Hi Mar.
I read that I’m not the only one that is confused by the organisation and the logic, ie :
Why having same functionnalities in differents places ?
Why having major topic writen on top :workflow/alignement/reconstruction… and the sub topic written on the bottom (1.add Imagery/import metadata/2. process.) ?
different workflow, like ribbons in 3DMax or rooms in 3DCoat.
Why my active component is not highligted?
When you choose component or image it become Highlighted.
Why can’t I rank camera poses by names/ by date/ by number of tie points (It’s so frustrating to look for a specific image in the list) ?
- Camera in RealityCapture in two forms. Aligned camera - useful data. And analigned.
It can be some other grouping factor like EXIF data (different camera) and that’s all.
Just don’t mix in one project different datasets, closecaptured turntable apple and castle scan with aeral/DSLR/lidar.
Why can’t I display camera poses list as a row of thumbnails (I so usefull)?
- Switch left window to 2D view
Why can’t I move from one shot to another by pressing up/down arrows?
- Use left/right arrow in 2D view.
Why can’t we select and display 2 components at the ame time?
Components can have different scale, so this is useless in 99% cases.
Treat many components as error of person who was acquired images for reconstruction.
Why can’t I higlight the picture in the list by clicking the camera pose in the 3D view?
- Can, please check manual.
How to get back the Quick info panel?
- Click on any object in project.
Why there are some element with on mouse over info and some not ?
- Some objects can have additional useful information, that can used for inspection.
Why undo is not undoing the last action?
- RC do not delete nothing. All “destructive” actions just create new object that you can delete. Nondestructive - you can fix as much as you want.
I could go on…
When it’s about usage, users are not wrong. I’m currently going back to photoscan even if it’s take 100 more time and the quality is not as good as yours because I can’t succed in doing simple reconstructions. I’have been doing 3D for over 30 years, testing a lot of softwares and yours is (for now) not intuitive (but one of the most promising one). You should hire a super UX designer and you will win the market.
I hope you understand that I’m writing that not to freely criticise but instead to increase product logic/quality/usage and productivity.
All RealityCapture UI/UX have solid logic. Based on in-house R&D and real life photogrammetry scans of objects from simple closecapture to castles and aeral.
Let me say figurative, all time you worked at road-roller. It strong and solid. RealityCapture is airplane. So if you want a fly you need learn something more than how to drive roller. And after this you’ll fly
RealityCapture UI/UX allow you control all required settings for full control of all aspects of photogrammetry process. And if you want use all this power you will need learn not only this software but better to learn all photogrammetry basics, from acquiring images (that is 90% of success) till some internal photogrammetry mechanics.
In the wishlist : do you plan to implement ICP algoritm to avoid manual component alignement?
ICP required good (about 90% overlap) between cloud, so if you have such good overlap in your source images you don’t need ICP because RealityCapture will create “solid” mesh from start.
Best regards.