Can you do photoscanning for free, with your smartphone? In this tutorial, we show a 100% free photogrammetry workflow in RealityScan Mobile, Agisoft Texture De-lighter and Blender, with no AI involved.
While AI-based tools like Sparc3D or Hunyuan 3D can generate genuinely impressive results from a single photo, they often rely on credits, paywalls, and non-so-transparent processing of data. In this video, we strip it down to basics: a smartphone, free software, measurement-based photogrammetry.
Free Photogrammetry Software
And of course, Blender is a hub for assembling, editing and previewing photoscanned content.
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Photogrammetry: Best Practices and What Camera to Choose
The capturing practices described in this tutorial still apply to mobile photoscanning, so it could be worth (re)watching.
And here’s the basic guide answering the question of “what camera to choose for photogrammetry”. Or, understood more broadly – what makes capturing device better or worse for the purpose of capturing photographic data.
If you haven’t heard the term spatial fidelity before, make sure to watch this video.
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Photogrammetry Course
If you’d like to go deeper into DSLR-based photogrammetry, advanced capture techniques, and desktop RealityScan workflows (again, way more advanced), check out our full Photogrammetry course.
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Sparc3D: An Alternative 3d-from-image Method (AI)
In this video, we have explored an alternative 3D reconstruction method – represented by SPARC3D here – and discussed what makes it stand out, along with its potential impact on asset creation and 3D workflows.
