Hi
I am experimenting with your software for use in my workflow and would be grateful if it were possible for you to help with the following questions
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Although the orthophoto images which I am able to export are pretty good the resolution of the output image does not appear to be as good as the photographs which I am using for the input data with a noticeably greater level of pixilation.
By way of example I have enclosed a dropbox link to a test project (Test 6 is the latest version) :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lg615chbevi5 … db4ka?dl=0
I also find that in some cases the orthophoto contains a number of unexpected artefacts (examples of this are orthophotos 7,8,9 and 10 for enclosed Test 6 project file.
Please can I ask whether what I am doing wrong and how I can change the settings to improve the resolution of the orthophotos to match the input photography and how I can avoid artefacts being generated in the orthophotos.
On a second test job I had a small problem where an external door had been closed when the external photographs and scanning was undertaken but then left open as I traversed into the building to do the internal scanning and photography. When the model was generated the door was then just partially generated (please see dropbox link for test file Redcoats 7)
On this second test job I also had a problem where there are differences in the exposure of colour data recorded by the laser scanner and the exposure of photography and differences in exposure on the orthophoto where colour/ texture data has been taken from photographs taken internally and externally (please orthophotos 11 and 12 for test file Redcoats 7 below)
A drop box link for this second test file is enclosed below :-
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jhl83gbps7dm … XY_ba?dl=0
Please can I ask whether there is a method of masking photographs to control which photographs are used in generating the base mesh and subsequent texture / orthophoto . Similarly, is there a method of generating the basic mesh with both scan data and photographs but just using photographs to generate the texture / orthophoto.
On a third test job I have found that I was able to align photo’s in photoscan by carefully aligning different sets of photographs into chunks and then aligning chunks together. However, when I tried the same thing in RC the photo’s did not align and I am unsure how to control the generation of different models or how to then link models together. Do you have a video tutorial to illustrate how best to manage the alignment of photographs ? - Is there a method of alignment which allows different “chunks” to be created and then aligned in the same way as in photoscan ?
Looking at the license options available on your website I have to say that the 15,000 Euro option looks like a lot of money for an individual surveyor such as myself. However, although the offer of a 99 Euro three month license is really very good value I would be very reticent to start using a regular workflow which includes software which is not on perpetual license and although the software is not as good I would prefer to keep using photoscan if I am not able to buy a perpetual license for RC. Please can I ask whether there is an option to buy a perpetual license for the reduced version of RC (i.e. up to 2,500 photos) ? and if so what your price for this would be ?
Please can I also say what a really very good piece of software RC is - quite an achievement - please don’t sell out to Autodesk.
Kind regards
Robert