Got a 2D logo you’d like to make a little less … flat? Blender is a handy tool for adding the third dimension to your creations. Now you can get an idea of the possibilities with our 3D Logo Generator. You upload a black and white picture, and get out a 3D version of it, like this:

If you know Blender, you can download the .blend file we create and use it as a starting point for your own customized design. If you don’t know Blender, well, stay tuned, there’s more to come.

Many of you have asked for the ability to create your own generator. If you know how to use Blender 3D, then you can get help with this using our new Generator Wizard. The purpose of the Wizard is to help you refine a 3D design or animation to be compatible with MakeSweet’s picture mixer.

At the same time, we’re working on ways to embed your generators on blogs and other websites, like this:

So far, our service is only useful to “Blender-heads” who know and love Blender. We’re working on a more comprehensive Wizard for the rest of us. Watch this space!

You can make a slideshow of zooming images with our slideshow tool. It gives you an easy way to set up controlled Ken Burns effects, rather than the random zooms and pans of other tools. Here’s an example:

Now when you make a picture or animation on our site, you can save it with a short URL, such as http://makesweet.com/test on our site itself.  This skips the step of downloading and emailing or posting elsewhere.  Just look for the “save to” option on high-resolution pictures and animations.  Enjoy!

Introducing our latest picture mixer, the candle.

Your picture or text appears as a label on the candle as the view rotates.

Ever wondered what your face would look like fluttering on flags across the nation? I know I have.

MakeSweet is proud to announce the latest in our line of 3D generators, our fluttering flag:

Yet another picture manipulation design, the shoulder-tattoo design: paste a picture or text onto a shoulder as a tattoo. The picture can either contain transparency, or alternatively brighter colors will be interpreted as more transparent. A silly example:

Announcing two new 3D blends: billboards and wine bottles. An example of what you can do:

For the wine bottle design, you have control of what appears on the label of the bottles.

Our make sweet animation tool has been improved again, thanks to all who provided feedback!  The interface is getting cleaner and easier to understand.

Our animation tool just grew a “make hi-res picture” option. Click this option to get a crisp, high-resolution version of your current frame. Here’s an example of the quality (reduced for this blog from 800×600 pixels to 400×300 pixels):

Have fun!