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Kjersti,

Your exchange student may want to evaluate Metacreation's 'Canoma' software,
which allows the creation of 3 dimensional models from 2 dimensional images --
the following text is from the website at
http://www.metacreations.com/products/canoma/ :

    "With Canoma you can create photorealistic 3D
    models from scanned or digital photographs
    quickly and without extensive 3D skills. Using
    a push-pin metaphor, Canoma lets you attach 3D,
    wireframe primitives on top of objects in a
    two-dimensional image (such as a scanned
    photograph, piece of stock photography, or even
    a digital drawing or painting)."




I have not used the software myself, so I don't know how good the results are.

Cheers,

T.
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Date:    Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:05:12 EDT
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One of our exchange students (architecture) has chosen an interesting, but
difficult task for her diploma:

She has chosen a painting by Kurt Schwitters and from that painting she is
going to design a building!! That is, she will more or less be trying to
make a two-dimensional painting three-dimensional! Now, I am not going to do
the project for her, but she insisted that some architect or architects had
done similar work, and I "haven't a clue!" Can any of you give me an example
of a "pumped up" painting or collage, or a building designed with a two
dimensional work of art as a starting point? Any information will be of
interest! (Sounds a bit like de-deconstruction to me).

Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible!

Greetings from Norway,

Ms. Kjersti Lie
Research librarian/architect
The NTNU Library
Faculty Library of Arch./Civ.eng./Math.sci.
N-7491 TRONDHEIM
NORWAY

tel.: +47 73 59 51 60
fax.: +47 73 59 88 10

URL: http://www.ub.ntnu.no/fakbib/arkbib/