or look for that transform window -> check SCALE: set z to like .01, then try again

[@turtlehamster2289]

Thank yo so much, i was up all night before I bothered reading comments but yeah, that fixed it​@JoeyFameli

[@portadordelwiju]

Everybody hates a 3 min tutorial dragged for 20 min. But man, you were RACING on this tutotial, slow a little bit...

[@vas-poenitentiae-08]

I decided to just keep it looking pixelated, because I'm aiming to make a low-poly game, anyway. But this saved a lot of time.

[@Rottensparrow]

When I increase modifiers the plane turns black on the edit mode and can't click it

[@adammachacek8536]

Zoom in, its just too many verticeses unselected, which makes them black, you should go to object mode, THEN, click, and edit mode.

[@emiloss91]

THANK YOU! You just saved my life :D

[@ra1yms0up]

After S + Z + 0, why haven't you applied the merge by distance?

[@fnfn-om5dh]

I LOVE YOU YOU SAVED MY LIFE

[@matthewvanacore4452]

When I open the texture image; it does not render on the screen; am I missing a step?

[@AtrusDesign]

It’s much easier (and way better) to draw it on a vector software, import it on blender and extrude. There are free vectorial tools that are excellent. Nice exercise to learn some blender tricks btw.

[@ekubodj]

HI. When I am about to delete the bottom at 2:45 it doesn´t bring the delete options up as it does in your video. :) what have I missed, I am complete new to this. Thanks in advance!

[@sobatni]

select the edit mode

[@xtczz]

thank you for a well explained tutorial!

[@CartoonDanceIndia]

Excellent ! 👌

[@WeirdRdr2TV]

This helps me a lot at the Time, thanks for your Work.💪👍👍👍

[@BigelowInventions]

Amazing tutorial!

[@williamwendt9387]

Thank you so much I’ve watch more video of trying to do this exact thing that your doing. And yours has work phenomenal and I appreciate it more than words can describe. Thank and please keep up the good work.

[@Boulevard_of_broken_dreams]

yay!! thankyou! there will now be an ic0n cube on pintables for all!

[@ocvcp]

Thank you for the usefull info. When I hit Solidify and increase the thickness, instead of doing that, it connects vertices and sems to thicken in yx plane thus creating weird shapes. What am I doing wrong?

[@somebodyelseyoudontknow]

My dude, thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@Vr_playertm]

Thanks 4 the tutorial because I had to 3D print something for my teachers and I needed to somehow get a png to a stl so thanks😄

[@94Ignotus]

Hi i use blender 4 and after i delete the faces and flat it out and i get stuck at 3:21 How to extrude the mesh? thanks...i press E+Z but Z is wireframe solid and material preview option and nothing happens when i press E+Z pls help

[@Kat52662]

Hey just press E no need for Z

[@happyswing]

Thank you, made my first 3D model

[@jamesdelb6885]

Excellent. Thank you. How will it work with colors other than black and white?

[@axmir4986]

great help thankyou very much

[@Malannix]

Holy fu** ! The best tuto ever !

[@anniegao2973]

what is the pixel to meters conversion? I nothing appeared when I uploaded my logo to the displacement settings.. does the plane need to be the exact size as the logo dimensions?

[@turtlehamster2289]

@ 3:22 for the extrusion after normalizing all vertices, I can't seem to extrude up, can someone help me understand that part please. **Answer is further down in comments.

[@TheCreepyCorridor]

If any one has issues with extruding making a duplicate instead of stretching, Go in edit mode - select all - right click - merge - by distance.

[@ChubbieBehemoth]

I don't understand this... I hit E and then Z but it just pulls it all apart. I've restarted this video 6 times and I've redid my project another 10. So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[@Valkyriexproject]

Same

[@ChubbieBehemoth]

@@Valkyriexproject glad I'm not the only one lol

[@Valkyriexproject]

I've watched a few tutorials and this is literally the worst way to do this. Convert to SVG (Adobe Express) drop in. Delete anything you don't want, select all, switch to Edit and Extrude on Z access. Export. Took me 5 mins after 4 hours battling with this chump method.

[@ChubbieBehemoth]

@@Valkyriexproject oh? Export the picture to the picture?

[@torbilan6292]

how come your pc is sill running after subdeviding twice ? mine just froze, 32Gram, 3070Ti GPU

[@МаксимПолушкін-ф6э]

Thanks buddy!

[@draiamond9670]

Why do not you just use vector made in corel draw or illustator and change it to 3D object later? It is done like in 1 minute and the result is way better? :D

[@NosferatuG59]

can someone please tell me why my imported SVG logo has jagged lines but the actual svg is smooth?! I've been searching for days with no answer or solutions. Tempted to switch to Maya or c4d

[@Debat-religieux]

I have watched the video many times but in my case after opening the image, the image is not displaying in the working area.Help to fix the issue please

[@TheLoveBubbles]

So I learned that you have to make sure you're in object mode so you can see it.

