Easily Create 3D Models from Photos and Videos on Mac - Free!

[@DMonZ1988]

would've been interesting to see the quality of the final mesh. scans always look decent with textures but for 3d printing its the mesh that counts.

[@segments2156]

from what we saw in the last seconds, the quality is probably not very great, i suspect that the mesh shown on the miniature is the mesh he 3d printed on the first place.

[@prokremelskidezolati1426]

exactly, loooool...3D model in 3 minutes, well...

[@eddie.b.]

Need something like this for PC

[@elefantspidsmus]

Great, short and precise intro! And an impressive piece of software. One could add to your quick-and-dirty procedure, that the lighting in the example creates dark and light areas in the scanned texture, which would not be optimal for taking it further in a 3D program. But a 3D-printer doesn't care about that, since it normally is grey resin anyway. A cloudy day outdors actually works the best, since the clouds work as a big polaroid-filter distributing the light evenly. Shiny object also are problematic. We have yet to see a 'de-shiny-fy' algoritm that can remove this. Another simple trick is to use some kind of turntable. You can invent a totally primitive one with a round piece of hard material pinned to another one underneath. You can then divide it into eg. 12 og 16 or more, put your camera on a tripod or just hold it, turn-and-click in two levels, one from the side and one from slightly above. In this way you will avoid the shadow-light side of the object. Thank you 🙂

[@PhilWism]

Can you manipulate the 3D image once you have uploaded it to the 3D software, such as adding bits or removing bits

[@JeffreyNuccio-gd4gz]

so i don't understand, do we still need to have one of those fancy graphics card to do this?

[@Diegutzo]

That’s amazing! Also would be so cool if we can have an ai image let’s say of a candle which is just one side view and make it 3D.

[@califuturist]

This is very informative and helpful. .OBJ vs . USDZ. I have the iPad 10.5 and desire to edit a 3D file of a car and 3D print it. My other machine is an old Ubuntu MT. What would be the workflow and apps needed for this task. Encouraged. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@ingusspride3551]

I have mac Os Monterey 12.7.3 and photo catch shows me that my mac does not support onn device processing. any idea why?

[@gaussiansplatsss]

can it be used with large objects such as buildings or structure?

[@nopoosh]

Thank you, How can I done it in my app, in the client user, and when the user confirms the final 3D object, then I store it on the server. I want to create an app, that user can create the 3D object with capturing it with mobile camera, and then I take it and print it for them.

[@ChrisPollard]

You've given me a reason to consider buying a MBA. Obviously Apple has plans for this with their future AR/VR hardware.

[@PhilWism]

Can you then print them after you have converted the photo

[@tommyhilfigure-qs4pb]

Can you give me the name of the N Cubed software you have installed on your Mac ? I never could get the name of it

[@aaronbono4688]

Exactly what I needed, thank you so much!

[@tadessetvproductions5847]

thanks for the video - are you able to show us how to join two products together ? I would like to do a 3d scan and join it to a CAD

[@avejst]

Great walkthrough of the process. Well done Apple! Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 🙂

[@Crosslink3D]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OnelineNight]

this video was so helpful ! thank you!

[@adamblanco5028]

can you use a 2017 mac for 3d modeling?

[@VectorRoll]

I personally do not buy Apple products as I really do not like Apple much at all. I have only ever thought of getting one for maybe some video editing or other software related to animation, cgi, & 3D modeling. So this app here I would add to that list and it possibly could get me to buy a cheap Apple laptop just so I could use this one photogrammetry app. It'd be nice and more preferable if Windows had a similar app though.

[@Crosslink3D]

Fair enough! I think the PC equipment I had to purchase for the same result did not yet justify. It might be in the end the more professional setup but I see Apple has an audience that is in the creative space and photographers could easily extend their portfolio with this as an additional service to take product pictures.

[@dennisnewsky7890]

Sir, this is the best quality solution for obtaining a 3D model from images! Thank you so much for sharing such useful information on this topic! Now all that remains is to figure out how to launch PhotoCatch on Windows.) On my own behalf, I would like to suggest that you continue to cover the topic of obtaining 3D models from images using artificial intelligence and different web services and programs.

[@benlam496]

What is the easiest way to edit 3D Models? Without learning complicated software

[@eikodunn]

I used PhotoCatch to photogrammetize my 1/43rd scale car. The output is USDZ. What’s the workflow to edit/modify this file, then ready it for 3d printing? I only have an iPad. My desktop computer sparked out.

