TGA Digital - Photogrammetry Overview (Try it yourself!)

In this video you will learn how to go from a series of still photos to an actual 3D model with a color texture. The software used is called Agisoft Photoscan and there's a trial version if you want to try this yourself.
TGA Digital - Pointers on getting started with photogrammetry
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[@pequod4557]

You look similar to yourself

[@kogi04]

GameRex Dz Haha. I would imagine so :D /Kostas

[@ryanmartin8060]

So freakin astonishing what we can do with technology today. Just take a bunch of pictures, click a few buttons, and you've got a high quality mesh that would take hours upon hours to sculpt, and even more time to paint. Amazing. Definitely considering the course, I'd really love to learn more.

[@EthanEves]

I wonder if he shaved his head to make scanning easier

[@MoccaDeShibe]

nah, shaving his head would make scanning his head much harder since the software usually has trouble capturing shiny surfaces

[@EthanEves]

ToastyBuns harder to lightly powder a slightly shiney surface compared to the massive complexity of trying calculate the geometry of hair using photos? I suspect not

[@whatevercenter2912]

lol

[@YouCouldSayTHATT]

@@MoccaDeShibe hair is shiny too :D

[@fred40587]

can you make a dropbox folder with these pictures so we can try it with these photo sets

[@LHzeldaman]

0.0 Holy shit this was incredible! I'm going to have to try this. Can you export the model to blender or other free modelling programs used by poor people (like me)? Also this seems like it would be incredible in conjunction with a VR headset to create a truly immerse world without the boundaries of graphics holding back the experience! Oh man your killing me, thanks for the awesome tutorial!

[@Dlivrd]

Luke Harris Yes, you can.

[@LHzeldaman]

James Lucas cool :D

[@TGADigital]

Luke Harris Thank you! Glad you like it.

[@michaelb1099]

Thank you for putting up a very usable tutorial finally learned something that gives me results!!! looking to see continuation in the topology aspect

[@TGADigital]

Michael B Thank you!

[@johannesnicholas1568]

I have been using the program for 5 days now, you taught me somethings I needed to know. Thank you!

[@tubaraomartelo7838]

Do not delete points... Points should only be deleted at the end of the process. After the process is completed then we must clean the points, if we do it before we will have holes in our object.

[@robertvideochannel]

Still so relevant for Beginners. Thank you very much.

[@wilzworld6]

Does this export to an STL file for 3D printing? Thank you

[@glitchysoup6322]

Do not use this proprietary software! Use free and open source Meshroom instead - alicevision.org/#meshroom

[@tedstrauss999]

holy crap this software is amazing

[@linuswalden]

Can you provide some sample photos so we can play around with them?

[@mylesjarvis7571]

Of all the videos I e watched this one was the easiest to follow! Great job and I am going to follow this tutorial for my first attempt! Thanks!

[@derekcarter4530]

I'm hella glad a stumbled onto this video. I am an eagerly looking forward to executing this method, as 3d scanners have failed me numerous times. great tutorial, thank you!

[@VFXforfilm]

I have a great 2 part training series tutorial on photogrammetry and studio lighting setup if interested: www.vfxforfilm.com/phg-102-studio-shoot-and-cleanup

[@YGODueltainer]

I am completely new to all this camera, so can you maybe list the component and camera model that you used in your video please.

[@wgalloPT]

Wow....THATS WHATS CALLED A TUTORIAL !!! awesome...no questions asked in the end. Fantastic job!!!! and thank you so much for your time!!!

[@jeetchheda8916]

All those steps u showed... Are they really possible to do in just TRIAL VERSION ?

[@AshT8524]

Thank you, This is still helpful after 7 years :)

[@DavidWKimber]

This is the future of 3D modeling for assets that can be photographed. 'Photogrammetrist' will be a job title!

[@notlegal99]

you predicted the future

[@vorklan]

I wonder why they don't use this in video games? Maybe they don't want their characters to look too real?

[@nothanksnoname7567]

A similar idea was going to be used in Perfect Dark for the N64 way back in 2000. But Nintendo halted the implementation due to events such as the Columbine school massacre.

[@korystanley567]

amazing job what was the megapixels of the reference pictures? also can you upload the 3D model head so we can sample with the texture? I plan on download demo tonight :)

[@B33SON1]

Might be useful to create reference points by drawing onto your skin with a marker in certain troublesome spots

[@ImiKG]

Turns his face into the face of Darth Plaegus -I still think this is perfectly fine

[@nunhluakhiangte7112]

This video saves me 15 days of my previous work on Designing Human head. I wish i knew this earlier. This is big help for me

[@MarkLedford]

Wow, the most thorough and thoughtful workflow walkthrough I've seen for Agisoft Photoscan so far. Thanks for all the detailed recommendations as well!

