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1. Boolean extrude using B&W image

   

   Topic by anim8r_uk · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi all, May sound like a bizarre question, but does anyone know if there is a tool that creates some kind of boolean extrude using a B&W image? I was thinking that the white on the image would be treated as some kind of 'mask', allowing the shape to be extruded but it would also generate vertices (therefore creating the…

2. Re: Boolean extrude using B&W image

   

   Reply by commander_keen · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   It is a weird question. You should post what you are actually trying to accomplish, there may be a better way to do it.

3. Re: Boolean extrude using B&W image

   

   Reply by throttlekitty · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   You could try a displacement map. I forget the name offhand, but Maya has a function to convert images to polygons. Neither of these really make clean geometry, are you wanting to take a shortcut from a piece of concept art?

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   Reply by r_fletch_r · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   for max there is this script. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/image-tracer-script put an extude modifier on it and your done

5. Re: Boolean extrude using B&W image

   

   Reply by cryrid · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Similar to masking by texture intensity in zbrush + a deformation?

6. Re: Boolean extrude using B&W image

   

   Reply by Emil Mujanovic · Jun 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Are you looking to do this for one particular 3D package, or are you looking to see if any of them have this feature?