The latest release of Agisoft Metashape 1.5.3 has seen some major improvements to the animation pane. Photoscan 1.4 beta first saw the animation pane appear and we did a review at the time. There was a choice of horizontal or vertical viewpoints and any detailed camera track could be loaded but needed 3rd party software Read more about Lights, Camera, Action![…]
A good friend of mine was planning to sort his back garden out, but life threw stuff in the way and the project stalled. Built on a slope, right outside the back door was the planned space for a set of steps that lead into the rest of the garden. Could we design and make Read more about Commit To Cut – Photogrammetry Guides the Saw[…]
Quality In During a brief visit to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum one of the subjects was shot with the best camera to hand – an iPhone. The museum contains a wealth of art – the very finest expressions of what it means to be a creator. There were many worthy subjects but most were Read more about The Value of Quality[…]
Recently we helped IANTD run the first two day Diving Skills for Photogrammetry course at Vobster Quay Inland Diving. The course teaches not only how to dive and work as an efficient buddy pair to capture the photos needed, but goes into some detail as to how Metashape uses the images to align and build Read more about Aligning The Images – Why Things Go Wrong[…]
With the release of Metashape 1.5 we get a choice with the route to mesh creation: Depth Maps Dense Cloud For some purposes we don’t really need a mesh, the dense cloud is just a series of defined points in 3D space but can have GIS information and scale applied. But for most uses – Read more about Mesh it up – Depth Maps vs Dense Cloud[…]
Pre-Restoration Scan Recently we acquired a very rare WW2 vintage torpedo motor from Deeper Dorset‘s very own Grahame Knott. The motor is unusual; instead of the typical 4-cylinder radial configuration this example is an experimental 2-stroke 8-cylinder radial engine. As far as we know the engine was never put into production, but there are a Read more about More Than One Orthophoto[…]
Need 3D? The 3D hosting site we use to display our work has been offering models for sale for a while. With the two iBooks (see below) now published and a trip to Scapa complete and processed finally there was time to take a closer look. Sketchfab is not the only site offering 3D models for Read more about Models for Sale![…]
Last Roll of the Dice At 23:32hrs on the28th of October 1918 the Flotta Mining Hut triggered the remotely controlled minefield that guarded Hoxa Sound, thus sealing the fate of the submarine U.B.116 and her crew. U.B.116 had departed Heligoland early on the morning of the 25th with orders to attack the Royal Navy base Read more about 100 Years Ago Today – The Sinking of U.B.116[…]
Slope Analysis As we have discussed before Digital Elevation Models help us understand subtle changes in depth (or height) of the subject. We also think they are art in their own right. Tucked away in the 1.4 release of Agisoft Photoscan Pro is a preference that adds slope analysis. The colours applied to the model Read more about DEMS – Another View[…]
Atlantis at Alikanas Late last year Simon found himself on the island of Zakinthos, Greece, in the company of a film crew. The job was to scan the seabed of Alikanas Bay and capture what locals believe to be the remains of a long-lost town. The job went very well indeed. The weather and visibility Read more about Media Work – Looking for Atlantis[…]