Who thought 3D modelling could be so easy/hard?
I have had great success with Photoscan: I took a bunch of photos of a concretion containing a little bit of fossil bone, from all different angles, and uploaded them. The software aligned the photos based on common features, and created a 3D model!
I have had great success with Photoscan: I took a bunch of photos of a concretion containing a little bit of fossil bone, from all different angles, and uploaded them. The software aligned the photos based on common features, and created a 3D model!
You'll have to trust me when I say this is actually 3D, and not a totally boring rock
But the very next concretion I photographed isn't turning out so well: the software is having a harder time aligning the photos in their correct positions. And I'm still in the midst of figuring out why, but I have a couple of theories. As I am using a rotating stage to take the photographs, items in the background remain still. This didn't worry the photo alignment for the first concretion, but seems to be confusing it with the second concretion. My temporary solution? Covering the rotating stage with black card, and creating a black background.
At the end of it all, I hope to have all the concretions as 3D models, then I can fit them together to show how they form a large boulder. And inside hopefully lies a 90 million year old dinosaur fossil!
At the end of it all, I hope to have all the concretions as 3D models, then I can fit them together to show how they form a large boulder. And inside hopefully lies a 90 million year old dinosaur fossil!
