PhotoSculpt BlogPhotoSculpt Bloghttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2012-01-12T21:49:11ZSquarespaceSculpteo Rapid Prototyping Serviceshttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2012/1/12/sculpteo-rapid-prototyping-services.htmlHippolyte Mounier2012-01-12T21:15:06Z2012-01-12T21:15:06ZI've been using a lot of different types of rapid prototyping and/or CNC machining in the last 10 years. The technology is improving fast and I love this.

Sculpteo.com can read stl and obj and make 3D printed models of them. If you haven't done this before. The creative possibilities with Photosculpt and other software (try Sculptris it's great and free, I love it) are endless. I'm wondering right now what a Photosculpt seamless 3D motif or 3D texture repeated over and over look like in reality? Architects I'm sure will like it ...

Click on the image to access their great gallery

Sculpteo, and your 3D design turns into reality with 3D printing

]]>New Winners of the Photosculpt Monthly Challengehttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/12/9/new-winners-of-the-photosculpt-monthly-challenge.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-12-09T14:21:59Z2011-12-09T14:21:59ZWinning entry of Graheme Scott (www.3dtreehouse.com) for the fearsome dragon cave call of November 2011. he's using Brice 7 Pro.

Winning entry of Mark Wardle for the celtic art call of October 2011. Rendered with Vue

Bravo Mark and Graheme, you both have won an individual license of Photosculpt Textures V2! (value Eur 139)

You too can win a copy of Photosculpt V2 every month. Click the "enter the challenge" button for more info.

]]>New Free Stereo Photo Sample Galleryhttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/12/9/new-free-stereo-photo-sample-gallery.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-12-09T11:08:54Z2011-12-09T11:08:54Z
This free Stereo Photo sample gallery (about 60 photos, 2048px) can be used to try with your Photosculpt software demo or pay version. Create your own 3D models or seamless tileable textures today. It's easy, fast and fun with Photosculpt!
]]>New HD Flash 11 3D Viewer for Photosculpt 3D Modelshttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/12/9/new-hd-flash-11-3d-viewer-for-photosculpt-3d-models.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-12-09T10:24:03Z2011-12-09T10:24:03ZGood news to all Photosculpt users: Flash developper Josef Chutka has updated his Open source 3D viewer. I can't wait to use it on my web site front page once Flash 11 will become mainstream!

As previously stated in this blog, Flash 11 is now out since a few months. This new upgrade has hardware-enabled 3D capabilities. The improvement in speed is impressive!

To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 11.0.0 or greater is installed.

What do you think?
You too can use his open source viewer to display you models at home or on your web site. As of today there is no user interface to setup your model nor tutorial ("please just take a look at .xml config file and try to play with values, I wish I had time for a tutorial but sadly I have no"). All you need to do is download your favorite pack here (they are still the older Flash 10 packs but I'll edit this post later when he'll do a link to the new packs) and do some basic text editing. Don't hesitate to contact him if you have any questions?

]]>New Texture Gallery on FaceBookhttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/11/9/new-texture-gallery-on-facebook.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-11-09T22:27:24Z2011-11-09T22:27:24ZHi!

I've opened last week a new texture gallery on the Facebook page of Photosculpt, see it here:

http://www.facebook.com/photosculpt

That's 160 image files ready for immediate download!

What we say:

 Free 3D textures created with Photosculpt Textures 2 Software.
You can use them for any Computer Graphics CG project, or create your own with the 30-day demo of Photosculpt textures.

Each subject was shot twice as it's the best way to produce that crazy depth detail.
The invisible seamless tiling is an automatic feature from Photosculpt Textures 2.

Each 3D texture come with 5 maps and a preview :

- ambient occlusion map ( fake shadows in recessed areas )
- diffuse map ( color image )
- displacement map ( coding for depth, black is backwards, white is forward )
- normal map ( color code that defines the orientation vector of the surface )
- specular map ( used to remove shines in specific areas )

map texture size 512x512

More to come ! Come back soon!

Note: If you like Photosculpt and you're want to receive regular updates about this great indie software. It would be very cool if you press the button "I like it" as it helps your software with natural referencing. We appreciate your support!

]]>Photosculpt Textures 2 is out!http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/10/30/photosculpt-textures-2-is-out.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-10-30T12:34:38Z2011-10-30T12:34:38ZAnd it's an amazing release! A lot more faster, more precise, more productive than v1. I hope you'll like it as much as I do!

 

 

What is this?

Buy now

  • Photosculpt Textures is a new innovative software that creates photorealistic 3D objects or 3D textures from two photos.
  • Its key feature is its binocular vision algorithm. This feature extracts superb depth detail automatically and easily.

If you haven't tried v1 yet, then v2 is definitely worth a try now as it's more fun than ever!

Download the 30 day trial now and start creating 3D objects or seamless tileable 3D textures now using either the included 10 photo samples or the new 30+ hi-res photo sample gallery now available on our web site.

This new update is a must-have upgrade for current users and an essential creative tool for any 3D artist!

