Use Blender to Convert Images to 3D printable models!

How to use Blender to turn a 2d image into a 3D printable model!
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[@ladsvideos]

Thank you so much for making this video! I've been searching on KZbin for hours and had given up hope until I found your video! Great tutorial, keep up the fantastic work

[@xevenau]

A follow up video would be awesome. I love the designs you have on the finished product. Would love to see how you manage to change up everything to make it look different from the original image.

[@GeorgeCohen-ju8lt]

That's a great video - thank you. Clear, succinct, short - the essentials of what is actually a difficult task, and you made it very doable.

[@mikewatson5332]

Awesome, just what I needed. Loads of info step by step. Couldn't have figured that out without you, Thanks very much!

[@germanlizarazo3894]

Amazing; I have been looking this for years; thank you so much

[@ChainsawDNA]

Fantastic workflow! Thank you for taking the time to post it.

[@glennet9613]

Wow, I thought turning an image of a brass nameplate into a 3D model would take hours and come out badly but thanks to this I had it done in just a few minutes and it is perfect. I used DecalMachine to turn it into a decal

[@MrTidx90]

That print rose like Lazarus. Grate job mate!

[@straightlevel.cruising2644]

Man, you are amazing -- huge knowledge of the subject and nice delivery! Thank you very much for sharing!!!

[@3d-illusions]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adam.southside]

Good video - I previously could not get to work .. but now fine ... Thanks!

[@michaelmessuri7746]

THANKS for the video as it helps out a ton for those very new to blender (such as myself)

[@3d-illusions]

No problem. Check out the huge oceans video to learn a lot more 👍

[@DROPTHEGRID]

Many thanks for making this. Great length and right amount of info. I have already had a go at this and messed it up. It didn't help that I used other software to displace and imported, caused unnecessary problems . There are details here I didn't know or think of. Gets a like from me!

[@CaptainKokomoGaming]

Mate I am a day one novice to blender but so far your video is one that making sense to me. Thanks mate. I am creating reliefs with depth maps for my CNC. The Zoe depth control net model makes pretty decent reliefs.

[@rsunghun]

Big Thank you for the video!

[@hollywoodfitz5475]

So just found this video and just THANK YOU!

[@3d-illusions]

no problem. There's a better way of selecting geometry to remove now by the way. watch from around 8:30 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omPKamd4rs-ie7M

[@cloudcloud1]

✨Great idea✨

[@omnivertical]

Great work, a little difficult on my end. I'm using the latest version of Blender. I had to pause and revisit for a few instructions. Overall a good tutorial...

[@markomarjanovic8348]

Brilliant! And thanks for using one of our saints :) greetings from Serbia

[@DragaoNinja]

Good work !!

[@gokuhs]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sare :)

[@3d-illusions]

No problem 😊

[@94akeepan]

nice one thanks

[@kingkappa9916]

Great work. Legend!

[@3d-illusions]

Much appreciated!

[@kiwifruit3d]

thank you

[@michaelgriffis6450]

Brilliant!

[@XViereck]

Do you have a idea on how to have the smallest 3D AR file (we use .glb) size for a online shop? Want to use this for plants.

[@ricardojaviergarnicapena6749]

Amazing video. is it possible to make this with a terrain map or model? Thank you

[@3d-illusions]

if you want to create terrain or map models, then I'd recommend getting the heightmap from ordnance survey or nasa for free. You could also use blendergis addon (I think it's called) which will get the heightmap for you directly from google maps.

[@sibusisotshabalala8701]

Exactly what I was looking for thank you 😭😭 Quick question though, is there no way to isolate the figure/person alone to make this? Like not having the square or oval border. To just have a 3d relief of the person with no background whatsoever

[@3d-illusions]

Hi, in scultp mode you can draw a face set around it, then use the mesh filter to relax the face set (until the perimiter of the face set becomes smooth), hover over the face set and press h, go to edit mode, press either delete or x to remove the selected face set, press alt h to unhide the rest of the model, then exit edit mode. Do this instead of the selection method shown in the video prior to solidifying.

[@BroPanth]

@@3d-illusions could you make a video demonstrating this, please? i am a visual learner.

[@3d-illusions]

@@BroPanth kzbin.info/www/bejne/omPKamd4rs-ie7M

[@BroPanth]

@@3d-illusions thank you so much!! for anyone else looking for this info, in the video they linked, go to 8:49

[@jambreadd]

thank you so much.

[@3d-illusions]

no problem 👍

[@memeo8922]

Go to blender, ok but how to not have a box showing. Where is preferences? Lots of steps missing out here.

