Behind the Scenes

I really enjoy the process of Photogrammetry, using a set of photographs (in this case 150 of them) to stitch together a 3D model in software. This opens up very high-quality scanning to anyone with a camera and patience, and is an accessible alternative to prohibitively expensive 3D scanning hardware.

Artist & teacher
crafting with clay and code
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Brilliant... what are you using to stitch the photos into a model? I have no experience in 3d modelling so this question might be dumb 😊

𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎.𝚕𝚘𝚐('𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛')

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Not a dumb Question! I use a software called "Metashape", which cost me $59 for an educational license. Other good tools include "Polycam" which has some free and paid features and works great on phones. There are also some open-source tools like "Meshroom" that can be used for free

Polycam app on a smart phone is super easy, free, and gives a great sense of the process. 15 minutes or so to get a result. That said, the results may be pretty blobby

Nice, thx for the info Tom! Looks really intriguing, might give it a go 😊