{"id":15,"date":"2018-12-11T07:07:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2019-05-06T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T21:50:48","slug":"comparing-meshroom-against-photoscan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/comparing-meshroom-against-photoscan\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Meshroom against PhotoScan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agisoft.com\/\">PhotoScan<\/a> (Agisoft Metashape) is a leading tool for photogrammetric processing which can produce great results even using your mobile phone to grab enough shots around your object. <a href=\"https:\/\/alicevision.github.io\/\">Meshroom<\/a> is the same kind of tool but it&#8217;s open source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first attempts at using photogrammetry software focused on a coffee table. Photoscan did not pick out the thin table legs, but I suspect some better lighting and more camera shots lower down would have resolved that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-39\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-39\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-29\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a.png\" class=\"envira-gallery-39 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery39\" title=\"Point Cloud\" data-envira-caption=\"Point Cloud\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-29\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a-1024x526-640x480.png\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a-1024x526-640x480.png\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"39\" data-envira-item-id=\"29\" data-envira-caption=\"Point Cloud\" alt=\"\" title=\"Point Cloud\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a-1024x526-640x480.png 400w,https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a-1024x526-640x480.png 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"154\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-30\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; 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padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final.png\" class=\"envira-gallery-39 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery39\" title=\"Final mesh\/material edits within Blender\" data-envira-caption=\"Final mesh\/material edits within Blender\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-31\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final-640x480.png\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final-640x480.png\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"39\" data-envira-item-id=\"31\" data-envira-caption=\"Final mesh\/material edits within Blender\" alt=\"\" title=\"Final mesh\/material edits within Blender\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final-640x480.png 400w,https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final-640x480.png 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"213\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_a.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_b.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/table_final.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Exported to Sketchfab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sketchfab-embed-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/7a1da682cbbb4a7d95c7ecc0469a3c0d\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; vr\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I then moved onto testing a sequoia tree trunk in Meshroom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sketchfab-embed-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/2ad99a26d70542db8f970af52a451c21\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; vr\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And see below the same data set within PhotoScan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sketchfab-embed-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/models\/6551bd7de945457dbcf6c5f0c71b17e0\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; vr\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that I did not adjust too many of the extensive settings within Meshroom, I think it came very close to PhotoScan&#8217;s quality of mesh. Meshroom is in it&#8217;s early stages and is due to have an update early 2019, so I will review again after the next release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhotoScan (Agisoft Metashape) is a leading tool for photogrammetric processing which can produce great results even using your mobile phone to grab enough shots around your object. Meshroom is the same kind of tool but it&#8217;s open source. My first attempts at using photogrammetry software focused on a coffee table. Photoscan did not pick out &hellip; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/comparing-meshroom-against-photoscan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossedwards.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}