New features:

  1. About twice faster sculpting
  2. Fully multithreaded
  3. Perspective corrected 3D models
  4. Invisible seamless tiling of 3D textures (beta *)
  5. 2 lasso crop tools
  6. 2 batch tools to process all photos in a directory in one command (beta *)
  7. .PLY export a sculpt-ready color 3D format
  8. Better photo matching editor for less optimal shooting conditions (beta *)
  9. EXIF autorotate of photos (only available for compliant cameras)
  10. Self calibration that uses EXIF focal length (only available for compliant cameras)
  11. 20 new command line options (interfacing with Photoshop, 3DS Max …)
  12. 100% Aero interface
  13. A prototype mode that uses 3 photos instead of 2 (alpha *)
  14. Plenty of other enhancements (Standalone installer, bug fixes, reduced memory consumption, faster interface, faster boot time, faster 2D-3D switching)

Click here to read the change log

*: alpha and beta features are located in the menu/?/Laboratory section and are not available in the demo version of the software

What hasn't changed:

  1. Familiarizing with the software is simple and quick
  2. You don't need any complicated camera setup nor calibration
  3. Highest resolution output, same as the source image
  4. Shooting 2 photos is the best way to capture all depth detail of your subject
  5. Instantly tileable textures in one click

Pricing and availability

Photosculpt Textures 2 is available now.

This is a paid upgrade for current license holders.

If you would like to try Photosculpt out before purchasing, follow the link below to download our 30-day trial.

Purchasing a new license or an upgrade for v2 entitles you to receive all point releases of that version for free.

Buy now

]]>FREE 2048x2048px 3D Textures for Downloadhttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/9/18/free-2048x2048px-3d-textures-for-download.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-09-18T21:03:30Z2011-09-18T21:03:30ZNew seamless tileable textures for FREE download:

  • Size: 2048x2048px
  • File format: jpg
  • Automatically created with our Photosculpt textures software
  • Comes with 5 maps, diffuse, normal, displacement, specular and ambient occlusion + 1 preview
  • Highest quality standard of depth extraction from 2 photo sources instead of just one photo. Only Photosculpt can deliver this quality!
  • Value: Eur 9.99 per texture, now for free

Click on the icon below to browse individual textures images now.Below some of the hi-res preview images: more to come soon!

]]>Upcomming Flash 11 to Increase Performance of the Photosculpt Viewerhttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/9/17/upcomming-flash-11-to-increase-performance-of-the-photosculp.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-09-17T19:24:35Z2011-09-17T19:24:35ZGood new concening the open source Photosculpt viewer seen on my front page. It will soon get a huge performance boost.

It's author, Jozef Chúťka, has already prepared the code using the new 3D API of the beta version of the upcomming Adobe Flash 11 Molehill. Impressive!

Want to see it for yourself? Here is the link below:

http://blog.yoz.sk/2011/03/125000-triangles-and-still-smooth/

The images he used were created with Photoscuplt Textures.

Hoping you'll like it?

]]>View your 3D Artworks within Acrobat Readerhttp://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/9/9/view-your-3d-artworks-within-acrobat-reader.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-09-09T21:16:32Z2011-09-09T21:16:32ZClick to download and animate the 3D interactive PDF file

Very interresting news from Mr Moshe Caine, department head at the faculty of Interactive Communication at the Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem.

He shared with me this Acrobat PDF file that he created/converted from a Photosculpt .obj 3D model of his own.

I'm really excited too to see how easy it is now to share interactive 3D objects, even large ones !

Click on the image to download the file. (4.9Mb, Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 required, creative content is copyright Moshe Caine 2011)

Thank you Moshe for sharing this! I'm always amazed to learn new uses for Photosculpt 3D objects. I'll now investigate more of this in the future. I think it could ultimately lead to new functionalities for Photosculpt in the future?

Moshe said:

[...]I am sending you an example file of aPhotoSculpt image which I have converted to an interactive animated Acrobat PDF file.

As I mentioned, I think this has great potential for display purposes, for commercial and academic presentations, for online and no doubt soon for tablet displays.

[...] I ultimately chose the OBJ file which I converted to an interactive PDF using SimLab Composer software.  http://www.simlab-soft.com/3d-products/simlab-composer-main.aspx

[...] Acrobat pro does not actually create a 3d file, however it can import and embed one. The format is U3D (universal 3D). Actually, despite Adobe's efforts, the format is not as universal as they would like. There are not all that many programs that save in U3D. I use three primary tools:

1. Mesh lab - a free 3d package which is quite good.

2. Deep Exploration, by Right Hemisphere. An excellent 3d conversion, optimization, etc tool. However quite expensive.

3. Simlab Composer, which I discovered lately. Very good. Both conversion and some basic interactive components built in.

 

]]>Win an Individual License of Photoscuplt every Month!http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2011/9/9/win-an-individual-license-of-photoscuplt-every-month.htmlHippolyte Mounier2011-09-09T19:45:12Z2011-09-09T19:45:12ZThe themes for the next Photosculpt Challenges this year have now been decided.

  • glass sculptures

  • ancient celtic artworks

  • fearsome dragon cave

  • my paradise island

You can now dowload your 30-day trial of Photosculpt Texture software, get creative and eventually convert your trial software into a full individual license! (value Eur 99)

Good luck!

Hippolyte from Photosculpt.net

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