Rick Borton wrote:
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of a utility that would allow you to overlay a
> mesh on an existing picture, and then start manipulating the mesh to
> create a 3D mesh of the scene? I was thinking that something like this
> would make it very easy to recreate some one's face/head etc.... for a
> raytraced scene. Output preferably for POV, but any of the files that
> can be converted to POV would be acceptable. Or am I just laying out the
> requirements for a project down the road?
> 
> Thanks
> Rick Borton



  Take a look at my links page. There are two programs listed that will make
 a 3d object from 2 - 2d images (you need at least a front and profile image).

 One of the programs listed is free and costs nothing to use. The second
is I believe registerware with a demo available for evaluation. I don't
remember their names off hand but the free program is called someing like
Real3d20 or a simular sounding program name.

  They differ from your disription in that you load an image into the
program and isometricaly map out the contours of the surface you are
attempting to recreate. These types of systems are more commomly used
to re-create 3d surface representations of objects that no longer have
the original design drawing available. If your equipment breaks and you
need to manufacture a new part for complex geometries it can be quickly
mapped out with this program and then the model imported into a commercial
grade cad package for measurement calculations.

 I just happens to have the unique ability to satisfy other fields
of interest as well. If you are at all familiar with some of the
better known morphing programs out there you should be able to use
this program right out of the box. If you have done no morphing
then it will take a while to familiarize yourself with the iso
surface mapping operations. I don't remember either if it directly
supports Pov but it's a possiblity. I'm sure that it at least
exports to .dxf of which there are dozens of conversion utilities
that exsist to translate it to Pov code.

http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html


Ken's hot tip of the night:

   Height fields can also create a reasonable likeness of human physiologies.
See my tutorial on the subject in the povray.binaries.tutorials newsgroup.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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