At the end of last week, Agisoft, maker of Metashape (previously PhotoScan), released a very cool new standalone app for Windows, Mac & Linux which is designed to removed ‘baked in’ lighting and shadows from objects and scenes 3D scanned via photogrammetry. We took it for a quick spin to see how it works with a particularly tricky model – you can follow along in the video below:
Explore the resulting textures in the 3D model below – use Alt+Drag on the background (3 finger drag on touch screens) to rotate the lighting environment and see the difference delighting a scan can make:
You can download the app yourself here and be sure to check out Agisoft’s own tutorial which goes into different app settings in more detail.
About the author
Thomas Flynn
Community & Cultural Heritage Lead at Sketchfab.
Expert in 3D scanning, photogrammetry, online publishing & dissemination.
