How to make 2d images 3d in reallusion iclone 6.1

#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 SOFTWARE#
#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 PLUS#
#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 MAC#

I used this scene to create a quick birthday video for my 8 year old grand daughter (final video can be seen here ) I created this scene in less than 15 minutes, so as long as the project does not require the avatar to move from room to room, using flat planes with good imagery can work for your background. As the room itself is only 8 poly with some high res imagery, computer resource load is minimized. It appears to be a totally 3D room, but in fact, the only 3D elements are the can lights, the plants, the sofa with pillows & the avatar. The avatar was created & added to the scene.

#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 PLUS#

The plants (left & right) plus the sofa & pillows are actual 3D props added to the scene. The beach scene is a flat Plane A placed behind the rear wall plane with a beach video in. The floor is a flat Plane B with a wood plank flooring texture with diffuse & normal bump, plus blend & rreflection maps. The ceiling is a flat Plane B with a ceiling texture & normal bump map and two 3D can light props added using glow to create the lit effect. In the image above (using iClone) the rear wall with window, columns and stairs is a flat image placed on 3D Surface Plane A (stock content) using an opacity map for the window & a normal bump map to create an appearance of 3D.

NOW, that being said, there are ways in iClone to achieve the appearance you desire using photographs. Another point is photogammetry creates meshes that are extremely high in polycounts, to the point where the mesh will require optimization and/or decimation to be more compatible with iClone.

#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 SOFTWARE#

The reason content developers build & texture meshes from scratch instead of using photogammetry is because we can create better results (all photogammetry meshes must be 'tweaked' when the software completes the mesh building process as there are always faults in the mesh) & it takes less time to build it right the first time through. Photogrammetry is NOT a great tool for capturing architectural elements like walls, windows, etc., but better for things like individual pieces of furniture, lamps, toys, etc.

Then the final meshes would need to be imported into iClone using 3dXchange, then they would need to be placed in the room & scaled to correct sizing. For example, to recreate everything in your kid's bedrooms, you would need to photograph EVERY element individually from EVERY angle (so that you capture at least 30-50 images of EACH object) then use the photos to create the mesh for the individual items. One should be advised that this is NOT a quick process.

#HOW TO MAKE 2D IMAGES 3D IN REALLUSION ICLONE 6.1 MAC#

To date, the only way to convert actual 2d photograpghy to 3D is with some sort of photogammetry software (most only work for Windows or Linux and use CUDA, so you must have a decent nVidia card - forget MAC altogether unless you are good at reprogramming binary).

How to make 2d images 3d in reallusion iclone 6.1