How to convert 2D images into 3D renders in Blender

hi everyone welcome to my channel in this tutorial we'll learn how to convert 2D images into 3D renders in blender easily let's get started first we need an image file in PNG format we can also use any image in jpeg format I chose the PNG format because I want the image's background to be transparent search for butterfly PNG on Google Images I will share the download link in the video description download the image all right Next Step we need to convert the image into a vector graphic there are many software and tools for this process I would like to introduce you to a free web-based SVG converter let's go to the SVG trace.com website I will share the link in the video description this tool does not require any design experience and it's quite simple and easy to use you can create vect Graphics from existing images in seconds just click on the free converter button upload the butterfly image we have just downloaded as you can see the image consists of two main colors blue and black the default algorithm only predicts the first two colors so if your image has more than two colors you will need to select them manually using the eyedropper tool then click the convert button at the bottom of the page that's it if you are not happy with the result click the undo button and try to adjust the parameters bottom right if you increase the smoothness the image will have smoother edges if you have small color blobs on the final image you can increase the dis speckle slider you can increase the simplify curves slider to have more rounded and smoother curves you can also turn on the AI to enhance your final image but this feature only works with the pro version of the tool click the convert button again click the export button and download the image in SVG format if you want to access the powerful SVG editor you can upgrade to the pro version of the tool the editor includes a variety of editing tools such as pan fill cut erase vacuum autofill color order copy and delete that can help you edit your VG images with ease all right now we're going to import the image into blender let's open a new blender file hit the a key to select all default objects and delete them go to the file menu import scalable vector graphics and import the SVG image we have just converted into we cannot see anything because it's so tiny when we zoom in on the cursor position we can see it hit the a key ke to select all layers and the S key to scale up enough as you can see there are two layers black and blue we can select them separately we can also hide and unhide these layers in the viewport from the outliner editor using the I icons these layers are curv type objects a key to select all curves and hit the Tab Key to switch to edit mode so we can select any control point and edit it select these three control points and delete them they are redundant and also distort the geometry all right let's extrude the geometry and give some thickness click on the object data Tab and open up the geometry panel increase the extrude value that's it if you want to extrude the geometry more sensitively hold down the shift key while extruding tab back to object mode and select the blue layer in the same way extrude the layer higher than the previous one we can also make the edges rounded select the black layer go to the bevel section hold down the shift key and increase the depth value that's it it's so sensitive so set the depth value to 0.0015 it looks more realistic now in the same way select the blue layer and set the depth value to 0.005 a key to select all layers hit the r key then the X key and rotate 90° on the xais all right it's time to add material and rendering press the Z key and switch to the render preview mode click on the render properties Tab and ensure that Cycles is selected render engine set the maximum sample value to 32 for the viewport set the sample value to 128 for rendering I'd like to use Sky texture for lighting go to the World Properties tab click on the color node and choose the sky texture set the sun intensity value to five and the sun elevation value to 120 set the sun rotation value to 45° set the air value to 0.1 the dust value to 1 and the ozone value to 8 all right let's add materials select the black layer and click the material properties tab click on the minus icon and delete the existing material click the new button to add new material switch the principled Shader to the glossy Shader select any color as you wish set the roughness value to 0.2 so the material becomes more reflective and shiny select cect the other layer and delete the existing material in the same way add new material and switch to the glass Shader so the material becomes a glass select any color press shift a and add a camera press control altum pad zero to align the camera to the view click the output properties Tab and set the X and Y resolution values to 2160 pixels select the camera hit the g key and align the object in the camera perspective scroll down to the output section and choose any destination you want to save your render I would like to render it in PNG format so I will leave the file format as it is the color channel will be RGB Alpha so I can render it as a transparent background if I like go to the render menu and render the image that's it it looks amazing if you want to get a render with a transparent background go to the render properties tab scroll down to the film section and enable the transparent option let's render the image again there we go in order to save your image go to the image menu and save as the image thanks for watching see you in the next tutorial

Channel: MK Graphics

Views: 8,904

Keywords: mk graphics, blender tutorials, 2d to 3d, blender 2d to 3d, Blender photo to 3d model, Blender PNG to 3d, Blender logo 3d, Photo to 3d model, Picture to 3d model, Blender converting 2d image to 3d model, How do I convert 2d to 3d in Blender, How do I convert SVG to 3D in Blender, Making 3d logos from 2d images, rendering 2d icons as 3d objects in Blender

Id: jPEIuon6E_w

Length: 7min 34sec (454 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 18 2023