Zev0 opened this issue on Oct 12, 2011 · 14 posts
Zev0 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 6:24 AM
Sigh I need a digital camera..
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/photo_scene_editor/
estherau posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 8:51 AM
wow! I bet the digital camera is the least of you worries. You probably need max or something.
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Zev0 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 8:55 AM
Well you can export as a obj, I have Zbrush so its all good. I am actually going to try this out. But instead of taking individual photos, I am going to do a HD video recording and that way I have alot more flexability in what frames I want to use:)
estherau posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 9:08 AM
that's clever.
I didn't check but being autodesk I presume when you buy the software that it is horribly expensive?
I have a mac anyway, but my husband has a PC so I could get it if it worked well.
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PS keep us posted
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
wolf359 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 9:58 AM
**"using the power of cloud computing" **
So this is Not a stand alone application
they take your photos (30-40 required)
that you upload to their servers
they create this ultra triangulated model for you
and you download it
Hopefully your internet service does not go down
you can create a rudimentery rotating animation of this textured "model" that looks just like the Chair from your dining room and post it on you tube.....AWESOME!!!!
but why not just use the Video recorder in your smart phone and shoot an actual video of the chair etc and upload that to youtube instead??
I am not seeing the usefulness of this set up service.
Cheers
Zev0 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 12:36 PM
Well, you can use your model in your artwork, take it into zbrush ,Max, Maya and animated the mesh, morph it etc. There are usefullness. Bottom line is its a mesh, and if you can find a useful way to incorporate it in your animation or artwork then I see the usefulness:)D Drag it into poser and have v4 or m4 walking in your house:)
estherau posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 5:27 PM
I hope it does work well. It sounds very useful to me.
Love esther
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
Diogenes posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 5:33 PM
Check THIS out There are ways of using it for full body scanns too on the forums.
estherau posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 5:51 PM
wow, now if there was a one click python script for putting weight mapped rigging into the model - well!
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
wolf359 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 6:01 PM
Quote - Check THIS out There are ways of using it for full body scanns too on the forums.
That looks WAAAY more useful than depending on some web service to produce your models.
Cheers
Zev0 posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 6:02 PM
Quote - Check THIS out There are ways of using it for full body scanns too on the forums.
the price:(
Diogenes posted Wed, 12 October 2011 at 6:10 PM
Ya 399. But they have instructions there on the forums and you can build your own for pretty cheap, the software is free.
I was thinking about using something like this for a form to work from in 3Dcoat. If you had a scanned person to work from then use the retopology tools in 3DCoat all the proportions should be pretty accurate. Just an idea.
bantha posted Thu, 13 October 2011 at 5:30 AM
I would think that for body scans the free version od david should be good enough. All you need is some kind of corner, a line laser and a webcam. Should not be that much of a problems, I tried it with a cheap line laser from the toolshop and got good results.
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Diogenes posted Thu, 13 October 2011 at 3:44 PM