This course shows you how to create high-quality 3D scans for use in photogrammetry, using a regular camera and freely available software.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Photogrammetry makes the physical world digital
- Computer hardware requirements for photogrammetry
- Photogrammetry software options
- Choosing photography gear for photogrammetry
- How to successfully plan your photogrammetry photo shoots
- Choosing the best surface textures and shapes for photogrammetry Subjects
- How to light for photogrammetry photography
- How to set camera settings for photogrammetry
- Background considerations for photogrammetry photography
- Reasons why photos fail in photogrammetry
- Preparing digital image files for photogrammetry
- How to install Metashape photogrammetry software
- Learning the Metashape interface
- Understanding Metashape’s photogrammetry workflow
- How to import photos into Metashape
- How to save Metashape project files
- How to automatically estimate image quality
- How to align photo sets in Metashape with basic settings
- How to align photo sets in Metashape with advanced settings
- How to edit the bounding box in Metashape
- How to generate dense point clouds in Metashape
- How to build a polygon mesh in Metashape
- How to build textures in Metashape
- How to export models from Metashape projects
- Basic vs.advanced workflows in Metashape
- How to calibrate a lens for photogrammetry in Metashape
- How to use video files for photogrammetry in Metashape
- Using masks to align turntable images in Metashape
- Prealignment settings in Metashape
- Optimizing cameras in Metashape
- Dealing with failed photo alignments in metashape
- Subaligning additional photos in Metashape
- Inspecting alignment results in Metashape
- Reducing overlap in Metashape photosets
- Filtering dense cloud points by confidence in Metashape
- Estimating model confidence with depth map mesh in Metashape
- Color calibration and texture building in Metashape
- How to set mesh editing goals
- Importing a mesh into Metashape for editing
- Analyzing and repairing mesh topology in Metashape
- Automatically removing isolated mesh fragments in Metashape
- Manually selecting mesh faces in Metashape
- Closing mesh holes in Metashape
- Smoothing a mesh in Metashape
- Decimating a mesh in Metashape
- Exporting a photogrammetry model for 3D printing
- Next steps
Taught by
Chris Reilly
