DOI10.13140/RG.2.2.24754.09924/2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323683340_DrTAD_Blender_Tutorial_-_Image_Processing_-_Morphing Resources Pexels photo source https://www.pexels.com/photo/adorable-animal-animal-photography-blur-416208/ Pexels license https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/ Blender software https://www.blender.org/ Blender/ Add-on: Images of Planes Links: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Add_Mesh/Planes_from_Images https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf- extensions/trunk/py/scripts/addons/io_import_images_as_planes.py License GPL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html Blender: Subdivide https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/meshes/editing/subdividing/subdivide.html

1. Blender Tutorial – Image
Processing : Morphing
Dr. Eng. Tihomir Dovramadjiev
Technical University of Varna
MTF, Department Industrial Design
tihomir.dovramadjiev@tu-varna.bg
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24754.09924/2
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323683340_DrTAD_Blender_Tutorial_-_Image_Processing_-_Morphing

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Original Photo
Fig 1.Cat face (https://www.pexels.com/photo/adorable-animal-animal-
photography-blur-416208/)

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Blender interface and Cycles
render
Fig 2. Activate Cycles Render in Blender

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Integration of Images as Planes
add-on
Fig 3. Import: Images of Planes
Description:
This script imports images and creates planes with
them as textures. At the moment the naming for
objects, materials, textures and meshes is derived
from the image name.
One can either import a single image, or all images in
one directory. When importing a directory one can
either check the check-box or leave the filename
empty.
As a bonus one can choose to import images of only
one type. Atm this is the list of possible extensions:
extList =
('jpeg', 'jpg', 'png', 'tga', 'tiff', 'tif', 'exr',
'hdr', 'avi', 'mov', 'mp4', 'ogg', 'bmp', 'cin', 'dpx', 'psd')
when importing images that are already referenced
they are not re-imported but the old ones reused as
not to clutter the materials, textures and image lists.
Instead the plane gets linked against an existing
material.
If one re-imports images but chooses different
material/texture mappings, new materials are created.
Has an option to translate pixel dimensions into
Blender units.

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Blender: interface and Cycles
render
Fig 4. Method of display/ shade objectsin the 3D View: Material Display
objects solid, with GLSL material

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Blender: Edit Mode
Fig 5. Set the object interaction mode: Edit Mode

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Blender: Edit Mode/ Transform/
Add/ Subdivide
Fig 6. Add Subdivide. Subdividing splits selected edges and faces by cutting them in
half or more, adding new vertices, and subdividing accordingly the faces involved. It adds
resolution to the mesh by divide faces or edges into smaller units.

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Blender: Object Data
Fig 7. Object Mode: Type of active data to display and edit: Object Data/
Vertex Group/ Add a new vertex group to the active object

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Blender: Object Data
Fig 8. Vertex Group/ Add a new vertex group to the active
object: Basis

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Blender: Object Data
Fig 9. Vertex Group/ Add a new vertex group to the active
object: Key 1 0.000

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Blender: Edit Mode/ Proportional
Editing
Fig 10. Edit Mode/ Proportional Editing: Enable

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Blender: Working with mesh
Fig 11. Edit Mode: Working with mesh /Handy

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Blender: Working with mesh
Fig 12. Edit Mode: Working with mesh /Handy

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Blender: Working with mesh
Fig 13. Edit Mode: Working with mesh /Handy

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Blender: Working with mesh
Fig 14. Edit Mode: Working with mesh /Handy

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Blender: Working with mesh
Fig 15. Edit Mode: Working with mesh /Handy

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Blender: Object Mode/ Data
Fig 16. Vertex Group/ Key 1: Relative/ Value: 0/ Range Min: 0; Max: 1

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Blender: Object Mode/ Data
Fig 17. Vertex Group/ Key 1: Relative/ Value: 0.380/ Range Min: 0; Max: 1

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Blender: Object Mode/ Data
Fig 18. Vertex Group/ Key 1: Relative/ Value: 0.723/ Range Min: 0; Max: 1

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Blender: Object Mode/ Data
Fig 18. Vertex Group/ Key 1: Relative/ Value: 1/ Range Min: 0; Max: 1

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The final result/ Blender: Cycles
render
Fig 20. The final result

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Resources
● Pexels photo source
https://www.pexels.com/photo/adorable-animal-animal-photography-blur-416208/
Pexels license
https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/
● Blender software
https://www.blender.org/
● Blender/ Add-on: Images of Planes
Links:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Add_Mesh/Planes_from_Imag
es
https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-
extensions/trunk/py/scripts/addons/io_import_images_as_planes.py
License GPL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
Blender: Subdivide
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/meshes/editing/subdividing/subdivide.ht
ml