Regard3D is a free, multiplatform, open-source structure-from-motion application

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Regard3D is a free, multiplatform, open-source structure-from-motion application. :nerd: Rocket Science for Pictures ... Photogrammetry Software ... best avoid this one unless your propeller :nerd: is already spinning ... long involved video tutorials!!!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/regard3d/files/latest/download

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWauPYjIk7Q

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This is the website of Regard3D, a free and open source structure-from-motion program.

It converts photos of an object, taken from different angles, into a 3D model of this object.

If you are new to Regard3D, please read the Introduction or go directly to the Tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOjy6oPnLDA

Features:
Multi-platform (runs on Windows, OS X and Linux)
Based on powerful third-party tools and libraries
Completely free and open sourced

Introduction
Regard3D is a structure-from-motion program (see also this Wikipedia article). That means, it can create 3D models from objects using a series of photographs taken of this object from different viewpoints.

To obtain a 3D model, the following steps are performed:
For each image, features (sometimes also called keypoints) are detected. Features are points in an object that have a high probability to be found in different images of the same object, for example corners, edges etc. Regard3D uses A-KAZE for this purpose.
For each feature, a mathematical descriptor is calculated. This descriptor has the characteristic that descriptors of the same point in an object in different images (seen from different viewpoints) is similar. Regard3D uses LIOP (Local Intensity Order Pattern) for this purpose.
The descriptors from different images are matched and geometrically filtered. The result of this step is a collection of matches between each image pair.
Now "tracks" are calculated. For each feature that is part of a match in an image pair, it is searched also in other images. A track is generated from features if these features satisfy some conditions, for example a track is seen in at least 3 images.
The next step is the triangulation phase. All the matches of all the image pairs are used to calculate:
The 3D position and characteristic of the "camera", i.e. where each image was shot and the visual characteristics of the camera
The 3D position of each "track" is calculated
The result of the triangulation phase is a sparse point cloud. In order to obtain a more dense point cloud ("densification"), several algorithms can be used.
The last step is called "Surface generation". The point clouds are used to generate a surface, either with colored vertices or with a texture.

Here are some tips for the images in order to obtain good results:
More images are better
All images should be taken from a slightly different viewpoint than the others
Higher resolution images (number of pixels of the image) will produce a more detailed model
The object should be photographed from all possible angles in order to avoid holes in the resulting model
The camera model should be stored in the JPEG, and the camera model should be in the database
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYfpGcXxmA

http://www.regard3d.org/index.php

http://www.regard3d.org/index.php/download

https://sourceforge.net/projects/regard3d/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/regard3d/files/latest/download

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_from_motion

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