Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-08 Thread Jens Lindgren
One more thing, is it a good idea to remove lens distortion and vignetting from the captured images as a pre-process, or is it better to let Recap / PhotoScan handle that automatically? /Jens On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.net wrote: this

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-08 Thread Jens Lindgren
And of course I found the answer in the PhotoScan documentation :) FYI, PhotoScan wants completely unaltered images and handles the lens distortion itself. /Jens On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Jens Lindgren jens.lindgren@gmail.com wrote: One more thing, is it a good idea to remove lens

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Vincent Langer
depends on what you want to do. I think the main difference to the professional version is the ability to orient the scene and to do 4D mesh generation (from video input). cheers, vincent 2014-06-04 16:02 GMT+02:00 Jens Lindgren jens.lindgren@gmail.com: Thread resurrection time! So I

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? From: m...@vincentlanger.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com depends on what you want to do. I think the main difference to the professional version is the ability to orient the scene and to do 4D mesh generation (from video input). cheers, vincent

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Nicolas Esposito
-- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 16:14:48 +0200 Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? From: m...@vincentlanger.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com depends on what you want to do. I think the main difference to the professional version is the ability to orient the scene and to do

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Graham Bell
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nicolas Esposito Sent: 04 June 2014 16:10 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? I'm using it for scans of my face for some reference, since its more precise then scanning

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Vladimir Jankijevic
and then you tell me how this is more convenient than having a desktop solution for this kind of stuff? please try to convince me ;) cheers vladimir On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Graham Bell graham.b...@autodesk.com wrote: If you have Maintenance Subscription or Desktop Subscription for

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Stefan Kubicek
I see what you mean, but at least you don't need a beefy machine. Here's another one I haven't heard much of yet: http://www.3dflow.net/3df-zephyr-pro-3d-models-from-photos/ and then you tell me how this is more convenient than having a desktop solution for this kind of stuff? please try to

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Jens Lindgren
Thanks for the answers guys. I've just tried both Recap 360 and PhotoScan Standard. Got a little bit cleaner mesh from Recap (holes were caped automatically, etc), but they were surprisingly similar. They both failed at the exact same locations. Recap spit out just one 8k texture which was only

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Stephen Davidson
Be aware that there is no Photogrammetry solution, that I have found that will deal well with transparent and/or shiny objects. I do a lot of product modeling, from prototypes, and I have not found any Photogrammetry solution that works better than taking front, side, top, and 3/4 view photos, and

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? From: magic...@bellsouth.net To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Be aware that there is no Photogrammetry solution, that I have found that will deal well withtransparent and/or shiny objects. I do a lot of product modeling, from prototypes, and I havenot

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Matt Lind
Marchena Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:20 AM To: softimage list Subject: RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use? Hi Stephen, I am curious to why it does not work with transparent/shiny objects (havent really done any test with those kind of surfaces..). Do you mean that the calibration

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
From: ml...@carbinestudios.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 18:46:52 + Subject: RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use? Photogrammetry software needs to make assumptions when it has nothing more than color information. Specular highlights are going to be clipped

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Graham Bell
do you use? and then you tell me how this is more convenient than having a desktop solution for this kind of stuff? please try to convince me ;) cheers vladimir On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Graham Bell graham.b...@autodesk.commailto:graham.b...@autodesk.com wrote: If you have Maintenance

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Stephen Davidson
Jun 2014 14:13:28 -0400 Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? From: magic...@bellsouth.net To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Be aware that there is no Photogrammetry solution, that I have found that will deal well with transparent and/or shiny objects. I do a lot of product

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-06-04 Thread Stephen Davidson
this http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/09/16/3-sweep-sweeps-the-net-with-smart-2d-to-3d-conversion/ looks very promising, but still in development, I believe. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com wrote: Hello friends, I am currently

Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
Hello friends, I am currently investigating photogrammetry and would love to get your advices, opinions, experiences with such systems. What hardware do you use? Which software? Best practices? Thank you for any info! MAC

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Vincent Langer
PhotoScan from agisoft is the one I prefer! with canon 550D or 5D 2014-01-29 Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Hello friends, I am currently investigating photogrammetry and would love to get your advices, opinions, experiences with such systems. What hardware do

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Jordi Bares
I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it although he points out he needs tons of memory (he has 24Gb!!!) to deal with the kind of things he does (a bit of architecture and tons of images with a 7D) so… I am considering to test it properly because I can't see any

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it although he points out he needs tons of memory (he has 24Gb!!!) to deal with the kind of things he does (a bit of architecture and tons of images with a 7D) so... I am

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Simon Reeves
...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Jordi Bares *Sent:* 29 janvier 2014 10:26 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it although he points out he needs tons of memory (he

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Laurent Makowski
*Sent:* 29 janvier 2014 10:26 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it although he points out he needs tons of memory (he has 24Gb!!!) to deal with the kind of things he does

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Rob Wuijster
Still using imagemodeler over here. Nuke 8 has some interesting ways of creating pointclouds from a bunch of images and linking hdri's: http://youtu.be/dRpLNoSSUlM?t=44m31s I've had a similar question a while ago about image modeler

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? Still using imagemodeler over here. Nuke 8 has some interesting ways of creating pointclouds from a bunch of images and linking hdri's: http://youtu.be/dRpLNoSSUlM?t=44m31s

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Interesting topic here. Was just testing agisoft photoscan for some non commercial related work, and it seems to give pretty nice results with minimal user input. Has anyone tried to compare a kinekt based approach such as skanect ( http://skanect.manctl.com) with a photogrammetrical approach for

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Adam Seeley
/adamseeley From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 15:28 Subject: RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use? Oh yeah I forgot to specify

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
: adam_see...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Hi, Does anyone know if any packages accept RAW or HDR images and can create an HDR for the final texture. This should help as much as norml HDR environments do when lighting. Adam

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Steven Caron
this is our experience, a coworker has maxed out one of our 48gb machines... but he needs 24-30 gb average on a set of 50 images at 5k a piece. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it

RE: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Steven Caron Sent: 29 janvier 2014 14:33 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use? this is our experience, a coworker has maxed out one of our 48gb machines... but he needs 24-30 gb average on a set of 50

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Jordi Bares
: Photogrammetry - what do you use? I have a guy next to me doing a lot of Agisoft stuff and swears by it although he points out he needs tons of memory (he has 24Gb!!!) to deal with the kind of things he does (a bit of architecture and tons of images with a 7D) so… I am considering to test

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Francisco Criado
Hi Octavian, i used a couple of times skanect for people or indoor sets and must say its a time saver. If you can, give it a try! Francisco. On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting topic here. Was just testing agisoft photoscan for some non