Overview of zForm

Current Version: 2.0.8 (released on 12/08/2024)

zForm is a tool designed to transform your pre-existing depth maps, images, and videos into 3D meshes. It enables users to convert a sequence of images, single image, or video frames into 3D meshes. 

The user interface streamlines the process with minimal steps involved and speeds up your workflow with using depth maps and images in Blender.

If you want to create depth maps please check out my other tool called Depth Map Batch. 

Please keep in mind that additional work would be needed for 3D printing projects, as the tool hasn't been optimized for this. 

Release of zForm 2.0

I'm excited to announce the release of zForm 2.0 on November 20th, 2024! 🎉 Now you can generate 3D meshes from not just single images, but also videos and image sequences. I'm in the process of updating the full product page and snapshots of the tool to account for the new features. 

New UI (user interface) in the latest release for v2.0.7.

Key Features

• Intuitive Interface: The add-on offers a simple and accessible interface within Blender’s 3D View to save time in your workflow versus having to manually add and adjust the modifiers each time in the modifiers panel. For me cutting down those additional steps has saved me a lot of time with repetitive tasks. 
• Images, Videos, and Depth Map Importing: Users can import images and Videos in popular formats (PNG, JPG, JPEG) along with their associated pre-existing depth maps, setting the stage for a seamless conversion.
• Customizable Mesh Properties: Adjust subdivision levels, smooth factors, and depth strength to achieve the desired level of detail and finish in your 3D models.
• Material Settings: Fine-tune the metallic, roughness, and index of refraction (IOR) properties to enhance the visual appeal of the final mesh.
• Mesh View Options: Quickly switch between different perspectives (front, side, top) to optimize your workflow and get the best view of your 3D model.

Here are a few examples of converting your images and depth maps to 3D mesh using the simple workflow with zFlow. 

Time Efficiency: The streamlined workflow with only three simple steps minimizes the steps required to create 3D mesh, allowing users to focus more on creativity and less on technical processes.

If you're looking for a Blender add-on tool that generates depth maps for 2D images in a batch process that's run entirely locally on your own machine without using APIs and not using web services, check out my other product named Depth Map Batch. 

Here's the product link for Depth Map Batch. 

https://blendermarket.com/products/depth-map-batch-for-images