Please review these links. Install and test one or more software solutions with the image set(s) you collected last week.
DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk. The use of the software and scripts downloaded on this site or sites is done at your own discretion and risk and with agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from such activities.
Cross-platform open source solutions
Alternative to Lightroom (for pre-processing photos):
https://www.darktable.org/
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Image stitching:
VisualSFM: A Visual Structure from Motion System (outdated, still works on some platforms, please test)
http://ccwu.me/vsfm/
Colmap / ColmapCL (non-cuda):
https://colmap.github.io/
https://github.com/openphotogrammetry/colmap-cl
Regard3D
http://www.regard3d.org/index.php
Micmac: photogrammetry software developped at the IGN (French National Geographic Institute) and ENSG (French national school for geographic sciences). Should work on all platforms, calculations on CPU only. Command-line interface (CLI)
https://micmac.ensg.eu/index.php/Accueil
- AperoDeDenis try to be a global and easy to use alternative GUI to use MicMac
https://github.com/micmacIGN/InterfaceCEREMA/tree/master/InterfaceCEREMA
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Model visualization, edition:
Meshlab: open source system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes. All platforms
https://www.meshlab.net/
CloudCompare:
https://www.danielgm.net/cc/
Aligning and merging two halves of a scan:
https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/27/aligning-and-merging-two-halves-of-a-scan-cloudcompare/
https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/28/transferring-textures-from-two-halves-to-a-whole-using-blender/
Blender: free and open source 3D creation suite. All platforms
https://www.blender.org/
Pointcloud to mesh script for blender
https://www.blendernation.com/2012/01/12/python-script-point-cloud-skinner/
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Tutorials:
Workflow VSFM + CMVS/PMVS + Meshlab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6eqW6yk50k
https://www.creativeshrimp.com/free-photo-scanning-tutorial.html