Oh ok.
I use a depthmap. It's a black and white drawing on which the black is the background of the image you want to convert and white is the foreground. Then you have all the nuances of grey between the black and white for the other levels. I use GIMP, a photoshop-like software to draw the depthmap. I open the original pic with GIMP and I open a new layer for the depthmap. With some transparencies, I can use the original pic as a guide while drawing the depthmap. Once the depthmap finished, I save it as a jpeg format and I use another software, Bas-Relief, for the conversion. I load the original pic and the depthmap and then I have a 3d pic. I have put a lot of depthmaps on my gallery in a folder called "depthmaps". There is also a group called "depthmaps" here on deviantart. I have also done some tutorials with screen captures, you will find the links on my journal but my tutos are written in French. There are also a lot of tutorials on the internet. Just remember this, the depthmap is the more important step for a 3D conversion.
I use a depthmap. It's a black and white drawing on which the black is the background of the image you want to convert and white is the foreground. Then you have all the nuances of grey between the black and white for the other levels. I use GIMP, a photoshop-like software to draw the depthmap. I open the original pic with GIMP and I open a new layer for the depthmap. With some transparencies, I can use the original pic as a guide while drawing the depthmap. Once the depthmap finished, I save it as a jpeg format and I use another software, Bas-Relief, for the conversion. I load the original pic and the depthmap and then I have a 3d pic. I have put a lot of depthmaps on my gallery in a folder called "depthmaps". There is also a group called "depthmaps" here on deviantart. I have also done some tutorials with screen captures, you will find the links on my journal but my tutos are written in French. There are also a lot of tutorials on the internet. Just remember this, the depthmap is the more important step for a 3D conversion.
That's a LOT of steps(and terminology that went over my head).
I was under the impression that I could just use Photoshop to get the same desired effects.
I was under the impression that I could just use Photoshop to get the same desired effects.
You can use photoshop for the depthmap and the conversion. I use GIMP, because it is free. And then I use Bas-Relief for the conversion because it's easy to use and because I wasn't very successful when I used GIMP only. But if you have Photoshop, it's not a problem. You can draw the depthmap and even use it for the 3d conversion. You can also just use photoshop for the depthmap and then use Bas Relief for the conversion once you have drawn the depthmap. As I told you, Bas Relief is really easy to use once you have your depthmap.