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Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by moeffju »

trynewideas wrote: post #8
moeffju wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's what they call it on their homepage. I didn't want to override that, even though I would've also called it photogrammetry.

I see "OPEN SOURCE PHOTOGRAMMETRY SOFTWARE" above the fold when I open up the site.

Turns out I was just title-blind.

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by fsloth »

rsp1984 wrote: post #9

I'd be very interested in a comparison Meshroom vs. RealityCapture (which seems to become the standard in non-free photogrammetry).

Agisoft Metashape is pretty good as well. Results are comparable to RealityCapture (depending a bit on what you want) but personal license is only 179$.

I tried all sorts of free photogrammetry softwares way back but after I tried Metashape I decided to buy a license. With 32 GB of memory it's great. I'm taking photogrammetry models as a hobby - here's a recent one made with Metashape https://skfb.ly/6S6NR

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by rsp1984 »

fsloth wrote: post #12
rsp1984 wrote: post #9

I'd be very interested in a comparison Meshroom vs. RealityCapture (which seems to become the standard in non-free photogrammetry).

Agisoft Metashape is pretty good as well. Results are comparable to RealityCapture (depending a bit on what you want) but personal license is only 179$. I tried all sorts of free photogrammetry softwares way back but after I tried Metashape I decided to buy a license. With 32 GB of memory it's great. I'm taking photogrammetry models as a hobby - here's a recent one made with Metashape https://skfb.ly/6S6NR

Impressive!

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by dang »

moeffju wrote: post #10
trynewideas wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see "OPEN SOURCE PHOTOGRAMMETRY SOFTWARE" above the fold when I open up the site.

I copied the title that was right in the middle of the "hero". Moderators feel free to add "photogrammetry" to title.

Added.

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by hutzlibu »

fsloth wrote: post #12
rsp1984 wrote: post #9

I'd be very interested in a comparison Meshroom vs. RealityCapture (which seems to become the standard in non-free photogrammetry).

Agisoft Metashape is pretty good as well. Results are comparable to RealityCapture (depending a bit on what you want) but personal license is only 179$. I tried all sorts of free photogrammetry softwares way back but after I tried Metashape I decided to buy a license. With 32 GB of memory it's great. I'm taking photogrammetry models as a hobby - here's a recent one made with Metashape https://skfb.ly/6S6NR

Impressive. How much time did you invest for that model?

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by joshvm »

fsloth wrote: post #12
rsp1984 wrote: post #9

I'd be very interested in a comparison Meshroom vs. RealityCapture (which seems to become the standard in non-free photogrammetry).

Agisoft Metashape is pretty good as well. Results are comparable to RealityCapture (depending a bit on what you want) but personal license is only 179$. I tried all sorts of free photogrammetry softwares way back but after I tried Metashape I decided to buy a license. With 32 GB of memory it's great. I'm taking photogrammetry models as a hobby - here's a recent one made with Metashape https://skfb.ly/6S6NR

I would echo the recommendation, but add that you really also need a good GPU. All the steps are highly parallelisable and take significantly longer on a CPU only.

Agisoft has a relatively simple interface, but there's a lot of complexity underneath if you need to tweak things.

Re: Meshroom – Open-source photogrammetry software

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Post by ur-whale »

rsp1984 wrote: post #9

I'd be very interested in a comparison Meshroom vs. RealityCapture (which seems to become the standard in non-free photogrammetry).

I haven't tried the commercial packages, but Meshroom is really impressive.

With enough drone pics of a building, it's pretty much:

   - launch meshroom

   - throw pics in there

   - press the "run" button

   - come back 3/4 hours later

   - load hi-rez fully textured model into blender

   - bit of cleanup

   - render
In particular, in the last step, you can do orthographic renderings that look like architect plans.

I highly recommend Meshroom. In particular, unlike many photogrammetry software I used before, my experience has been that there is almost no tweaking required.

The only minor gripe: the models come out a bit "heavy" by default (in some places, too much geometry).

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