Just took this to new 'heights' with my latest video: Is it Possible to Photoscan a Mountain?! Watch Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJ5kgNqm2tase5s.html

Here's some tips after trying and failing at this a dozen times: 1. Don't try to photo scan any furry, thin, or reflective materials. Any reflections will confuse the depth map of the software. 2. Have a clear path in your mind of where you are going to take pictures from. The basic shape of the camera angles should be a large dome that includes a lot of surroundings of the object (this layer makes it easier for the software to determine which side your closer angles are shooting from), a medium dome that centers the object and the object almost reaches the edges of the image frame (this gives the program most of the shapes), then a very small dome where you get close enough to see 1/4-1/8 of the object, to get more detail when texturing. 3. Any parts that jut out of the object should have their own additional domes of pictures that cover every angle. 4. The scan quality increases proportionally to the amount of pictures taken. I had to take 70-100 pictures to get a quality I was happy with. 5. Don't include blurry pictures or pictures taken at a weird angle. 6. A good way to know if your camera is good enough for photo-scanning is the size of the pictures it produces. At least 1.5MB is necessary and 2.5MB+ is optimal. 7. Only take outdoor pictures when it is cloudy and indoor pictures in places where the object does not receive direct lighting. I hope these takeaways help!

I was looking for 3d scanning stuff about three months back, stumbled upon this vid by chance. thanks for this since i know what i need to do for 3d scanning meshes.

I found this on Reddit. Such an awesome tutorial! I'm excited to try Meshroom and 3D print some 3D scans

This tutorial is such excellent quality! You have everything down like production quality, keyboard shortcuts, and explaining exactly what you are doing so it is reproducible for newbies (ex node wrangler plugin as if you didn’t already have it) and all of this while keeping a relatively console video. Excellent job keep it up :D

Nice software, just a tip, switch to Cycles-render before importing then the materials node will be created automatically. Nice vid, thanks!

This video just got recommended to me and I loved it! Thanks for introducing this software to us.

You and blender guru are the reason I got into photogrammetry. I'm building my channel trying to generate interest in my social circle in this amazing new technology.

This is fantastic. I've only seen 3D scan setups with about 100 cameras so far. If one can do something in a row with the appropriate software, it will be possible for everyone.

That's a great sponsor you got there! Much better than advertising unrelated things (for viewer and sponsor)

I`m a blender user for a longer time and must say, you do a good job with the tuts. Not over compllicated and clearly narrated. In a good speed to follow easy...

Dude, I just found this video and I must say I'm highly impress with how you state your shortcut keys.

This is completely amazing, I think I will never end learning all this 3D stuff, thank you so much amazing video.👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you for the video! I've been using blender for about a year now, and I never knew how to photoscan. Ive spent hours going through free 3d models trying to find elements for my scenes, and now I can just create them with a camera! Gamechanger

This video stumped me.

I learned more about 3D objects in this 34:49 than I have in the months of working on these programs on my own, and struggling immensely with understanding literally 3/4 of the settings. This was outstanding in every single sense of the word!

You have done an amazing job of detailing this complex procedure. My first intro to blender; I hope that I made myself enough notes.

I am really happy to see this software getting more attention, it is really promising

I can't belive how easy this looks like! And on top of that I learned basics of cycles renderer + how to use particle system properly, wonderful. Also: *Says meshroom* subtitles:mushroom

CG Geek - THANKS ! I learned more about Blender in this WELL MADE and WELL NARRATED instructional than in all the "smartest-kid-in-the--room" tutorials on the net ! I tried wading through DOZENS of them AND bought 2 books (NOT cheap) trying to adopt Blender, but gave up. I've been doing Offshore and Subsea Oilfield Equipment Design for YEARS, and was HOPING to expand my arsenal, but to no avail. With THIS vid I'm gonna give it another try ! I _WILL_ add too, that the narration was EXCELLENT. With you speaking EACH step you were about to take, the step as you took it and explaining the step you JUST took along the way AND WHY as you then each in-turn moved to the NEXT step, and the next and so-on from start to finish, I was able to FOCUS on what you were trying to show us, without having to fight to keep up as you moved about the screen, as in SO MANY other videos (ESPECIALLY those with no narration) . I won't NORMALLY mention what I'm hoping for in the area of QUALITY of Narration, but I thot it particularly appropriate, here. SO- sincerely - THANKS ! Gonna go ahead NOW and download the current version of Blender AND Meshroom. Don't worry, I won't go this long again as I regularly return to your page ;=) . I just wanted to hit the high-points _I_ found important. THANKS again and - ALL the BEST to you and yours, AND your production Team here , from Texas ! - Chuck.

