I would also have been satisfied with a simple way to delete unwanted parts. Especially because 123D Catch is clearly marketed for capturing small objects. I find it very inconvenient that the software isn’t smart enough to know that al these random blobs of geometry in the distance aren’t part of the model I photographed. I could only find information about older non-mobile versions of 123D Catch that downscaled the photos to 3 megapixels, so I’m assuming that’s still the case.

The Nexus 5 I used has an 8 megapixel camera, but judging the upload speed I’m guessing the photos are downscaled before uploading.

I used the Android version (1.2.1) for this review-on my old Nexus 5, because it’s incompatible with my new Nexus 5X due to a camera issue. 123D Catch is the capturing member of the family and is available for iOS, Android and Windows. From web-based design apps to tablet-based digital sculpting. Autodesk agrees:ġ23D is Autodesk’s collection of entry-level 3D apps. If you’re new to Reality Capture & Photogrammetry, this Review is also a great Tutorial for 123D Catch. I’ll take a look at them one by one, starting with the one that’s easiest to use for this first post: 123D Catch. In this series I’ll review three other Autodesk solutions as part of my new mission to explore Reality Capturing: 123D Catch, ReCap 360 and Memento ReMake.Īll three solutions can be used for Photogrammetry, a technique that uses a series of regular digital photographs to generate textured 3D objects. They’re all different interfaces that presumably use the same cloud-based 3D solving engine (using the Smart3DCapture technology licensed from Acute3D which is now owned by Bentley Systems). They also make nice mobile apps: I use Autodesk’s Pixlr app on a daily base to edit my mobile snapshots. Autodesk Animator was actually the first animation program I used back in the 1990s on my very first MS DOS computer (its 8-bit goodness makes me realize that we’re currently making a lot of trendy animated GIFs for our client’s online marketing at the animation studio I co-founded-nothing changed!).

The company is probably best known of its industry standard software Maya and 3ds Max, but also makes many, many more applications for creative technologists. If you have any interest in 3D, you know Autodesk. Bellus3D Face Camera Pro (IR Sensor, Android).

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