How to make depth map image online for Facebook 3D photo
In order to upload a Facebook 3D photo from Desktop browser which is the only way to upload a Facebook 3D photo without iPhone having dual Camera, you must obtain or make depth map image. Creating a depth map image of your source image using Adobe Photoshop is not everyone’s cup of tea. If you don’t have basic knowledge of Photoshop then you may struggle to create a depth map image of your desired photo. But now you obtain the depth map image every easily using Omnivirt’s online depth map extractor tool.
Actually, in iPhone 7 plus or above model, you need to capture a photo in portrait mode so that you can upload it as a Facebook 3D photo. The same thing applicable for android also. If your android phone has a dual camera and it can capture stunning portrait mode photos then you can upload these portrait mode image as a Facebook 3D photo. Unlike iPhone 7 Plus or above mode you can’t directly upload Facebook 3D from your Android phone.
This is the deal breaker as you need a desktop to upload a Facebook 3D photo. Still, you can capture and upload a Facebook 3D photo in spite of not having a dual camera iPhone.
So the best and easy way to upload a Facebook 3D photo using Android is just to capture a photo in portrait mode then obtain the depth map image using the online tool as the process mentioned bellow then upload it via a desktop browser.
How to make depth map image online for Facebook 3D photo
Note: Not all android device is supported. The supported portrait mode photos are Samsung’s Live Focus image, Google Pixel’s Portrait image, Huawei’s Aperture image, LG’s Portrait image, Xiaomi’s Portrait image, Pocophone’s Portrait image or Nokia’s Portrait image.
- First captured a portrait mode photo by using the above mentioned device
- Send the image file to PC by connecting your Android phone to PC by USB cable or best is email so that image file does not compress.
- Open Depth Map image extractor tool online on your desktop browser
- Hit the Choose a file button and browse the image file
- It will process within a few seconds and give you a zip file which will be downloaded automatically.
- Unzip the zip file.
- It contains the grey scale depth map image as well source image having proper nomenclature
Now you can upload it directly to Facebook through a desktop browser. This is the easiest and straightforward way to upload a Facebook 3D photo using an Android phone. Though still, we are unable to upload the source and depth map image files directly from the android Facebook app, it is expected that very soon we will be able to do it through a major portion of the android device,