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hmm. well, you shouldn't need an external software. Go to Menu/sculpt/options/Number of sculpting thread. what do you read? change it to 4 thread and click ok. your next sculpt should show 100% usage of all 4 cpus. How fast is it by the way? The 3rd image is opened in menu/?/laboratory/open left image to improve sculpting The left image is not displayed in the interface at this time

That's cool! thanks for your help. I'm leaving for a business trip next week all week. I do my best to send you by mail the link to the executable today or tomorrow. You'll be the first to try this new version. Best

Oops, true, the video is just gone . Well I think you get the idea: the Microsoft Kinekt can scan things in 3D. (Well right now it's still a bit crude) Thanks for mentionning. I made some real cool progress in many ways recently with Photosculpt. I can't wait to share this! Using more than 2 pictures: As I said earlier it's something that's really hard to do. It will take some time to complete, but my plan is to go there step by step. My goal is to propose improvements to the Photosculpt community that will pave the way and do the "360°" all automatically in the future FYI: So far I made 2 prototypes that I'll make available to the community soon (will be freely available in menu/?/laboratory) 1. The first one simply combines 2 sculpts together using 3 photos . Target is to improve the sculpt. It's not yet fully functionnal as the gain is not optimum yet. 2. The second one computes 3D camera positions of your sculpt . That means you can now generate tiny camera references in 3D and stich obj files "by hand" more accurately and easily as you know where the cameras are. In addition to this, 1. I added a new perspective correction based on focal length (from either jpg Exif data or manual input) 2. I added the selection by lasso tool 3. I added command lines for sculpting in batches 4. I added multithreading and a major general performance boost (My internal release Photosculpt v1.06 now computes a 12 mpix in 2 minutes instead of 4 minutes)! note: All these requests have been "voted-for" by Photosculpt users here http://photosculpt.uservoice.com/forums/44549-improve-photosculpt-textures-software-by-voting-no Anyone, don't hesitate to contribute by voting too. I may use some help from testers soon too. Just ask me.

Thanks for the info. Photogrammetry softwares are moving fast forward now. Innovation and new ideas will be needed urgently for survival. Example: Have you seen this cool kinekt sensor (nov 2010) used for 3D modelling recently? http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/11/18/microsoft-xbox360-kinect-sensor-to-read-3d.html Can't wait to see the same for the nintendo 3DS due to release next month in Europe. (witch features 2 cameras and a 3D screen without glasses)

2. Tsominlg, it's now done. Thanks for asking !

Hi, Photosculpt has now a free update available, it's now v1.03 . I think it's a really good update and I recommend it for all users to download . http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/10/21/new-features-in-photosculpt-v103.html PhotoSculpt Textures v1.03 main new features: * Added 2 new bump map tabs * Full tif and png support * 16bit tif export/import for depth maps * Better seamless tileable with better perspective croping * New edit mode to align features manually (experimental, see it in pay version: menu/?/laboratory) * New closed mesh mode mainly targeted at voxel painting users like 3D coat (experimental) * New sharpness control while sculpting (experimental) * Improved performance, stability, memory handling and more. (follow the link above to browse hyperlinks for more details) As per your request I added this function: "New closed mesh mode mainly targeted at voxel painting users like 3D coat (experimental)" What do you think about this new version?

5. Job done see it here: http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/10/7/download-our-free-textures-10-pack.html

Can you please give more detail (on how you use PhotoSculpt with 3D Coat)? Other users who are reading this post may like to have your feed back. Can you post some images / artwork ? Thank you in advance!

Thanks ! 1. You're right it's done already. note for other users: It's called "save multiple" you can save multiple maps (like normal + displace or specular + diffuse+ao, whatever you need), multiple 3d models and multiple resolutions all in one step. I use that function most of the time. Note it's missing a progress bar while saving. I didn't had time to implement that the last time. 2. Good catch "clear all" option is an idea! 3. That's another good idea. (I'm not too bothered with this as I usually don't preview maps before saving. I use save all and I know the job is done) 4. We have that already. It's called "Frame + and frame -" in the croping window. Try it for yourself? The function name you gave (Tiling radius) is a good name. Do you think I need to change the name into tiling radius? 5. oops, sorry about that . Thanks for the feed back! It's easy to do for me. Many thanks for your feed-back. It's also very well explained. I'll see what I can do. Note I can't promise I'll do it quickly as I'm very busy. It's good to hear that you may be a Photosculpt custommer soon! Thanks!

Sorry for not replying sooner. I'll do an image when I get the time. My idea is to use a "rolling stamp" to create a lot of 3d textures in minimal time. My ideal workflow would be: - spacenavigator in left hand (rotates model) - intuos 6D art pen in right hand (full rotation of tool in 3d space, with preview on screen, and pressure sensitivity) That tool MUST be using TWO (2) images as source: - RGB diffuse seamless tileable texture map - corresponding depth seamless tileable texture map (high resolution needed, same size as rgb) Both images can be done fast, easily but also with highest photorealistic quality with Photosculpt (less than 10 minutes with extremely high resolution results) without manual rework needed. With this setup I can texture an entire Castle in no time, no UV or anything to worry. Hoping that makes sense?

