Convert PNG Logo to iProp Tutorial Needed!

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Rogue Anime	Rogue Anime Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Years Ago Posts: 548, Visits: 3.4K	Friends - Thanks to everyone for being so present, thoughtful & knowledgeable! Can someone direct me to a tutorial that will show me how to create an iProp from an existing .PNG logo? I have Photoshop & related Adobe products. Thanks a bunch ~V~ Val RogueAnanda 68% of original size (was 741x21) - Click to enlarge

Kelleytoons	Kelleytoons Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 9.2K, Visits: 22.1K	Val, I guess it would depend on what you are looking for -- do you mean you want to take a PNG file and just overlay it on a rectangle, or are you looking for some bas-relief (if the latter you are probably talking about using the Substance Bitmap to Material, which you'd have to have). Alienware Aurora R16, Win 11, i9-149000KF, 3.20GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090 (24GB), Samsung 870 Pro 8TB, Gen3 MVNe M-2 SSD, 4TBx2, 39" Alienware Widescreen Monitor Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

animagic	animagic Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Month Posts: 15.8K, Visits: 31.3K	Like Mike suggests. The opacity channel of the PNG file makes the parts of the rectangle that supposed to be invisible transparent. I have used it to create a neon sign and it works quite well. 68% of original size (was 741x21) - Click to enlarge

Rampa	Rampa Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 days ago Posts: 8.2K, Visits: 62.5K	Do you mean actual 3D lettering? You would need to that externally and import it.

Kelleytoons	Kelleytoons Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 9.2K, Visits: 22.1K	Or, as I said, if you just want bas-relief use the Substance tool for it: 68% of original size (was 741x21) - Click to enlarge 68% of original size (was 741x21) - Click to enlarge Alienware Aurora R16, Win 11, i9-149000KF, 3.20GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090 (24GB), Samsung 870 Pro 8TB, Gen3 MVNe M-2 SSD, 4TBx2, 39" Alienware Widescreen Monitor Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

sonic7	sonic7 Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Years Ago Posts: 1.7K, Visits: 19.4K	So, as far as a 'tutorial', I guess Mike is referring to something like this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please be patient with me ..... I don't always 'get it' the first time 'round - not even the 2nd time! :( - yikes! ... ● MSI GT72VR Laptop, i7 7700HQ 4-Core 3.8 GHz 16GB RAM; Nvidia 1070, 8GB Vram ● iClone-7.93 ● 3DXChange Pipeline 7.81 ● CC-3 Pipeline 3.44 ● Live Face ● HeadShot ● Brekel Pro-Body ● Popcorn FX ● iRAY ● Kinect V2 ● DaVinci Resolve17 ● Mixcraft 8.1

illusionLAB	illusionLAB Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 393, Visits: 4.8K	You can do it right in Photoshop. A better way would be to 'trace' the PNG in Adobe Illustrator and export an SVG spline which you can extrude in Blender. If you have the full Adobe Cloud Suite, you also have Cinema 4D Lite - so you can export a 'trace' from AE to C4D to extrude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRdoBRR8V40

Kelleytoons	Kelleytoons Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 9.2K, Visits: 22.1K	I keep forgetting I have C4D lite -- I should boot it up some time and take a look at it (I looked at it many years ago, but perhaps it would work as a tool for me at times). Thanks for reminding me. Alienware Aurora R16, Win 11, i9-149000KF, 3.20GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090 (24GB), Samsung 870 Pro 8TB, Gen3 MVNe M-2 SSD, 4TBx2, 39" Alienware Widescreen Monitor Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Rogue Anime	Rogue Anime Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Years Ago Posts: 548, Visits: 3.4K	WOW! All these wonderful responses! Thanks to Mike, Steve, Rampa & Dennis - I Mayhaps should have been a bit more specific! The end result of what I need to achieve would be to have the original PNG transformed into a 3D prop such as the one displayed here. Sorry for the confusion friends ~V~ Val RogueAnanda 68% of original size (was 741x21) - Click to enlarge

mark	mark Posted 6 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 4.9K, Visits: 16.7K	As Mark said, that is easy in Photoshop. If you have CS6 extended on up you can create a nice 3d object from a .png with it. I did this rough test just the other day with this guy's signature, made a .png in Photoshop then converted it to an .obj, then brought it into iC7 Click here to go to my YouTube Channel filled with iClone Tutes and Silly Stuff Visit ANIMATED PROJECTIONS Powered by iCLONE Intel Core i7 3960X @ 3300MHz Overclocked to 4999.7 MHz Sandy Bridge 24.0GB DDR3 @ 833MHz Graphic Display HP ZR30w GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P9X79 WS (LGA2011)