[@kathiley1407]

Great video. Thanks a lot. Just struggling with filling the bottom to have a flat surface. if I click "f" there is only a report saying that there are "no edges selected". How can I fix this?

[@3d-illusions]

thanks. You have to select the edges at the bottom first.

[@jayc6159]

I don't get anything but a blank gray sheet when I unselect optimize display, what am I doing wrong?

[@florenciabruck]

same here

[@shawnoandrew]

I'm wanting to take images and c9nvert them to 3D action figures. Will this do this?

[@3d-illusions]

possibly mirroring and joining will provide a start point for sculpting.

[@ladsvideos]

Hi, I've been trying to replicate this with a transparent PNG of a face, end product being a head shaped relief instead of a rectangular one. But Blender keeps running out of memory when I try to cut the face shape out. Any advice?

[@3d-illusions]

try using less subdivisions coupled with face set smoothing as shown in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omPKamd4rs-ie7M It'll allow you to get the outline with less subdivs.

[@ladsvideos]

Thanks so much, I'll give that a go now!

[@BloxyBeegs]

Hello idk if u can help me but the bit when you go into modifier properties and you selected supervision surfaces. For me it doesn’t show supervision surfaces please help 🎉

[@3d-illusions]

you might have to scroll down a bit. It's called subdivision surface.

[@BloxyBeegs]

@@3d-illusions thank you so much this really helped

[@nainikasharma2031]

How would I take a render of this

[@EasyED1992]

what happens if i dont do sculpt mode and just go with what Blender has decided to do with the image?

[@3d-illusions]

you wouldn't have modified heights.

[@prairiefinish]

I have a question (as I`m new to blender)....how do I make my image `lay flat` on the grid like yours? Mine was essentially standing up.

[@3d-illusions]

alt r x 90 (or maybe -90)

[@3d-illusions]

you could also try alt g, and maybe additionally alt r

[@CheeseSlappio]

Hi, thanks for the vid! I have a question, in my "subdivision surface modifier" im only able to increase the "Levels Viewport" to 6 instead of 10. I tried different image sizes with no success so far. Any help would be appreciated:)

[@3d-illusions]

No problem. You have to type it because the slider has a lower limit.

[@CheeseSlappio]

@@3d-illusions Dude, I would have never thought of that. Thanks

[@DougieD61]

At 1:12, you turn off optimal display, the image goes away, and the rectangle turns orange to show the "decent amount of detail.". How did you get it to do that? My image stays there, and I don't get the detail view. (I don't have a center button on my mouse.) Then you say something about "solid mode." Did it automatically revert to solid mode, or did you do something to get it there?

Just press Z key :)

[@DougieD61]

@ Thanks!

[@gailid]

@3d illusions Any idea why the image disappears when adding the modifier? Import, change texture, add modifier, and no image. If I click to disable the preview button, it re-appears.

[@3d-illusions]

not sure, perhaps the image as plane addon has changed. Try right clicking convert to mesh before giving it the modifier, and also make sure you changed the viewport to show textures.

[@gailid]

@@3d-illusions thanks for the replay. just tried converting to mesh first, then modifier. still just disappears. im running blender 3.3.0

[@3d-illusions]

@@gailid not sure, you’d be better going to blender.chat support channel so you can share some screenshots with the folks there 👍

[@5andjiggs]

I got to the part to "sculpt" but nothing is happening when I drag the mouse around. What am I missing?

[@3d-illusions]

apply the subdivision modifier before going into sculpt mode.

[@5andjiggs]

@@3d-illusions got it didn't realize I needed to apply inside the modifier box thanks.

[@pw3111]

At 1.21 minutes, when you select ctrl A, what are you applying it to? Lots of choices.

[@3d-illusions]

Scale

[@pw3111]

Thanks for that. The problem I’m having is when I get to the displacement and follow you through, I get two images in the preview screen ( same as you) but in the main screen it’s just a flat plane about 1 division below the origin. I don’t get the extrusion you do. I though the selection in the ctrl A might be the problem but it’s not. Any clues?

[@3d-illusions]

@@pw3111 difficult for me to know which step your missing. Maybe check your mouse is over the modifier before pressing CTRL A.

[@pw3111]

Fixed.. Thanks. I was using ctrl A over the image, not on the modifier section. All’s great now. Thanks for the videos - great help.

[@Heavenofsound4U]

was hoping to get it repeated but in the newest B;lender version obviously many menues are either displaced or not present, like for example the most important modifier! I guess will looking for a much easier and more straight forward software to create 3d models from grayscale 2d images.

