[Plugin] Pic2Shape - v1.2b - 13 Oct 25 (Image Contouring)
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NEW RELEASE: Pic2Shape v1.2b - 13 Oct 25
Requirements
- LibFredo6: v15.2a or above
- Sketchup version: SU2018 and above
Pic2Shape 1.2b is a maintenance release including:
- Bug fixing (one remaining from Pic2Shape v1.2a)
Home Page of Pic2Shape for information and Download.
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Amazing tool! Thanks, Fredo
Just uploaded a new tutorial on YouTube!
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Hello, this is an amazing tool—thank you very much. I use it mainly for landscape architecture to create plant shadows. I was wondering why the tool doesn't work with some plants. Quite a lot of plants don't work with this tool; for example, grasses, slightly blue plants, and delicate trees (like the tamarisk tree) seem to produce an open contour which creates a ghost image. I tried editing the PNG and adding a contour or changing the contrast in Photoshop—even adding a very dark black line—and changing the settings of the tool, but nothing seems to work. I wonder if you could have a look at that. I will upload some examples of plants that just don't work with the tool.
ex grass.
https://stock.adobe.com/uk/search?k=nassella+tenuissima&search_type=usertyped&asset_id=1758902289Tamarix trees:
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The herbs are to thin to be valuably contoured by Pic2Shape.
Again, you can do proper contouring in specialized software like PhotoShop. Pic2Shape is only there for simple shapes.
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I use Sketchup 2022 with Twilight render 2.0 Pro. A few days ago I upgraded LibFredo6 and PictoShape to the latest version, After that it started to go bad, the Shapes on the images I make with face to camera after rendering are black (as with the alpha mask), while the imported images in png format without PictoShape are visible OK after rendering.
After rendering in the attached image
Left shape - obtained from png imported image after PiCtoShape
Right shape - imported png and "raised" by 90°
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We are a bit under informed...
If you post the actual tree PNG image it might help resolve this...
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