One recommendation that I would have for the scene you made, especially since you used DOF to blur the background anyways. You could likely use photo-sphere(most newer cameras these days have a built in option to do a photo-sphere) while in that same area to create a custom HDRI that would best blend with your photo-scanned object.

Amazing tutorial ! Love it ! I’m just hobbyist but I totally admire the effort you put in the amazing workflow ❤️

1:50 that editing though, well done sir!

thank you so much :) Following your tutorial, I'm currently in the "Meshing" phase with some sort of vintage watering can and its so exciting. Can´t wait to see how it turns out.

I love how like. You go fast but I understand everything. You're an amazing teacher. I will definitely subscribe and keep in touch! It's always been a dream to do this type of stuff but sadly I'm horrible at drawing so when it comes to 3D modeling, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be any good. But this helps me a lot! Not just to photo scan but to take from these models and study them. I can learn how to do a lot of things! So again, thank you!!

"Crappy photoscan" was the name of the folder. I can relate

You fogot to mention that to run meshroom you need a GPU with CUDA above 2.0, a lot of laptops don't have it.

This is amazing, Steve! Thanks for this tutorial, meshroom is such a real alternative to photoscan, Well done!

I haven't done any CG in 10 years, I really enjoyed this video, you have a nice way of explaining while still keeping a good pace in the video. Thanks.

I am entertained and learned. Thank you!

Havent even finished the video but already love it! great editing :)

This was the exact thing I have been desperate to find. I much prefer modeling things in person using clay as apposed to 3d modeling. Now I can make 3d models of real sculptures! Thanks for this fantastic video!

Can't tell you how grateful I am for this tutorial.

Wow guys, this is already the most liked video on my channel. Thanks so much for the unbelievable support and to Sketchfab for the sponsor! sketchfab.com/store

I only needed the OBJ so I could copy some old toys I had to 3d print them, but I kept watching because it's so interesting. Great video!!

Wow, what an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much for making this.

Thank You so much! You made me happy by a cristalline clear tutorial! I was waiting for a long time.

Great video, gonna try this out after work tomorrow, thanks!

Nice tutorial, meshroom looks easy, clean and overall awesome. Though I would add retopology, clean uv and baking as next steps in my personal workflow.

Thank you for taking the time to create this excellent informational video!!! Very inspiring!

Great tutorial! Funny yet to the point. One improvement I would like to suggest: In meshroom you can rightclick on the texturing node and select open. Then in Blender you can drag and drop the OBJ. This saves the step of having to search for the mesh folder. Happy Blending!

Well made video. We need more creative people like you.

Finally a great open source photogrammetry software

This is exciting, I just got into this and it showed up on my feed. Taking my phone out tomorrow to see what I can do

Great Content! I really loved that you took a lot of time to show what you did in Blender too! Thank you!

Dude you’re amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your wisdom

its the first time KZfaq recommend for me a great video

Awesome video man been doing 3d design for a long time and this is going to save me a ton of time on my future projects!

Awesome... I'm in shock because of the possibilities... Thank you so much!!!

What an awesome tutorial! You can really see how much work you put into that video, all those effects are just amazing. You really just learn to value all this great work if you try to make a video with such fancy effects by your own. Really appreciate your awesome work - take care :P

Really amazing tutorial. Just a tip. Try to reduce your facecam and change the location. Many features settings I wasn't able to see because of it.

Men this guy is amazing XD, thanks for this gorgeous approach ! i need to try ASAP :)

Really good, you make it look easy but fun thank you.

Excellent ending!!! :) The rest is all overwhelming!

14:45 perfectly balanced, as all things should be

Wow I saw this quality earlier but it was so complicated to build that we just used less capable stuff instead... It is so nice to see this open source product works so well!

