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Agisoft Cloud / Metashape Pro 2.3 Support?

« on: March 13, 2026, 03:20:50 PM »

Hi,

Will Agisoft Cloud be upgraded to 2.3 any time soon?  I spent days pre-processing a 80k image scene in MS Pro 2.3 and I really don't want to repeat the work if an upgrade is coming soon.

Thanks,
Jeff

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General / Re: Insta360 double Fisheye DNG's

« on: March 13, 2026, 03:13:18 PM »

If you shoot video, ffmpeg can split it really easily.  In this example I shot with the Qoocam Ultra 3 in timelapse at 3fps and with 8k 10bit-klog video.  You can apply the klog LUT for correcting the video to the proper Rec709 color space.

-s is start time
-t is how many seconds

:: Kandao Qoocam Ultra 3 Fisheye Split
"C:\Apps\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe" ^
-ss 00:01:05 ^
-t 2 ^
-i "D:\deepDataSystems\02_projects\02_nola\02_scans\01_jacksonSquare\02_Qoocam\qoocam.mp4" ^
-filter_complex "[0:v]split=2[top][bottom];[top]crop=iw:ih/2:0:0,lut3d=file='klogHLGrec709.cube'[topout];[bottom]crop=iw:ih/2:0:ih/2,lut3d=file='klogHLGrec709.cube'[bottomout]" ^
-map "[topout]" "D:\deepDataSystems\02_projects\02_nola\02_scans\01_jacksonSquare\02_Qoocam\fisheye\01\qoocam01_%05d.png" ^
-map "[bottomout]" "D:\deepDataSystems\02_projects\02_nola\02_scans\01_jacksonSquare\02_Qoocam\fisheye\02\qoocam02_%05d.png"

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General / Equidistant vs Equisolid Fisheye?

« on: January 03, 2026, 02:44:35 PM »

With the new 2.3 release, when I go through the documentation, I cannot find information to determine if a fisheye lens is equidistant vs. equisolid.  Manufacturers don't include that information.  I've heard some say that "equisolid" refers to fisheye lenses with a FOV of greater than 180 degrees.  Is this true?

Jeff

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Feature Requests / Re: Request adding 3D Gaussian Splatting into Metashape

« on: December 30, 2025, 06:50:05 PM »

While we're on this topic, splat trainers like Lichtfield studio now support 3DGUT which means sensor types beyond pinhole cameras are now supported.  It would be great to export colmap in a format which reflects all the different imagery types in Metashape.

Jeff

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Feature Requests / Re: Request adding 3D Gaussian Splatting into Metashape

« on: December 30, 2025, 06:48:20 PM »

Hello all,

What do you see as typical and demanded use cases for Gaussian splatting in application to Metashape projects?

We used it heavily at Eyeline Studios / Netflix and in virtual production and I'm dedicating coursework for Metashape / Xgrids Portalcam workflows.

Jeff

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Feature Requests / Re: HEIC image format

« on: September 07, 2025, 03:58:18 PM »

+1

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Feature Requests / Quaternions Support

« on: September 07, 2025, 03:57:12 PM »

Hi Agisoft Team,

Please add support for quaternion rotations as every SLAM scanner I use exports it by default.

Jeff

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Bug Reports / Import Reference

« on: February 22, 2025, 06:35:24 PM »

I'm trying to import a reference file, but my script is having trouble parsing the delimiter.  This worked just fine in previous versions.

