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Feature Requests / Missing marker and scale feature in Standard version

« on: April 24, 2025, 03:31:01 PM »

Hello,
i am using photogrammetry for assigning texture to 3d laser scanned objects.
For this i really miss the marker and scale option in the metashape standard version but the professional version is by far to expensive.
I also do not need all the drone specific features, just support for view marker to align and scale.

While i really like the workflow in metashape standard i am not using it because of mission such basic features.
I am using Capture Reality and Meshroom for assigning nice texture to 3d laser scanned objects (+CloudCompare).
Both photogrammetry SW are free and support scaling and alignning by marker.
It's somehow a pitty beeing forced to use freeware because lack of basic feature.
But i also understand that the professional version of metashape has lot of feature which has it's price.

Basic marker and scaling feature should be added to standard version.
Limit of e.g. 10 marker for aligning and scaling would be enough for most private user but still would motivate professional users to buy pro version.

Other idea would be to offer affordable licence model also for private users (hobbiyists licence model) and not only educational licence model.
Or alternatively another affordable "intermediate" version between standard and professional which is just extending the standard version with basic marker and scaling features.
The standard version without marker and scale feature is just not usable while professional is radiculus expenisve for private users.

Would be great if such user feedback would be recognized and solution provided.
I really would love to use Metashape again in the near future.

Br
Chris

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Face and Body Scanning / Find picture used for specific texture area (e.g. remove reflection in eyes)

« on: March 14, 2015, 01:25:52 AM »

Is it possible to find out which picture/pictures is finally used for specific area to generate the texture?

E.g.:
I would like to know which pictures are used for the eye area.
With this information i could remove the bad looking reflections with photoshop for this specific pictures before final texture creation. Doing this for only few pictures would quite time consuming. ;-)

Every idea is welcome.

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Feature Requests / Select front view picture for X/Y/Z orientation

« on: March 01, 2015, 02:33:59 PM »

Would be good to have the possibility to manually select one of the photos to define the front view.
This photo is then used as reference for X/Y/Z orientation of the object.

Alternatively the user could also select one photo as top/bottom/front/rear/left/right view.

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Feature Requests / Manual selected mask to be aligned to all selected cameras

« on: January 04, 2015, 09:58:44 PM »

In general i am using the "Import Mask from Background" feature for selected cameras (new feature) as a first step.
Beside this i want to add manually selected mask (e.g. Rectangle Selection) to remove specific areas from all pictures. This could be the turntable, bottom of a person or areas with moving objects (e.g. window).

I would like to request the feature to add manual selected (add, subtract, invert) for all selected cameras.

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Feature Requests / Scale function for standard version

« on: October 05, 2014, 12:27:28 PM »

There is really one basic feature in the standard version.
This is really important feature to prepare for 3D printing.

Please add simple scale function to the Photoscan Standard version.

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General / Setting the size of model

« on: December 08, 2013, 01:41:06 PM »

I want to export the 3d model (.obj) for 3d printing.
How is it possible in Photoscan to set the size (in mm?) of the model before exporting to obj format?
Finally i want to be able to print calculated scale in relation to the original object.

Thanks for your help.

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Feature Requests / Closing holes option when deleting selection

« on: December 08, 2013, 01:09:38 PM »

For removing parts of the model (e.g. rectangular selection) it should be also possible to optionally select "delete and close hole".

I am using this option e.g. to cut the ground of the model to get staight plate.
Unfortunately after cutting i have a big hole and i need to close it.

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Feature Requests / Special features for turntable setup

« on: June 09, 2013, 10:17:23 PM »

I am doing some experiments to capture 3d mesh by the usage of a turntable.
Depending on the object it works pretty well. :-)

Anyhow ... after some tests i would like to ask for some special features for the usage of a turntable to make it more comfortable.

Turntable Features:
1. Align fotos by pairing the cameras based on the filename sequence order AND pair the first and the last file in the sequence
2. Predefine the rotation degree per camera. This should speed up the alignment and improve the accuracy. It should be also possible to handle row sequences taken from different angle/high.
3. Show the aligned cameras (optional) in the workspace
4. Import Mask from "Green Screen" or "Blue Screen". I am using "from Background" which works pretty well. Anyhow greenscreen/bluescreen support would be also a great option.