[@TGADigital]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it :)

[@selinegri9912]

hj9

[@knickels3]

It is amazing... but I am not getting these results.. not even close... my dense point cloud barely changes from the align photos stage and then when generating the mesh, it is super bumpy and messy, no smoothness at all... why does this keep happening?

[@England91]

@@knickels3 it's down to what type of camera used e.g. phone or dedicated one like Canon or similar which he did stated in the video plus having everything set to manual

[@TooToo246]

super thank you, my brotha from anotha motha

[@hoptman]

I have a computer that is not the most suitable software for this software - core i5, 12 gb RAM, AMD 4GB. So the question is: what is the power of your computer? and which computer is suitable for quickly creating 800 cameras with very million cloud points? if you have a powerful enough computer, can you help me download my project and process it in a pact? would be very gratefu

[@FredrikSvensson1979]

I'm guessing you took the pictures at Beijerskajen in Malmö, right? :) Good work on the video, very informative.

[@TGADigital]

Yeah I'ts at Beijerskajen. But it was my colleague Stefan who snapped the photos, a lot easier than doing it yourself ;) Thanks!

[@EpicJCreations]

This tutorial was really helpfull! Thank you so much! Its really hard finding good info on Photoscan out there. Thanks again so much! Awesome job!

[@AZObns]

Elo sir, does RTX 3050 graphic with i5 12600kf good for Agisoft process?

[@AlfonsoGeneroso]

It's awesome, pretty clean, I can't wait to do it by myself, (with some help with the camera :D) I would love to see how to build a indoor set with targets and chroma and maybe outside with helpers to make scenarios, anyway, great production. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@TGADigital]

Alfonso Generoso Glad you like it. Sounds like exciting ideas. Thank you for the feedback.

[@supreetkurdekar5726]

Great video! You do an excellent job of explaining the steps. Can this software be used to generate 3-D CAD models too? For a relatively simple object? And then from the CAD model to 3-D printing software?

[@JaKlaro]

looks like it gives better result than meshroom.. It coast 179 dollars, right?

[@praveenadimys]

Amazing software..........!

[@smithmachhi9311]

best photogrammetry tutorial in world thanx for it u got +1 sub

[@hiqmatiarsyamsul8655]

excuse me , I want to ask , if made ​​using 40 webcam studio photogrammetry whether the result will be the maximum ?

[@cryptocomix]

I have a question. When snapping the photos (via iPhone) I can hold down the shutter button and it will just walk around whatever object I'm trying to shoot. This will create some blurry images in the burst as I am walking around in motion, but it does allow me to take many photos in a short period of time. Is it better to take few photos that are sharp or many that are blurryish?

[@brianjohnson9802]

You should take as many as possible that are sharp. Sharp pictures is the better option. It will probably just ignore any blurry ones.

[@danieldoyle974]

Great video Thanks you, Best Description I've found on the subject. Would love to see more on how to clean the model- patch holes etc

[@TGADigital]

Daniel Doyle Glad you like it. Thank you for the feedback :)

[@SiBennett]

Great in-depth tutorial - thanks for doing it!

[@GameplaysUnboxing]

I tried it a couple of times and always got inaccurate results..used photos with good lightning and how they are supposed to be made. Any ideas? And can anybody recommend a got camera to use=?

[@lillolodi]

Amazing tutorial...but I have a problem. I did exactly the same but when I import in 3ds max (or cinema 4d) the quality is very low. I did "built texture" but in 3ds max it looks like I didn't do it. Could you help me? Thanks

[@SabaLp]

Amazing lesson thank you, also can you tell me how to fix misaligned/unaligned photos ? can I use smartphone like Samsung galaxy note 3 ? exacltly how much photos should I take ?

[@TGADigital]

Saba Khutsishvili The times when I've had shots that would not align ("NA" next to name in PhotoScan) it was due to poor choice of subject on my part or blurry photos. It's hard to say exactly though. We just released a video with some useful tips that you can check out. I added it to the description of this video. I've tried myself with my LG G4 and gotten pretty decent results. I definately get better results with the Canon 70D though. But it is possible.

[@shakaama]

lol you lost weight during making this video.

[@ZioPeray]

can i export in STL file for 3d printing?

[@TGADigital]

+Angelo Russo Yes you can export directly to STL and several other formats.

[@raghuram2578]

Have you done it?

