IanHubert

Tips for Optimizing Photoscans (Patreon)

Published:

2021-09-27 07:32:13

Edited:

2021-09-27 10:24:38

Imported:

2021-11

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I'm saving "how to shoot photoscans" * until next week (and those cement assets).

Also, huge thanks to Chromfell for turning me on to the usefulness of occlusion maps in de-lighting!

These are most of the techniques I usually use to clean up photoscans! I've got some "just-learned-this" energy in terms of baking, but hopefully I didn't butcher it too bad.

Hope you all are doing well! I am doing decent!

ALSO- Simon Salord commented below:
Hi Ian ! Isn't it easier to just bake the "Diffuse" from the "Bake Type" without any light contributions? I usually do it like that, just keeping "Color" checked in the "Influence" options.

Which definitely sounds better than swapping over to making stuff emissive. Thanks Simon! :D

*Although again, most any tips I have are probably covered in other scanning tutorials, too (mostly, get systematic coverage, avoid things that might confuse reconstruction, and put as much useable data in each image as possible)

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Tips for Optimizing Photoscans

I'm saving "how to shoot photoscans" * until next week (and those cement assets). Also, huge thanks to Chromfell for turning me on to the usefulness of occlusion maps in de-lighting! These are most of the techniques I usually use to clean up photoscans! I've got some "just-learned-this" energy in terms of baking, but hopefully I didn't butcher it too bad. Hope you all are doing well! Personally, I enjoyed summer, but I'm exceptionally stoked for fall. *Although again, most any tips I have are probably covered in other scanning tutorials, too (mostly, get systematic coverage, avoid things that might confuse reconstruction, and put as much useable data in each image as possible)