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| My daughter does a lot of GIS work, but not MG/VFX work. She also suggested: === Look at the non-pro version of PhotoScan and some "Structure from Motion” open-source/freeware tools, specifically VisualSFM and CMPMVS. Decent overview: http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/block/intelligent-eye/motivations.html === On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:51 AM, David Torno <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > The standard version does a great job on a lot of stuff. I've done a few building exterior and movie set scans with it before, but mostly I do human capture ( https://vimeo.com/m/83652292 ) . The resulting models can always be decimated down to a small enough resolution so that Element 3D can handle it in After Effects too. > > David Torno > Technical Director > http://www.ghosttownmedia.com > O: 213.739.2290 > C: 818.391.6060 > -------------------- > http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com > > "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" > -Charles Field > > On Aug 17, 2014, at 5:35 AM, "Richard Green" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> --- >> ​Cheers >> 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-endangered-archaeological-sites.html?_r=0 >> >> (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 >> |
