Apps that can effect lighting rendering in 2D jpeg type photos

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Dec 6, 2004
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What are the freeware/open source and for-sale software apps that will allow me to manipulate lighting rendering in a 2D photograph, aside from the expensive Adobe Photoshop?

I studied this question on the internet, and I kept finding out about these great apps that can allow one to produce versions of the 3d object one is working with, with the lighting source’s angle and intensity changed. But I could never find out if these whizbang programs that do these light rendering tricks with 3D objects, can do them with 2D objects.

In general are the apps that are able to effect light rendering with 3d objects able to do such with 2d objects?

What are the apps that allow one to most easily transform a 2D object in say a jpeg into a 3d object that can be worked with with the 3d programs?

What I am after is not a 3d object that can be looked at from various angles or the production of an avi type movie. I just want to start and end with a still photo but with the end product having more of that 3D look. I want an end product that has that 3d look without it being necessary for the viewer to use 3d glasses.

I heard of an open source software called povray (
http://www.povray.org/community/hof/ ) but I have no idea what its capabilities are with regards to interacting with 2d images in jpegs etc.

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Dec 6, 2004
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What are the freeware/open source and for-sale software apps that will allow me to manipulate lighting rendering in a 2D photograph, aside from the expensive Adobe Photoshop?

I studied this question on the internet, and I kept finding out about these great apps that can allow one to produce versions of the 3d object one is working with, with the lighting source’s angle and intensity changed. But I could never find out if these whizbang programs that do these light rendering tricks with 3D objects, can do them with 2D objects.

In general are the apps that are able to effect light rendering with 3d objects able to do such with 2d objects?

What are the apps that allow one to most easily transform a 2D object in say a jpeg into a 3d object that can be worked with with the 3d programs?

What I am after is not a 3d object that can be looked at from various angles or the production of an avi type movie. I just want to start and end with a still photo but with the end product having more of that 3D look. I want an end product that has that 3d look without it being necessary for the viewer to use 3d glasses.

I heard of an open source software called povray (
http://www.povray.org/community/hof/ ) but I have no idea what its capabilities are with regards to interacting with 2d images in jpegs etc.

David Virgil Hobbs
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon

Bad news I afraid. 2d images have to rendered by filters or more usualy by hand using programs like photoshop, it’s an art and can be learned with lots of practice. one of the formost authorities on 2d rendering is Harald Belker http://www.haraldbelker.com/

All his stuff looks like it was rendered in a 3d program but he uses photoshop almost exclusivly, he’s a car designer, worked on the Mercades S and M class, Designed the Bat mobile for the movie and if you need proof that these skills can be learned, he didn’t start till he was 26! check out his website http://www.haraldbelker.com/ and rememer none of this stuff was done in 3d including the sports car on the home page.


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tacitr
Dec 6, 2004
I heard of an open source software called povray (
http://www.povray.org/community/hof/ ) but I have no idea what its capabilities are with regards to interacting with 2d images in jpegs etc.

None. Zero. Zip. Povray is a 3D raytracing program. It can not and is not intended to edit 2D images.


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