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General / Re: Artifacts / Noise on 3d Model

« on: September 10, 2013, 12:29:53 PM »

I guess you need more pictures in different heights, so try to turn around more near to the ground and another time more up, if you can.

Maybe smooth geometry will avoid some of them, but of course making things more unsharp.

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Python and Java API / Re: Automatic mask generation?

« on: September 10, 2013, 02:35:39 AM »

Dear Alexey,

thanks for your valuable feedback. I tried the following line:

mask = PhotoScan.Utils.createDifferenceMask(cam.image(), (108,145,195), 10, False)

and got a strange exception:

TypeError: descriptor 'createDifferenceMask' requires a 'PhotoScan.Utils' object but received a 'PhotoScan.Image'

What I am missing?

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Feature Requests / Re: ALT: Rotate

« on: September 09, 2013, 02:41:19 PM »

Dear Alexey,

well, i guess that helps.

Is there a documentation about existing shortcuts? Would be nice, to have shortcuts as tooltips visible. Somehow I allways don't know which shortcuts exist.

Thanks

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Python and Java API / Automatic mask generation?

« on: September 09, 2013, 11:39:21 AM »

Dear folks,

i wonder if anyone tried yet to autogenerating masks. In my case I treat lots of high reso images (> 500) by hand to mask the sky out. Taking lots of time, little bit annyoing

So does anyone or does you guys from Agisoft has a semi-automated solution for that?

When I think of that task as a developer I would let the user (me) pick a color and tolerance, than search in the image for lets say larger areas of this color and similar color (tolerance), like the magic picker function does. Than append that area to the mask. Hence save. Afterwards the user needs to check each image, which should be easy, by looking at the mask-preview in the photo area.

I would prefer a python API solution, to have controll over the process.

Any ideas? Maybe an external tool can help?

Take care,

Markus

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Feature Requests / ALT: Rotate

« on: September 09, 2013, 01:54:20 AM »

When selecting points or faces, i switch between rotate and selecting tool quite a lot of time. I suggest, if not yet there (and I missed something), to rotate/move while holding a meta key like ALT and without ALT i can select. That would help to not switch all that time between these functionality.

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Python and Java API / Re: API: access to selected images

« on: September 08, 2013, 03:57:28 PM »

Thanks Alexey, thats good news!

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Feature Requests / selection tool: only face/front

« on: September 08, 2013, 01:19:34 AM »

the selection tools should have a mode to select either through or only the visible geometry in front of the perspective.

Consider this example: you have complete 360deg room, from top to bottom and all sides, so kind of a cube. You want to select a particular wall. Current the selection tool will select "through", so even what is behind the geometry-wall (another wall, objects, etc.). Even when moving the viewpoint into the room, that you see it from inside, the selection tools are selecting whats in front, as whats in your back.

Is very important for my work.

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Python and Java API / API: access to selected images

« on: September 08, 2013, 01:09:52 AM »

would be interesting to know which images are selected, in the API.

e.g. to export some of them undistorted for later texture remapping in an external tool.

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General / Re: Python Scripting Automation

« on: September 02, 2013, 11:45:05 PM »

yes, just take a minute to overfly the api reference... it has quite a lot to offer.

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Feature Requests / Re: Bunch of requests

« on: September 01, 2013, 05:09:31 PM »

Great, i'll go and see the new pre-release...

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General / Re: Problems Making 3D Model From Video Frames

« on: August 31, 2013, 07:24:52 PM »

Thanks rdobson82 for your insights.

Using video in interieur seems therefore very hard, as light isn't enough to have faster shutter speed in order to get sharp stills without blurring effect.

Take care,

Markus

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Feature Requests / Bunch of requests

« on: August 31, 2013, 06:05:20 PM »

I have several requests, some more interesting some less:

A) ptex support
B) when having many chunks, a flag feature is cool, to fastly sign the state of a chunk for myself, indicating what to do next (e.g. re-geometrize, aligned successfully/next phase, etc.), because i work sometimes simoultanously on different project, i can forget
C) Rename a Chunk using keyboard "F2"
D) Delete a Chunk using keyboard "DEL"
E) Make manual reordering of Chunks possible
F) Show high points/vertex/face humbers with dots to indicate thousand steps: 1.000.000 (depends on local format)
G) show memory usage peak when a chunk has been aligned, build, textured, etc. to indicate if i can try a better quality
H) allow my favourite python scripts to be accessible via a one-click-button from console the menu (kind of automatic most used scripts)

If someone find one of the features interesting, than it vote up

Take care,

Markus

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General / Re: Siggraph Whitepapers

« on: August 31, 2013, 05:52:37 PM »

+1

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General / Re: Problems Making 3D Model From Video Frames

« on: August 31, 2013, 05:48:40 PM »

Dear rdobson82,

i am interested in your prefered video setup. Could you share some insights please? I tried it one time myself, but i stopped after extracting stills from myD800 video, as they were too blured cause of the movement. Do you find any solution to that with the D800 or you would recommend using a prof. video cam, with higher frame rate? What image extraction tool did you use, quick time?

Would be thankful to hear from you.

Take care,

Markus

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Python and Java API / Console Update

« on: August 30, 2013, 02:07:09 AM »

Hi folks,

i run a script which loops over a bunch of files to organizing them through naming conventions. So it looks something like:

for file in files:
    print ("Moving", file, "to", there)
    shutils.move(here, there)

I wonder why the print statement isn't showing up anything in the PS console during the loop is working. When the loop is finished and all files has been moved, than all print message appear in the console.

Yes, i minor issue, but i would like to learn.

Agisoft, any ideas, do i need to update the console manually, flushing something?