[@goofystudiofx128]

Hi there I know this is a bit old but does this software compensation for human body movements? Because i heard that if the person isn’t still enough during the photo shot photogrammetry turns out bad (one camera process)

[@MrMikedejeuner]

doesnt work at all, I followed every ****** steps i was in a white room turning into a fanny table with custom lightning and yet a monster came out of the scan, friggin frustating every third world kid do perfect scans in horrible conditions but noooo not mike mike must cut wood instead fml

[@nelsonquimbyjr5681]

thanks for the share but one ?? I got I have this program but only add's 2 photo's that has check marks it shows the others but they don't add ??? iam lost on this program

[@mikebreler9724]

This used to be a good program until they were bought out and turned into a rental app going the route of PS which will steer most of us to free shareware programs of which there are dozens. So goodbye Agisott. You want to attract more customers go to a one time purchase app price!

[@RusticRaver]

Now get the dog to not move is the hard part! max resolution?

[@ajrd2000]

Well, that camera is not a toy, it is an expensive tool here in my country unfortunately. Is it possible to use some cellphone model to get a good result with it?

[@sangarp2001]

My agisoft takes only white color. Any other color it leaves empty or a gap.

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

Excellent video, How can I reduce the size of the file ? If I import that to Blender, My CPU struggles.. Of course I can buy better hardware, but, I'd like to make my scans fit my animations.. It doesn't have to be super high resolution, just kinda good..

[@진케이리]

Hello, thanks you for this video. that help really for my project! I just have a one question. if i installe my object on the transparent floor, could i have a bottom of the object?

[@TGADigital]

+이진경 Glad you like it. I'd just try rotating the object after taking your initial batch of photos to get the underside. You might need to mask these images just in case any background image data is used as tracking points. That could confuse the software. I've tried it on a few occasion and it has worked fairly well.

[@10ProduccionesPixel]

Greetings. You know the difference between version 1.3.1 and the previous ones. My interest is with People and Monuments models. Thanks and Go!

[@brennt502]

doesn't work in my case. I get only weird looking clouds.

[@GermyGames]

This is the best guide on Photogrammetry that I have seen so far. Thanks!

[@muhammadmursaleen3345]

can we use mobile phone for taking pictures?

[@jetolano2398]

Hello TGA DIGITAL, I would LOVE to see a cleaned up model! Would you retop it? Or throw it into Zbrush and Decimate it? How do you use the texture information if you UV the head? ANY information would BE AMAZING! In fact if you wanted to do a Series for CG or Game assets using this head and slapping onto a body...and even rig it, I wouldn't be mad at you at all!! Thanks for any help! This really rocked!

[@TGADigital]

***** Thank you for the feedback :)

[@England91]

Make a low poly then bake the high poly on to it which will make it look high resolution in the final render and will be quicker too

[@DrenKajm]

Guessing we can't generate polygons out of it, meaning if it can be used in games.

[@finshootme]

I have tryed this 8 times now with no luck. Thou I use my phones camera, 12megapixels.

[@alejandrobailon1761]

If you have a manual mode try to use it, but honestly you will get much better results from a DSLR or mirrorless. If you still want to try of course

[@alexc8992]

If you are still trying, there is this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3WTdpuJnpKprMU

[@scotth9981]

Good tutorial. Amazing how hard it is to find good tutorials on photoscan.

[@BigFreakingCacodemon]

For getting a tracking point on top of the head, would it help to put a red dot sticker on the subjects head and edit it out later?

[@CedricChauveau]

Thank you for this very complete tutorial. People use landmarks. Is it useful with a face? In all the tutos that I could see, the result is grainy (orange peel aspect). Is it possible to avoid it or erase it in post-treatment? I use google translation.

[@AmblikuttanS]

Can you please a video about hoe to download agisoft software

[@masterchiappa]

Very cool. Would love to see the continuation of this video, ie the retopologization process. Thank you!

[@TGADigital]

Neronie Thank you for the kind words and for your suggestion!

[@Giogiogio4]

What camera is he using? What camera would you guys recommend for work like this?

[@virtuallyreal2420]

What picture size/density did you use for your original photos?

[@korystanley567]

Virtually Real I was wondering the same thing I was planning on buying a new camera I seen the dimensions or resolution was 5472 by 3648 in one of the pictures

[@lancephelps3333]

Can you merge these photos with a facial scanner

[@blacksun32]

Great! I'll be taking your course too now. I need to figure out the workflow for texture fixing after decimation in Blender.

