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Using Photoshop/Gimp, Inkscape, and Blender we will convert an image into a 3D object that looks great in renders.
Link to Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/
Link to Inkscape
http://www.inkscape.org/en/
Link to Blender
http://www.blender.org/foundation/
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