[@Crosslink3D]

you'll need the obj file for slicing even if you want to do it in the cloud (for example with crealitycloud). usdz is not supported for printing. Found this on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/augmentedreality/comments/o88kgw/anyone_know_how_to_convert_usdz_to_obj_or_3ds_file/

[@eikodunn]

@@Crosslink3D What about STEP or STL? Is OBJ the only filetype that Slicer knows?

[@nms7855]

Is this also useable for capturing rooms or buildings instead of objects?

[@Crosslink3D]

I did not try yet but good point to test out asap!

[@EYEBA-11]

I am getting into 3d printing because as a sculptor people are wanting copies of my sculpts...I have the new FLASHFORGE ADVENTURER 3 COMING...Is that going to be enough for me to accomplish my new business venture?

[@Crosslink3D]

It’s a good printer to start with. Check out my latest video, I did recap a few things there and there is also links to profiles for CURA and PrusaSlicer in that video!

[@straightlevel.cruising2644]

Is there any photogrammetry app available on the Windows side of things?

[@Crosslink3D]

I’d recommend taking a look at Meshroom-CL, works with NVIDIA and AMD graphics

[@estelaclon]

Thanks for the video. The app is not free anymore, they don't give you textures, but when you create the model, if you want to get textures you have to pay.

[@flashbuzzvideo]

Thanks, I was banging my head against a wall trying to run Reality Capture on a Mac until I found this video!

[@ebouchoc]

Can you do the same thing if the subject is moving rather than the camera. For example...I need a 3d model of a person, but he is over something like zoom or streaming video. Can I still extract the 3d model or does the software need background elements as reference points?

[@Crosslink3D]

You may be able to make a 3d model from a person from a video call if you record them while they are turning their head from left to right. Or put them on an office chair and have them do a full rotation with the chair while you record them. That's worth trying out actually for a new vid :-)

[@harrisongould9460]

Any idea if this would work in a 'mapping' situation? I want to use DroneLink to capture images(mission planning) of a construction site and make a 3D map. Also, can it stitch together a 2D flat image? Example: Say 100 images, shot straight down, cover an area of land 100' X 100'...does this program stitch these together as a 2D flat square image? Thank you and I did subscribe. FYI...I too have a M1 Mac so that's why I'm asking.

[@andregrizzle2287]

I am wondering the same thing too about taking pictures of a building manually with drone and then using photocatch app. I think I will try it this weekend. Thanks for the tutorial by the way.

[@carlfranz2046]

Did you have good results? @@andregrizzle2287

[@TitoSabbyPH]

Do you have a tutorial for Win Users?

[@lmoh8915]

You think I could capture my car and customize it virtually? 😅 As if I was changing the paint colors in Gran Turismo or NFS.

[@hoodiegangfilmproductions]

No

[@bruceyoung1343]

Apple iPhone could use to “ scan” image then send .obj file to windows computer. Would that work?

[@Crosslink3D]

There is apps that can do that using the depth scanner on the iPhone and alternatively the Face ID scanner. I made some videos about this already but I need to make an updated version. A lot of things have been improved since the last time I looked at this.

[@bruceyoung1343]

@@Crosslink3D THANK YOU SIR. I look forward to it

[@lherrada5290]

great video, so helpful thank you!

[@Crosslink3D]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dariussteele3843]

Great video. Can't wait to try this. Please show some prints reflecting the different scan settings.

[@havocisomegathegigaddiappl9560]

I'm trying to 3d capture an rc car body hopefully this works

[@Simple-Brian]

Very helpful I can see a lot of functional prints coming out of this. How about making some videos on 3d modeling integrating photogrammetry.

[@Crosslink3D]

Great suggestion! Absolutely something I will talk about more. I have a few videos already on my channel that talk about this but I have to add more to the post-processing steps to explain them in depth.

[@Simple-Brian]

@@Crosslink3D Thank you 🙏

[@shawnblackmur7887]

Will it work with an iPad?

[@Crosslink3D]

No, it’s only an app for MacOS 🤔

[@radicalreel]

Impressive, don't have Apple equipment though

[@morphiz]

Amazing👌

[@ronm6585]

Thank you.

[@krzysztofbogdanowicz4543]

Great video, thank you very much !

[@brandnaqua]

this video is so valuable!! thank you so much :D

[@swiftdetecting]

What spec is the laptop

[@Crosslink3D]

Lowest spec Macbook Air M1, 8 GB RAM

[@john-iveson]

this program wont work if you have a older mac you need M1 higher

[@skylinevspec000]

I had hoped you would then print it

[@ThinkDriving]

Hi hi

[@Reindeer-ry2lf]

Cool but no Mac here either 💪✌️😎🇺🇸

[@raulhale2957]

"promosm" 👊