From: "Richard Green" Received: from mail-vc0-f173.google.com ([209.85.220.173] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5551569 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 14:35:05 +0200 Received: by mail-vc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id hy10so4721724vcb.32 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:35:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=kNJe5kRZVoL/ppALnTmvjyeVWkDzzAeh5XcvjScFuU0=; b=e9DZw5g9tAmLhj7owNYRpr4D10W3ljQrrjyweNDox6AXb6CFoVckd0EvtXqoPq3Uct ejWrw/WclT4n0FWwgYIze5NY2n/orDfeeoDCTBqith6c4Eg0pls3XqZo5Eg1vkYX1c5H rsek6436NvSYL8ncFbzBJIc9jkCI3xaO7TMvaxhldDF9ardqBvrg3vuCoZvgDeFlQU6W 72bWLUsTpbZy2r8nocvx7lvXHByZFDv5UMM2k8G5/zVrrypVi1y2Z+7CwRwx9UFX06do XOwtPiilfplmNkNJR0vCKcvZQ05jB9YrAY2K1cOnPAjXIER6LhP+s5C0iqCSx2mWxg9V Fl7w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkgxmh9Cbo/V7Q3fs9VfAZpJQ0BAzVrxzHaPqMc0OTNID5vpIZnOMM8R4oBQMiKkxK55ECX MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.250.142 with SMTP id mo14mr11932499vcb.26.1408278904964; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:35:04 -0700 (PDT) Sender: richard@loopcorp.com Received: by 10.52.163.200 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:35:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [86.2.180.17] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:35:04 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Z1YTEGTbpiM32pu7T6s9O-E-Kxw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Photoscan Pro To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013cba22e01dd20500d27b78 --089e013cba22e01dd20500d27b78 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You could do most of that with the standard version. You lose some of the functionality to geolocate the data etc but if all you want is a good quality 3d model of the site, the standard version works well. I used it on a smaller scale here (30 secs in) and was only wanting proxy geometry but was very pleasantly surprised by how high quality the results were: http://www.loopcorp.com/#Billingtons_Xmas --- =E2=80=8BCheers Rich On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Michael O'Reilly Home < AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > Reading this article, the archaeologist mentions using drones to take > pictures that are then stitched together using a "powerful Russian > computer" from which ultimately 3D data is extracted. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/arts/design/drones-are-used-to-patrol-e= ndangered-archaeological-sites.html?_r=3D0 > > (It's the NYTimes pay wall so the link might not work) > > It turns out it is Photoscan Pro they use. Does anyone know of anything > that does something similar NOT for $3500 ? > > While this is not an AE related question, I plan on incorporating AE in > the work that this could generate and I know that the people on this list > are the best to answer this question. > > Thanks > > Mike O > --089e013cba22e01dd20500d27b78 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You could do most of that with the standard vers= ion. You lose some of the functionality to geolocate the data etc but if al= l you want is a good quality 3d model of the site, the standard version wor= ks well. I used it on a smaller scale here (30 secs in) and was only wantin= g proxy geometry but was very pleasantly surprised by how high quality the = results were:

http://www.loopcorp.com/#Billingtons_X= mas

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Rich


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Michael= O'Reilly Home <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Reading this article, the archaeologist mentions usi= ng drones to take pictures that are then stitched together using a "po= werful Russian computer" from which ultimately 3D data is extracted.= =C2=A0


(It's the NYTimes pay wall so the link might not work)

It turns out it is Photoscan Pro they use. Does anyone know o= f anything that does something similar NOT for $3500 ?

While this is not an AE related question, I plan on incorpor= ating AE in the work that this could generate and I know that the people on= this list are the best to answer this question.

Thanks<= /div>

Mike O

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