Photogrammetry Test 3 - Naruto Pop Figure

 Photogrammetry Test 3 - Naruto Pop Figure

    After doing more research and looking through more youtube videos I realised that if I wanted to use a static camera I had to then use a completely black background in order to trick Reality Capture into believing that the camera is moving and not the object. Previously I had either used a white background or the environmental background. The main issue I'm facing is that to attempt this in a very amateur studio setup I lack the right lighting equipment and I am trying to make do with what I have so even these failed experiments are teaching me new ways of shooting, however the best setup would to be have a ring flash mounted to the camera so that I could remove all of the shadow and reflection information and that way it should actually work as intended in Reality Capture.






    Because of the lighting setup again I didn't get the best results in Reality Capture even after trying to alter various settings within the camera alignment process which I read online could help, but since I completely new to this software I need more time to get to grips with it and learn the nuances of the software.

Here are the results from Reality Capture which unfortunately again aren't anything to look at.





    I do feel like I am still making progress with each trial and error run I do, however the time to setup and take the images, then transfer them to my PC and put them into Reality Capture is becoming quite costly. Which I guess is proving to me that the method isn't as easy to setup without a good amount of knowledge and experience, so in terms of a games studio trying this it would be quite a costly and time consuming endeavour to begin with until they have it running efficiently, so short term impact for a long term investment as once it is setup and working then they can utilise it more effectively.

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