Consumer product advertising image generation system and method

1. A method comprising:

distilling one or more objects of a three-dimensional model of a consumer product to corresponding three-dimensional geometric representations of the one or more objects;

applying a visual attribute to the one or more three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects;

rendering a plurality of two dimensional images from the three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects with applied visual attributes;

defining one or more stacking orders of at least a portion of the plurality of two dimensional images; and

delivering to a user the two-dimensional images and the defined stacking orders in a form that is importable into a computer-executable image editing program, the computer-executable image editing program capable of enabling user selection of one or more of the defined stacking orders and capable of producing a three-dimensional image of at least a portion of the consumer product based on the user-selected one or more defined stacking orders and the imported two-dimensional images.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying original layer assignment, original layer hierarchy and original shading associated with the three-dimensional model of the consumer product to the one or more three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each produced three-dimensional image of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to a physically captured photograph of the consumer product.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a sequence of produced three-dimensional images of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to a physically captured film of the consumer product.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the defined stacking orders are in the form of an XML file.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual attribute comprises lighting, a color, a texture, a camera angle, and/or a lens effect.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable image editing program comprises Photoshop or a Photoshop equivalent.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of distilling, applying and rendering are performed by a computer-executable computer graphics program.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable computer graphics program comprises Maya or a Maya equivalent.

10. A method comprising:

distilling one or more objects of a three-dimensional model of a consumer product to corresponding three-dimensional geometric representations of the one or more objects;

applying original layer assignment, original layer hierarchy and original shading associated with the three-dimensional model of the consumer product to the one or more three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects;

rendering a first plurality of two-dimensional images based on the three-dimensional geometric representations of the one or more objects with original layer assignment, hierarchy and shading;

applying a visual attribute to the first plurality of two-dimensional images;

rendering a second plurality of two dimensional images from the first plurality of two dimensional images with applied visual attributes;

defining one or more stacking orders of at least a portion of the second plurality of two dimensional images; and

delivering to a user the second plurality of two-dimensional images and the defined stacking orders in a form that is importable into a computer-executable image editing program, the computer-executable image editing program capable of enabling user selection of one or more of the defined stacking orders and capable of producing a three-dimensional image of at least a portion of the consumer product based on the user-selected one or more defined stacking orders and the imported two-dimensional images.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein each produced three-dimensional image of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to a physically captured photograph of the consumer product.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein a sequence of produced three-dimensional images of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to physically captured film of the consumer product.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the defined stacking orders are in the form of an XML file.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the visual attribute comprises lighting, a color, a texture, a camera angle, and/or a lens effect.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable image editing program comprises Photoshop or a Photoshop equivalent.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the steps of distilling, applying and rendering are performed by a computer-executable computer graphics program.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable computer graphics program comprises Maya or a Maya equivalent.

18. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising:

a processing device; and

a computer readable storage device storing data instructions that when executed by the processing device cause the computing device to:

distill one or more objects of a three-dimensional model of a consumer product to corresponding three-dimensional geometric representations of the one or more objects;

apply a visual attribute to the one or more three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects;

render a plurality of two dimensional images from the three-dimensional geometric representations of the objects with applied visual attributes; and

define one or more stacking orders of at least a portion of the plurality of two dimensional images; and

wherein the rendered two-dimensional images and the defined one or more stacking orders are rendered and defined, respectively, in a form that is importable into a computer-executable image editing program.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable image editing program is capable of enabling user selection of one or more of the defined stacking orders and capable of producing a three-dimensional image of at least a portion of the consumer product based on the user-selected one or more defined stacking orders and the imported two-dimensional images.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein each produced three-dimensional image of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to a physically captured photograph of the consumer product.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein a sequence of produced three-dimensional images of the consumer product is substantially equivalent to a physically captured film of the consumer product.