Palaeontologist: Dinosaur Footprints – Biomechanics – Simulation
[edit] - I later built on this post and extended the setup considerably here. Photogrammetry is awesome, and there’s a whole bunch of papers and software out there that mean you can do it for free. But taking 100’s of photos can be a pain. I’ve been eyeing up ways of automating this for a... Continue Reading →
After a mysterious trail appeared in my garden, leading from a hole in the ground to the bird feeder, I found myself eager to get a trail cam to find out whatever beastie was making it. I had a search on Amazon and was overwhelmed by the choices available. In the end, I did what... Continue Reading →
Using the new 'Select Object' tool in photoshop to very quickly clean up photogrammetry data.
I was involved in some fun research that was finally published last year, and I didn’t have chance to write blog posts for all of it, so here’s a summary of what came out of the Falkingham lab last year: The year started off with a paper led by collaborators at Brown. My simulation work... Continue Reading →
…And almost immediately put Windows on it. Then decided to be a bit more open minded and give it a whirl to try out the hardware and software. TLDR: I’m a windows guy, MacOS is smooth and nice, but a few differences give me a learning curve that I simply can't prioritise over my myriad... Continue Reading →
Last week, I had a trip down to Swansea to attend IBFEM-4i, or Image Based Finite Element Modelling – for industry. The title is a little of a misnomer, as the talks include any image-based modelling, and next year the conference name will be changing to that effect; IBSim-4i The conference itself started with two... Continue Reading →
Testing Autodesk ReCap Photo
Photogrammetry testing: Agisoft Metashape. Affordable and good, there's a reason this is the go-to software.
Testing 3DF Zephyr Pro
Photogrammetry Testing: Reality Capture [Disclosure: I asked Capturing Reality for a temporary license to access the full version so I could test it and export models, they kindly agreed and gave me a 1 month license. This in no way affects my review] Ok, let’s get this out of the way – Reality Capture is... Continue Reading →
Prof. Peter L. Falkingham 