Diogenes opened this issue on Feb 14, 2009 · 15 posts
Diogenes posted Sun, 15 February 2009 at 7:43 PM
richardson: I like the idea. When working in clay in the real world I can usually get the proportions correct fairly easily. But on a computer it just isn't the same and I struggle with proportions I think this might be true for many 3D content creators. Also things like eye size and shape, most often I see too large eyes (probably stylized)
Morkonan: That's a good idea with the maniquins. It would give me a good subject to work with till I get the whole thing set up properly and attain the skills needed. I don't know how much live models will cost but I expect it will be a bit spendy. They have some bars around here with nude dancers, and I might be able to get some of them more easily to pose.
I will definitely post my progress from time to time. I will have to get everything together first, I thought about having the calibration charts printed up professionally to the size that I need. Then I thought it may be better if I use a photo projector to blow it up to size and paint it directly on the wall in a corner, if I can get one that is accurate enough not to distort the image. Perhaps having them printed would be more acurate and cheaper.
Miss Nancy: I am not sure on that, except it must use the other method because the creator says that the red lazer is better than the green. I know it produces something like a depth map of a rainbow of colors. You can actually use different methods. With the recomended one you use a red lazer in a very dark room and move the lazer up and down over the subject untill it completely fills in the scan image. In another method you can use a very bright light that is focused on the subject and then use a very taught straght cord and run that up and down in front of the light so as to create a shadow line on the subject. The second method will work but not as well as the first method.
Also you can use a movie camera to record your scans with and do a full circumference scan and then use the option to grab the scan from the video.
Well it will take me awhile to get this scanner going and work out the kinks but I will let you all know how it turns out.