[@England91]

My advise is to make a low poly then bake the high poly on to it which is how about 95% of game studios get high resolution looking game assets/models to load without much hit to the performance of the game/render

[@selforganisation]

I'd like to note, that saying that you have 8 "GPU cores" and 7 CPU cores gives a total 15 is incorrect and complete nonsense. This is because, the "GPU cores" are quite different than CPU cores. A CPU core performs essentially a single arithmetic-logical operation at a time (or sometimes a few, especially when dealing with SIMD). It's also designed to perform other operations aside from raw computation. In contrast, a single "GPU" core should really be called a GPU multiprocessor, and it performs many operations simultaneously (like 32 or more), and is designed for mainly raw computation, especially that typical of computer graphics.

[@duubtuub3071]

Agreed: "Wow." You, clearly, know what you're talking about because you present it so clearly. (I find myself hoping, hoping that Photoscan is more affordable now than when I last looked...)

[@ArtARPreview]

What about the game dev, how can i make diffrent animations and then export them to a game engine like ue4?

[@Bala92635]

I am trying the same but some of the details are missing...

[@akisadams3539]

Πολύ καλή η ανάλυση σου, αν έβαζες και το αποτέλεσμα που παίρνουμε από την δημιουργία σε ένα 3d εκτυπωτή θα ήσουν τέλειος. Τώρα για το θέμα που υπάρχει συνήθως στο πάνω μέρος του κεφαλιού ,που δημιουργείται αυτό το κενό νομίζω αν βάλεις 3 σημεία αναφοράς π.χ. 3 χρωματιστά μικρά πιν θα έχεις καλύτερο αποτέλεσμα.

[@cubaindy6700]

Thank you for best photogrammetry tutorial on KZbin. I believe I have followed every step and made many many attempts at this point, but I get absolutely no results at all. I just get background dots. No object AT ALL. Any chance you might could advise? Maybe look at some of the photos I'm using and tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

[@hardrockinhere]

Why're all these photogrammetry videos presented by Europeans with thick accents?

[@AliTKhan]

please help me! i can't install this on my windows 8.1 the installer giving me errors!

[@shabanakhann]

Is there any tutorial for car photogrammetry ?

[@whiterabbit1632]

Kostas has developed into a great teacher and mentor.

[@manocustaff4809]

Hello there!I have a GTX 970 factory OC edition from Galax,is it enough to work in the highest quality?

[@carlosmaldonado8600]

Thank friend. You have your like and subscription.. What about dimensions? For example if I want to photo scan a car.. How accurate and how introduce some reference dimensions? Thanks

[@ahmadyousef6379]

i want to buy your course , but i have a few questions first is that okay ?

[@FaraidunHawramy]

so so so great and easy tutirial . thanks so much

[@Fiqih]

halo, why does my object have white lines appears in texture even though I have tried to use png or tiff? when in agisoft it's fine, no whit line, but after I exported it to another program like keyshot and 3dsmax it has white textures How to fix this?

[@DudeOfWar5330]

i cant seem to get my photos to align. does anyone else expirience this ?

[@nataliekaras9258]

Hello, can you recommend computer specs for this type of work? What type of graphics card? How much memory? Thanks

[@elgatojuega]

doesnt work for me why wtf¿

[@ИванИванов-щ9я2п]

На русский переведите, кто ни будь, пожалуйста)

[@codingforslowpeople6721]

If I were to use Agisoft and create a 3D model, can I export it as a STL, OBJ, G-Code or JPG file?

[@chibigamer8867]

If only Nintendo would believe in such a technology for once then their next console gimmick would be top notch performance again. But they probably won't until we invent the 128 bit processor which we are still awhile away from inventing.

[@FarmBoyTech]

Thank you so much

[@JulieMansoJEMcreative]

How many photos were taken of you for this scan? I took about 48 photos of my step son's head and it only scanned half of his face, it rejected all the photos of the back of his head. The light was even on his face all around, I don't understand why I'm just getting half his face. Any suggestions?

[@wasimakram837]

hii there... nicely explained.. actually I have been searching efficient method to capture 3d image of wooden furniture.would you please tell me is this method of photogrammetry is suitable for my requirement or not? hope you will reply thanks in advance

[@snorklesnorkle6434]

Im sure his tripod used a reference object

[@a88888888a]

Would you ever export the file to zbrush to clean up any artifacts and then export to Maya? Or most would just export directly to Maya?

[@thehappygamer1107]

could you make a model of yourself and put in gmod

[@ChinaAl]

I'm on Mac. Will this work for me? Thanks

[@mrstanlez]

For a while ? Hmm I think 3D model made from still pictures in 1.5 hour. Thank you.

[@samysdefer]

It goes in 2minutes for my head.

[@No1Blame]

I guess it's different with different heads 😂