[Gimp-user] How to rotate a 2D image about the Y Axis.

[stephen <forums gimpusers com>]

> On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 21:30 +0200, stephen wrote:

> > I'm wanting to get different views of a 2D image
> The computer doesn't know what's on the other side of the image.

> I've seen software that tries to guess, but it doesn't (and can't) do a
> very good job from a single image.

> The way multiple images, e.g. of a car from different angles, are
> produced is either (1) photograph it from different angles, making lots
> of separate pictures to use, or (2) make a 3D model of the car, e.g. in
> Maya or Blender, and then ask the computer to "photograph" the model
> from different angles and under different lighting conditions.

> Alas, the computer also can't make a picture of a person's face by
> starting with a picture of the back of their head... :-)

> Hope that helps.

> Liam

Thanks for the info.



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