Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How to convert low resolution 2D images into crisp 3D renders! | Sponsored by BetterHelp - Get 10% off your first month of therapy with this link: betterhelp.com/polyfjord
In this tutorial, we'll be using 100% open source software to easily convert most 2D images to vector curves for use in Blender. It's a super useful workflow that I use more and more to efficiently get geometry in my scenes without spending all day modeling! If you want to try a more advanced approach to this, head over to my second channel to see how I made the tiger animation at the end.
Second channel: youtube.com/@Polyfjord2
Software used:
2D software: Inkscape - inkscape.org
3D software: Blender - blender.org
Image viewer: Nomacs Image Lounge - github.com/nomacs/nomacs
Assets used in this video:
Car model - blendermarket.com/products/car-library-traffiq-vehicles-for-blender/?ref=1129
Textures - ambientcg.com/list
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Importing an image to Inkscape
00:43 Tracing bitmaps in Inkscape
01:22 Importing the SVG to Blender
02:14 Giving thickness to the curve object
03:19 Adding a simple light to our scene
05:58 Adding a texture to our background
07:55 Adding materials and details to our object
10:10 Adding more lights and reflections
12:22 Tweaking camera and rendering an image
14:36 Final result
16:05 Thanks for watching!
#3D #vector #opensource
BP5ICESEWU8CJWXO
How to convert low resolution 2D images into crisp 3D renders! | Sponsored by BetterHelp - Get 10% off your first month of therapy with this link: betterhelp.com/polyfjord
In this tutorial, we'll be using 100% open source software to easily convert most 2D images to vector curves for use in Blender. It's a super useful workflow that I use more and more to efficiently get geometry in my scenes without spending all day modeling! If you want to try a more advanced approach to this, head over to my second channel to see how I made the tiger animation at the end.
Second channel: youtube.com/@Polyfjord2
Software used:
2D software: Inkscape - inkscape.org
3D software: Blender - blender.org
Image viewer: Nomacs Image Lounge - github.com/nomacs/nomacs
Assets used in this video:
Car model - blendermarket.com/products/car-library-traffiq-vehicles-for-blender/?ref=1129
Textures - ambientcg.com/list
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Importing an image to Inkscape
00:43 Tracing bitmaps in Inkscape
01:22 Importing the SVG to Blender
02:14 Giving thickness to the curve object
03:19 Adding a simple light to our scene
05:58 Adding a texture to our background
07:55 Adding materials and details to our object
10:10 Adding more lights and reflections
12:22 Tweaking camera and rendering an image
14:36 Final result
16:05 Thanks for watching!
#3D #vector #opensource
BP5ICESEWU8CJWXO