Jeff

Code: [Select]

2025-02-22 07:37:58 ImportReference: path = C:\Temp\xAngle\myriam\reference.csv, columns =  nxyz, delimiter = ,, skip_rows = 2
2025-02-22 07:37:58 Finished processing in 0.002 sec (exit code 1)


Code: [Select]

# This python script will import a camera reference csv file into Metashape
# By Jeffrey Ian Wilson for the 3D Scanning Masterclass (www.jeffreyianwilson.com)

import Metashape,sys

doc = Metashape.app.document
chunk = doc.chunk

# Variables
referencePath = str(sys.argv[1]) # "C:\\Temp\\xAngle\\myriam\\reference.csv"

# Import Camera Reference
chunk.importReference(path = referencePath, format = Metashape.ReferenceFormatCSV, skip_rows=2, columns=" nxyz", delimiter=",")
for camera in chunk.cameras:
    camera.reference.location_accuracy = Metashape.Vector([0.01,0.01,0.01])
    camera.reference.rotation_accuracy = Metashape.Vector([0.1,0.1,0.1])
chunk.updateTransform()

UPDATE:

Stupid error on my part.  the columns were wrong.

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General / Re: 3D Scanning Masterclass Dataset

« on: December 13, 2024, 07:38:03 PM »

Hi Everyone,

Metashape Pro project file is now available for download via OneDrive.  It's big at 175gb and does not include photography.  As the raw imagery and additional data is nearly 1tb, people will need to buy the course so I can offset cloud storage IO costs.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Apf7aUOlxOfslbVa7f8fURJ6uU-v8g?e=X2aWmo

Jeff

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General / Re: Agisoft Metashape 2.2.0 pre-release

« on: December 12, 2024, 04:35:08 PM »

Hi

I'd like to report crashes when trying to open depth map with Navvis VLX e57 as well as crashes with alignment of the same scan.  There are no issues with the same e57 file in MS Pro 2.1

Here is a link to the e57 file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apf7aUOlxOfskYRWQ1-Gd5MLi3GjLA?e=SwTLLW

Jeff

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General / Re: 3D Scanning Masterclass Dataset

« on: December 11, 2024, 06:30:38 AM »

Hi Everyone,

My 3D Scanning Masterclass website is now live with early access at a discounted price of $125 while I add remaining coursework.  I go in depth using a variety of sensors including RTK drones, 3 different lidar systems as well as 360 imagery and DSLR photography.  Metashape is the most flexible tool for my style of capture and work and very grateful that Agisoft has sponsored my course development with an educational version of the software.  New lessons are added often with a final release in early January!

https://jeffreyianwilson.com

Hope to see you soon!
Jeff

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General / 3D Scanning Masterclass Dataset

« on: November 09, 2024, 07:16:12 PM »

Hi Everyone,

I am putting together a comprehensive collection of coursework on 3D scanning and I have produced two large datasets.  The first is 100gb of DSLR photography from Joshua Tree National Park and the other is close to 1tb of data from the abandoned George Air Force Base in Victorville, CA.  The George AFB data includes high and low altitude drone capture, 6 lidar scans from the Navvis VLX3 and MLX units including raw fisheye imagery and 44 lidar captures from the BLK360 gen2 unit from Leica.  In addition, there are over 800 raw DSLR photos and 700 360 raw images from the Qoocam Ultra 3.

UPDATE:  High traffic has caused me to cut/reduce access.  My apologies, give me some time to come up with a solution.

Jeff

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General / Laser Scans Have Non-Unit Scale

« on: October 12, 2024, 06:27:04 PM »

So, I have created a point cloud from drone RTK imagery, and the accuracy is pretty good with point cloud reconstruction.  When I try to set it as a laser scan so I can align with another scan, I get a "Chunk or some laser scans have a non-unit scale which will be reset" error


2024-10-12 08:23:44 chunk scale: 9.70177, point cloud 0 [mavic3e_2024-06-22] scale: 1, total scale: 9.70177 = 9.70177 * 1

Ideas?

Jeff

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General / Re: Agisoft Metashape 2.2.0 pre-release

« on: October 02, 2024, 04:07:03 PM »

I was able to resolve the error.

Jeff

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General / Re: Agisoft Metashape 2.2.0 pre-release

« on: October 02, 2024, 03:57:26 PM »

Unsupported datum transformation error when importing Navvis VLX3 e57 file.  No error in version 2.1.3

Jeff

Now when I roll back to 2.1.3, then try to open this reference as WGS84, I'm getting the same error.