Literal love for your work man, and salute for it. True inspiration 💘

You are the best bro. Thank u for sharing

The editing and humour are great! Fun videos and informative! Thanks!

This is truly amazing. So much work goes into it though which makes it a bit discouraging. But wow is that cool. I will have to try it.

Subbed! Great tutorial - I'll definitely put it into practice! Thanks a million!

Simply great! Great channel!

😱omg! I'm going to try that!

Science magazine occasionally prints two photos side by side, one photographed at a slightly different angle, that when crossing your eyes to combine the two pictures into one, you get a 3D view, much like the old stereo-optican.Very useful when visualizing diagrams of organic compounds.

That was a really well explained tutorial, very enjoyable to watch.

CG Geek you seem like such a cool ,smart and humble guy. I wish i had friends like you in my day to day life

your face is covering part of the UI when you click 'load model' - can't see where it is in the app either.

Wow...I left this video having to get a glass of water. My throat was so dry from sitting here with my mouth hanging open. Very impressive skill set and technique. I'm subbed. You could do an entire series on just this.

I've used similar programs like Meshroom years ago, some free and some paid, and none of them were this easy or produced really great results. I absolutely can't wait to go nuts with this one, though Blender is not my tool of choice. It is a great program too, just never got past its UI. Nonetheless, Meshroom is a total win and you don't need a dedicated studio or 255 individual cameras to get a great scanned model. Very impressive!!

Congratulations for 1M..!

Another good video again dude.

It's been a long time since I saw a video that's actually to the point. Good work mate

THIS IS GENIUS!!! HOW ARE YOU SO CALM THROUGHOUT THIS VIDEO?

1:54 smoothest translation in the history

So I wish I'd known about the CUDA requirements before I attempted all this effort. That said it was easily setup and ran great up until that point. Thanks!

Wow, thanks so much, there is so much scanning ahead of me!

Very good video. I recently bought myself a half decent Pc that I put together myself based on a Ryzen 3600x and a GTX1070. I wanted something to do on it that uses it's processing power, and I am intrigued how they do 3d stuff. I really am going to have a go at this, I know will not be so great at it at first but it looks very doable after a bit of practice. Thanks for setting me off on a new hobby I guess! Awesome work.

Can you make a tutorial how to create a terrain map from a google earth picture of a island for example so it has the same mountains, elevations etc, and the real dimensions conversion

DUDE That shot where you threw the SD card at the computer and the files loaded was so clever XD If only it were that easy XD

this is amazing....im super exited to use it....my mind is blown away to think it would be so easy to to do a 3d scan that to free...thanks a lot man...!!im still a animation and game design student and if i get this real quick...im gonna grt a hold on my outputs thanks a bunch!!

i havent made a photoscan in a while, Meshroom looks great; i will try it. Thank you

I love the humour in the video :D Some technical faults though. Most notably audio sync and your face covering parts you are showing :)

by far the best video on this concept... explained like a real pro.

Thank you great video. We also tried the photogrammetry method in practice. It turned out very cool!

What if I wanna photoscan that pile of...

Wait, is the texture created by Meshroom while doing the 3d model?

Thank you! This tutorial was so helpful.

1:53 That was probably the smoothest transition in a video i've ever seen

Question(maybe dumb) can u turn this into an editable object somehow?

Amazing :D

Just astounding, very informative and, encouraging. Thank you.

Dude. I know this is an older vid, but this is awesome.e! Gonna have to check this out and see what improvements they've made to Meshroo..

GENIUSSS

5:34 Wow! All these years, I've been wasting time using those pesky card readers! Thanks for this other method xD

i could not beleive this actually worked, i took a 12 pack soda box out of the trash and tried this, worked out way better than i thought, now i just got to work on taking better pictures.

Wow you got some pretty good results and you didn’t even need any really fancy technology to do it 👏

Bro, The Corridor Crew video showed a clip from this video today!

Does this mean I can illegally photoscan all my figurine and miniature s and replicate them for my own entertainment!? Be back in a bit

I tried Meshroom and it works as well as some of the really expensive photogrametry software I have used.

!Amazing! skills and so relaxing to watch! Thank you for caring/sharing.