4 August 2022by Mark
Composite images
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The Cosmographer
Cosmography, self invented, is writing with the cosmos. It is practiced by gazing at the stars with a telescope. The ultimate Cosmographers are Hubble and Webb, free from the effects of earth’s atmosphere their images are ultra crisp.One day I came across the work of Inigo Quilez....2 August 2022by Mark
The Eye
Once upon a time, there was an idea so big and all-encompassing that I was convinced it would conquer the world. The project was codenamed “The Eye,” and I assembled a team of 8 people, including 2 engineers, to make it a reality. The goal was to construct a hollow sphere with an image on the entire inner surface. The construction...2 August 2022by Mark
Building a 3D Scanner
Great things have small beginnings. I too started 3D scanning using only a single camera. In fact, I captured heads. Next I used 2 more cameras that I still had from my work as a photographer. Then for a long time I used an 8 camera setup that I used for scanning jobs all over Europe. From there I moved up to 18 cameras and so on. However, I was...2 August 2022by Mark
Clothing
In order for clothing to work in Poser software (DAZ, Poser, Reallusion), it needs to be in A-Pose. To get real clothing to work in needs therefore to be scanned on an A-Pose mannequin. The next step is to separate the doll from the clothing. Once all that is done, it looks like the clothing was photographed on a ghost...2 August 2022by Mark