AI based all-in-one character generator Blender plug-in. This project contains unofficial updates for the CEB_ECON Blender add-on.
This project contains unofficial updates for the CEB_ECON Blender add-on.
tuned ECONMerged to official ECON- tuned TEXTure
Click on the green <> Code
button and select Download ZIP
.
CEB_ECON-main.zip
file.Visit the original CEB_ECON page, name your fair price, and click on the 'purchase' button.
[RECOMMENDED] Download CUDA 11.6
and vs_BuildTools.exe
.
[NOT RECOMMENDED] Instead of installing
CUDA 11.6
andVS BuildTools
, you can downloadJIT_Compiler_PY38_CUDAv11.6.7z
from this link and install it from Blender.
- You can skip this step if you have already installed CUDA 11.6 and Visual Studio 2019.
Obtain Hugging Face Tokens
New token
button.notepad
, and save the token text as a .txt file. Remove the .txt extension and name this file TOKEN
.vs_BuildTools.exe
vs_BuildTools.exe
.CUDA 11.6
CUDA 11.6
.Run Blender as an administrator.
Navigate to the Scripting
tab in Blender and copy-paste this code:
import subprocess
import sys
subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "ruamel.yaml"])
Press the Enter
key and ensure that it returns 0:
>>> import subprocess
>>> import sys
>>> subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "ruamel.yaml"])
0
Navigate to Edit
-> Preferences
-> Add-ons
. Click on the Install
button and select the CEB_ECON-main.zip
file. Then, click on Install Add-on
.
Enable the CEB_ECON add-on by clicking on General: CEB ECON
. Close the Preferences window.
Navigate to Window
-> Toggle System Console
and keep this window open for reference.
Open the ECON Install
tab in Blender.
ECON Install
to open the installation tab.Click on Venv and Installs
to open the tab.
Click on Path
and choose the directory in which to install the virtual environment (venv).
Click on Create ECON Venv
and wait for the process to complete.
Click on Download ECON
and wait for the download to complete.
Click on Finish ECON Install
and wait for the installation to finish.
Click on Down&Install Pytorch_3D
and wait for the process to complete.
Click on Download TEXTure
and wait for the download to complete.
Click on the Register
button, then go to Login
-> Register
to register.
Log in.
Click on the Register on all
button from the Blender add-on.
Register all projects by clicking on the Register now
buttons.
Go back to Blender, type your ID and password, then click Download
.
Out: pymafx_data.zip
on the console window, it means the process is finished.)If desired, you can delete downloaded zip files by checking Erase Zip
and clicking on the Download
button once more.
Copy the TOKEN
file to C:\Users\{USER NAME}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\{BLENDER VERSION}\scripts\addons\CEB_ECON-main\ECON\TEXTure\
.
Blender requires administrative privileges for the first run.
Navigate to the ECON Generate Models
tab on the right side to generate 3D models.
[Optional] You can change the ECON Settings
and click on Save Configuration
.
Import a full-body image by clicking on Import Image
.
Click on Generate 3D Model
to generate a 3D model from the provided image.
Material Properties
-> New
-> Base Color
(click circle button) -> Input
-> Color Attribute
.Click on Generate Animatable 3D Model
to generate a model in A pose with a UV mapped texture file.
To generate a backside texture, write a prompt that describes your image and click on Generate texture.
After the first run, Blender no longer requires administrative privileges.
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The plugin has been tested and validated under the following hardware and software configurations:
performance may vary under different hardware configurations