Thanks Greg for sharing this very interresting technical point of view. Burning Question to all 3D Coat users: I'm thinking of an additional other use of Photosculpt, it's for creating some texture tool for 3D coat. Like the Photoshop stamp tool for image only, I was thinking of a stamp tool for image + depth. Furthermore I'm thinking of having it Rotatable and tiltable. I'm the lucky owner of an intuos wacom tablet + the so called 6D art pen (full degrees of freedom inclusive rotation) I would love to see that implemented. Photosculpt textures provides depth map so it would be easy to use this map as sculpt tool. What do you think?

Free 3D textures samples anyone? I've droped some that I created using Photosculpt Textures. Click on the link below to download the maps (or to create your own today using the 30 day trial of the software). http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/9/1/the-best-quality-seamless-tileable-3d-textures-ever.html

Hello guys! I've just scanned the article from Ed Ricketts last month in the 3D World magazine ! He's reviewing PhotoSculpt Textures for the first time. And the article is really good and professional! http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/7/10/read-now-the-full-article-from-3d-world.html What do you think about it?

Hi 3DCoatWannabe, I'm sorry if you didn't received the 50%off deal. Can you forward all related emails to info@photosculpt.net ? I'll check into that for you.

3D Artist, your piece has won the PhotoSculpt Challenge. You're a winner! See it at www.photosculpt.net or http://www.photosculpt.net/blog/2010/5/7/new-winner-greg-copin-wins-the-2nd-challenge.html

Beautiful 3DArtist! And quite well neatly presented too! To all others, notice that the PhotoSculpt Challenge has started again. See www.photosculpt.net for more info ?

The crashes are gone since v1.0 - They were "abandonware" function since a few months until I decided to repair the one that crashed. Quickly: Edit using morphing method = you have to overlay both left and right photo on top of the other by morphing one photo using handles then click ok. Edit using pinning method = you have to define this pixel from your left photo that matches this same pixel from your right photo, it makes lines then click ok. For them to work you need to start a sculpt, then stop a sculpt, then use the Edit sculpt function. (that was not obvious, hey? ) Don't let it sculpt till the end. You won't be able to edit anymore. They are in a early development phase and not even fully functional or made fool-proof. So use with caution? My prefered method is the morphing method. The pinning method has a drawback, it's the undefined size of the pin itself, sometimes you want it big, sometimes small, sometimes round sometimes square, sometimes like a line... so any idea is welcomed?

Both "Edit sculpt" functions were created for that. They are both under development (see menu/?/under dev) now and did not received good feed back . So I stopped dev on it for at least 6 months now . I liked the idea because it sometimes saves photos even shot in difficult conditions. Well sometimes only, it's gamble, the chances are maybe 1 out of 3, so it's worth trying. I have many ideas to improve it. Maybe you want to try it? Hey, that's an idea! I love it! I'm even ready to try that immediately. Let's do an experiment: I just created a list here http://photosculpt.uservoice.com Don't hesitate to give feed back on what you need most? I think it will clearly help me to focus on the most important things for you guys. Each one of you have 10 points to spend into ideas, it will take you 5 minutes. It looks cool thanks for the link 3d artist

Thanks for the images (cool! ) and for your function requests . It really help to focus on what people need most urgently. On v1.0 whitch I released last saturday I made some progress on the "edit sculpt with morphing method" - Still under development that's not flying yet, but it's now back working Another user (Dave) have requested an entirely new approach, like preseting the expected shape (wall, face, cylinder, sphere) I want to test that too. I was thinking about all those requests. Today I have 23 , should I display that list on the web site, so people can propose new features, or vote for existing ones? I'm thinking of something that could be interactive somehow. Just an idea.

Hey! don't keep it for yourself, I want to see it! Did you managed to get the texture too? Do you want a function to close the sheet like a wood block? Or any other idea? I'm thinking about that as I had the same request from a guy called Eric who needed that for making a rapid prototype with Shapeways.com Do you know Shapeways? I haven't tried the service myself but it looks good. I want to make my face (the one one the web site) with this service one day. He explicitely requested to have it watertight (no holes in the sheet). That one condition is met today. I think you can print textured object too. Not sure

Hi Guys! Your wait is over. PhotoSculpt Textures is for sale now! It's EUR 99.00 per individual license. see www.photosculpt.net best,

Amazing ! Do you have a skull at home spacepainter ?

Hey that's my software! It looks good. I really think you guys will master it in no time, just looking at that.

3DArtist you're right, limited time half-off deal is EUR 49.50 Release date is really soon now! On my side believe me I can't wait to see you guys playing with this new toy.

Thanks! Supporting the .scuplt format can be the solution for all this. Nice thinking!