Got it.
$ sudo apt-get install python-dev
Download the file.
$ tar xzf pygts-0.3.1.tar.gz pygts-0.3.1/
$ python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install
Using it on bigger images takes very long. But a small logo would finish relatively quickly:
$ python extrude2.py ~/Desktop/Erik_logo_small.gif ~/Desktop/test.gts

Yet there was no image embossed into the plaque :'(. Needs a bit more work, but it's a cool type of script 8-), being able to quickly/easily make something that is personalized.

It's py-gts:
http://sourceforge.net/project...

There's no debian package in ubuntu, but it's simple enough to build.

Cool :)

I get this, though:
# python extrude2.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "extrude2.py", line 16, in
&
lt;module
&
gt;
import gts
ImportError: No module named gts

I installed libgts-bin libgts-dev and libglib2.0-dev libgts-0.7-5 (Kubuntu 9.10). Do I need to install/download other libraries?