04 · Product films & 3D
From one product photo to a finished commercial
Under 14 h from one photo to a commercial, stills and a 3D page
What it does
From one listing photo and the maker's published parts list, I rebuilt a real espresso machine in 3D, 21 parts at a 90.9% shape match to the photo, and turned it into a commercial, 4K stills and a 3D page, in under fourteen hours.
What I built
- A product studio that reads the photo, the listing's specification and the maker's parts list and manual, then writes the machine as Blender code
- An overlay gate that lays each render over the photo at the photo's own solved camera, scores it and writes the misses down for the next round
- A 15-second commercial at 1920x1080 and 4 stills at 4K
- An 8-second turntable and a 12-second exploded view
- A 3D page that runs locally: scroll presses a shot, drag turns it, tap a part for its name
- A second product, a chrome milk pitcher, through the same studio
The record
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Rebuilt from one listing photo plus the maker's published data
Model file
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3 rounds, scored blind: shape match 78.0% → 90.0% → 90.9%, with the outline within 3 px going 33.8% → 74.6% → 78.4%
Studio ledger
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21 parts, each mapped to a part name the maker publishes, with 0 problems in the contract check
Parts contract check
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63 minutes of building to the final model, and 13 h 52 min start to finish, both products and every render included
Project notes
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The commercial: 15.0 s, 450 frames at 30 fps, 1920x1080
Film file
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The second product, a chrome milk pitcher, took 4 rounds: 84.9% → 89.4% → 89.1% → 89.9%
Project notes
Honest frame
An unofficial spec piece, not affiliated with the maker. Claude (Anthropic) wrote the model inside the studio. The 3D page runs locally, and nothing has been sent to the maker. Where the photo and the listing disagree, the model follows the photo.