[@carolynli2093]

help!!! when i tried to use the blob tool it didn't do anything to my image and i follow all the steps correctly. how do i fix this?

[@3d-illusions]

Apply the subdivision modifier

[@lordwander]

@@3d-illusions thanks. That worked. Also another question. Is there a way to erase a part of the sculpt? So instead of a rectangle I want my final product to be a circle. I’m trying to make a 3d print of a coin from an image but since the jpeg file is a square my 3d extrusion is always encase in a square and I don’t know how to get rid of it. Please help.

[@3d-illusions]

@@lordwander yes you can use a cylinder to boolean the outer part away.

[@florenciabruck]

My plane disapears when I add the subdivision modifier.

[@gailid]

Mine as well

[@TiXeNo1]

Thanks for the guide but a bit to much shortcommands. Should show menu-way also for the beginners.

[@3d-illusions]

I thought that when I first started learning Blender, I probably even made a similar comment. Pretty quickly I was grateful to be taught by shortcuts alone, because the speed at which you can work is hugely faster.

[@DefundTheFringes]

Bloody labor intensive, eh? This is where A.I. is useful.

[@red_adept]

I've been trying to follow this for an hour and all it does is make a really shitty height map that I can make in 3D Builder in 30 seconds.

[@3d-illusions]

If your result is shitty it's because your scultiping skills are shitty like mine :) I'd be interested to see your 3d builder results though if you want to upload a vid 👍

[@KennTollens]

A master says you just do a couple of these easy things.

[@hopeclark6990]

Hey! When I use the blob brush....nothing happens. Any advice?

[@3d-illusions]

apply the subdivision modifier.

[@hopeclark6990]

@@3d-illusions I did before going into sculpt mode, but it still isn't working :(

[@3d-illusions]

@@hopeclark6990 no idea then sorry.

[@DaSmokeDaddy]

How would you do this using an image and its depth map.

[@3d-illusions]

same way but you'd plug the depth map into the displacement instead of the image. You probably won't need to do as much sculpting either because the depth map will have done most of it for you👍

[@DaSmokeDaddy]

@@3d-illusions Thanks very much for the tutorial. I'm new to Blender, and am not familiar with all of the commands and interface. I followed your tutorial and everything worked out nicely for my subject. I did get stuck in the beginning since my image was imported on a different axis for some reason. My plane came in vertically. I had to extrude the plane on a different axis but never was able to fill it for some reason.

[@3d-illusions]

@@DaSmokeDaddy you can use the r key to rotate. Press R then choose the axis to rotate around by pressing x or y, then type 90 and press enter.

[@3d-illusions]

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[@Cupheadsadvocate]

Why does blender keep crashing when I try this

[@3d-illusions]

Not sure, best to report a bug from Blender's help menu if it's not a hardware issue.

[@nicolasloukaides8535]

hi..i have a problem when i do "apply"..Control +A it appears a Apply menu..apply how..

[@3d-illusions]

have the mouse over the modifier (if that's what you mean)

[@nicolasloukaides8535]

@@3d-illusions i try

[@nicolasloukaides8535]

that's was!!!Thank you!!

[@112productions]

Great idea, I can see me using this. Cool video and I laughed a lot at .. 7:40

[@MonkeyNBananas]

The issue I keep running into is the alpha

[@alanrobinson6257]

impossible to follow this I dont see the menu's you see

[@3d-illusions]

I've just followed along in Blender 4.2 Alpha, and it all seems the same except for the modifier menu being re-organised into sub menus. What are you missing exactly?

[@alanrobinson6257]

@@3d-illusions I think the problem is I have never used this before so I am struggling to try and find what you are using. I thing I need to get a grip of the basics before trying this.

[@3d-illusions]

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[@abdimohamedcomedy]

His voice sounds like Captain Jack Sparrow😂😂😂

[@3d-illusions]

This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.

[@raidergoons]

Is there any way you could assist me with this? I've followed the portion where you extend the thickness of the model 4 times and still can't figure it out. it's like it copies the model and doesn't thicken at all.

[@3d-illusions]

Yes, it's supposed to copy and not thicken. If you continue watching you'll get to the bit where I bridge the gap after you've moved the duplicate 👍

[@raidergoons]

@@3d-illusions Every time I bridge it my blender crashes

[@3d-illusions]

@@raidergoons time for a new pc then probably.

[@raidergoons]

I agree. It's randomly lagging for no apparent reason,

[@3d-illusions]

@@raidergoons make sure you don’t have any subdivision modifiers in the model with high settings. That could be causing problems if enabled when bridging the edge loops.