[@jurreguyt]

The sound from your mic could be louder but this video helps me rlly

[@calebfoto]

bridge edgeloops did not work for me in just connected all the vertices

[@Outpizzadthehutt]

Nice guide, but how do I apply textures after? It's just showing up black when I apply any

[@realfaker]

The latest tutorial I made shows how to apply texture after.. feel free to check it out

[@MELEK999.]

Thanks so much for helping me.

[@MrEdwinRamone]

What file format do you need to make this work?

[@KVLII_EXE]

this tutorial vid is so cracked out, holy wtf.

[@matthewcs490]

I usually do it the old fashioned way. Extrude, scale, extrude, scale, move, edge loop, extrude, scale, you get the idea.

[@Александр-ч6д4г]

Do you know if there is a way to make the Displace modifier squeeze out a three-dimensional image with filled space? I need to squeeze out a human model that shouldn't be flat, and it works, but there is a cavity inside the silhouette, which shouldn't be there. The option to cut out a thin plane and extend it in volume does not suit me, because then the reliefs will disappear

[@ryanlittler3897]

I followed this but it's not letting me render it, it's just a blank grey screen. Do you know why that could be?

[@nadiia671]

Thank U so much! So easy! 😃

[@martignymuse7848]

Fabulous. Thank you

[@RezaTavakoli-xd6ce]

what do you mean in 3:07 of clip you say press S Z and press zero !!what does it mean and I press it but do nothing in edit mode

[@realfaker]

The S + Z + 0 on numpad command is used to flatten geometry on the Z axis

[@BadboyCollectibles]

His shortcut keys are out of my head

[@TheCaptnHammer]

I can't extrude the z axis at all. It will only extrude X and Y.

[@poeticwun]

having the same issue

[@JoeyFameli]

@@poeticwun I think i figured it out. Somewhere along the way the Z scale of the object gets set to 0. Meaning there's nothing for the object to multiply on top of. Solution: Go to OBJECT mode -> hit N or look for that transform window -> check SCALE: set z to like .01, then try again

[@icehacker1596]

thanks for this amazing tutorial but having an issue with something I'm working on can you help ? when I try to the step the resolution is SOOO bad even though the image is high res thanks in advance

[@angelhernandez6088]

thanks helped alot

[@JonathanFarelas]

ong this video save me!!! thank you so much.

[@nguyenngoc6709]

Im usually Use illustrator to create obj file from svg, then import it in to blender

[@JustLucas9753]

Hello, this was great but, if i want to fill the letter G or smothing The same thing happens on 5:57 its goes into crazy if i fill it with Bridge edge loops....

[@skellygal2057]

Alt + F

[@volume155]

@@skellygal2057omg bless you i couldnt figure this out!

[@skellygal2057]

@@volume155 i spent hours trying to find out how to do something like this im not letting anyone struggle anymore than i did

[@mahmudalturki8152]

@@skellygal2057 my hero

[@purplemuppetman9179]

When I use the displace modifier, the displacement is very choppy and spiky, not nearly as flat as yours is here. Do you know how I'd be able to solve that issue?

[@Chesscode-sc7hq]

I pressed E and Z but it doesn't go up 3:22

[@teknorocky]

same, i cannot extrude it upwards

[@JoeyFameli]

@@teknorocky I think i figured it out. Somewhere along the way the Z scale of the object gets set to 0. Meaning there's nothing for the object to multiply on top of. Solution: Go to OBJECT mode -> hit N or look for that transform window -> check SCALE: set z to like .01, then try again

[@gabrielecarlucci1106]

what ana amazing video

[@toms6606]

S Z 0 doesn't work for me. S i scale. Z shows shading and 0 does nothing. The same when I press all at once. How to flatten all of that surface?

[@peakzrl9995]

Select everything in edit mode -> press S -> press Z or W (depends on the keyboard) -> press 0 on the numpad -> press Enter

[@toms6606]

@@peakzrl9995 I figured it out. I have to drag the mouse after presing s than the axis can be used.

[@kingkong905]

How do i reset subdivisions? I tried cntrl e then u and it didn't work.

[@Spartan01117]

If I do this method will it have a UV Map?

[@a103192]

Gonna try this later lol wish me lots of luck 🤣

[@WorldOfLulz]

My computer did not like that I tried to subdivide by 100 twice instead of 3 on the second subdivision looool

[@chemicalcreep]

I get to the texture properties select image. My image appears in the box on the right but not on the center screen.

[@jackofhearts9123]

How do I make the image smoother? (Mine came out all pixel-y)

[@benhyra9615]

not sure why but my brand new computer cant seem to handle the strain of subdividing the second time :/

[@realfaker]

Hello, if you're still having this issue let me know, I'll help you with it

[@naimaali9355]

Me too, it crashes every time

[@adammachacek8536]

Oof, thats rough buddy, doesnt happen to me, and idk how to do subdivide in industrial blender, but i just use loop cuts then increase and do agian with the other axis