Adding 3D post with Filter Forge

1. Load Filter Forge

   Or you can call it from Photoshop as a plugin.

2. Load your image into Filter Forge

   Use the file menu to load image into Filter Forge

3. Locate the Make 3D filter

   If you haven’t got the filter installed download and install from here.

4. Set Preview size to Actual

   Optional step, but for me it makes the images render slightly more quickly.

5. Click Final

   Once the filter is loaded, don’t touch any settings, just wait for the progress bar of the render, then click where it says Final. Wait until the progress bar completes the render.

6. Saving the final

   Click “save as” on the right hand side to save the final image. Make sure you remember where it is and what you called it !

7. Click Bump

   Over to the left again, we click where it says “Bump” note that your image will be replaced by ones with various shades of grey.

8. Save bump file

   So, now we’re going to go to the right again, and save as. This time we’re going to use the same name as we gave our normal (final) image and add _depth to the end of the filename. So if you called your original (final) picture testblue.jpg , then your bump file should be called testblue_depth.jpg . Save the bump file in the same location as your first.

9. Facebook adding photos

   Now that you have both files, go to Facebook and start a new post. Click the Add photos button.

10. Find and select both photos

    For this to work , both photos must be selected together. So click one and hold CTRL key down and click the other. You should have both the original image and the _depth image selected. You can’t load one then the other, both must be selected, then click open.

11. Facebook creates the 3D post

    All going well, after a small wait, Facebook will display that it is making a 3D post. Wait until it’s done then view the result. Sometimes they look great, other times they don’t. Just try and see. Once you’re happy, then just make your post as you would do normally.