3d Scanning Archives « Scanlab Photogrammetry

CG Character Basics: Pre-planning

by Ruslan Vasylev | Dec 3, 2018 | Step 0: Pre-Planning | 0 comments

CG Character Basics: Pre-Planning The geometric body layer is the foundation of all properly built CG characters. Hense, at Scanlab, we always use the naked or semi-naked body as the foundational layer from which we build all our CG characters. The body layer must...

What is 3d Scanning?

by Ruslan Vasylev | Jun 1, 2018 | 3d Scanning | 0 comments

What is 3d Scanning? What is 3d Scanning? 3d Scanning is a method of distance measurement, by which distances and depth between points in data are measured. 3d Scanner Types Laser Structured Light Photogrammetry Light Fields There are a number of 3d Scanning systems...

3d Scan: What Is It and How Is It Made?

by Ruslan Vasylev | Oct 9, 2017 | Step 2: Capture | 0 comments

3d Scan: What Is It? 3d Scan, ultimately, the product of the 3d capture process. It may be a capture of people, objects or places. There are a number of ways of 3d capturing real-life objects. Some are accomplished using lasers through time-of-flight technology,...

Texture Cleanup Process

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 29, 2017 | Step 5: Cleanup | 0 comments

Texture Cleanup Texture Cleanup process begins when exporting a re-projected texture from Agisoft Photoscan to a file. The issues that may encounter when you open the file in Photoshop is that some areas will be blocked off completely, or, perhaps, areas under the...

3D Scan Cleanup Process: The Prelude

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 27, 2017 | Step 5: Cleanup | 0 comments

3D Scan Cleanup Process 3D scan cleanup process is an extremely important step that every 3d scanned mesh must go through after 3d capture. But, your 3d scan cleanup process must start much earlier than you may think. After the 3d capture process, you may be surprised...

Photogrammetry Image Processing in CameraRAW

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 27, 2017 | Step 3: Color Calibration | 0 comments

Processing Photogrammetry Images with CameraRAW As it is a common practice to 3D Capture sets of photos in a RAW format, even though some studios still capture their data in JPG, we at Scanlab prefer to do our captures the right way to preserve as much detail as...

Masking for Agisoft Photoscan

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 27, 2017 | Step 4: Masking | 0 comments

Masking for Agisoft Photoscan Masking for Agisoft Photoscan is a very important step, which does not get enough attention. Tedious at times, but it is essential that the time is vested in advance and leveraged to get the best camera alignment possible. Automated...

3d Scan with a Camera

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 27, 2017 | Step 2: Capture | 0 comments

3D Scan with a Camera 3D Scan with a camera process is another way people can refer to 3d capture. As there a number of types of photogrammetry systems out there, lets talk about the specifics of the single camera approach. While data can still be gathered using a...

What is Photogrammetry?

by Ruslan Vasylev | Sep 20, 2017 | Step 2: Capture | 0 comments

What is Photogrammetry? What is Photogrammetry? Photogrammetry is a method of distance measurement and 3d scanning, by which distances between pixels in captured photographs are measured. The photo capture for photogrammetry can be done in a number of ways: Machine...

Photogrammetry Scan Resolution and How to Determine It?

by Ruslan Vasylev | Feb 13, 2016 | 3d Scanning | 0 comments

Photogrammetry Scan Resolution Photogrammetry scanners are not made equal. Therefore, the resolution of your scanner may vary depending on the number of cameras you have and resolution of those cameras. Parallax and Effective Pixels. Depending on the way you overlap...