The idea behind taking a photo and bump mapping it into a 3D object is mainly to test the limits of Wavefront's ".obj" file. Using a big sized images ends up creating a 3D object with a huge number of vertices as, in this script's execution, the number of vertices on the ".obj" is equivalent to 2x the number of pixels in the image.
Another aspiration for the creation and use of this simple script is to turn my job of 3D modeling easier. I find it easier to draw and paint shadows than to edit triangle meshes for a specific object creation.
The execution must be through python interpretation of the file OBJ_Maker.py using python 3.0. Execution flows as it shows in the execution exemple.
The user interface is quite simple. The script only needs 2 informations from the users:
The input image's name(the file must be contained by the archive ".../src/images" and the input must be a ".jpg" file)The output file name(the file will be under the name given y the input + ".obj" in the ".../src/objects" archive)
The script is an easy executable that gives a fair result. After getting a raw result, improving it by smoothing its surface can turn into something rather good looking.
The script can be developed to calculate the variation between vertices to stablish a smoother surface with less errors(as I would call them : mountain peaks). This could lead to a actually market worthy software for artist(mostly 2D artists).