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Alongside Agisoft Photoscan, two free tools are used in this photogrammetry workflow: Blender and Instant Meshes. In the first part, you see the reconstruction with Agisoft; in the second part, the preparation and retopo work with Blender and Instant Mehses. Anyone who also wants to use open-source software for the first step can look at the tools linked further below.
Part 2 – Lowpoly Asset & Retopo
Free Software Tools
- Colmap: Free photogrammetry software for the 3D reconstruction of images.
- Instant Meshes: Free tool for retopo work to convert the 3D object into quads or tris.
- Blender: Widely used open-source DCC software with many features. You can find information about the upcoming 2.8 release here.
For further information: Photogrammetry at DP
