Texture Scanning with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone - by Grzegorz Baran

Texture Scanning with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro Drone by Grzegorz Baran

1 hour long video tutorial with English voice over, which covers my process of PBR environment texture creation using photogrammetry with the main focus on my experience with the drone I used for capture.

In this video I present my complete photogrammetry workflow for surface scanning with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone.

Initially by making this video I was trying to answer the question: can I use a drone in my daily photogrammetry workflow to successfully create high quality materials

The workflow I present is optional as there is no the only one or a perfect one, just those which work for us

This time I used a cliff wall surface as an example.

Since the video is quite long I split it into main sections. In details I covered:

- introduction to the drone experience (equipment, landing pads, energy bank)

- surface capture with the Mavic 2 Pro drone (picking a right spot)

- shadow removal and image postproduction with the PhotoLab2 (introduction to histogram and color depth)

- photogrammetry reconstruction in Agisoft Metashape (vertex color approach)

- create, uvmap and align the lowpoly model around the highpoly in ZBrush (lowpoly projection)

- PBR textures baking in Substance Designer

- seam removal, surface fixes and material generation in Artomatix Artengine

- presenting material in Marmoset Toolbag 3 with the external HDRI map applied as a source of light

- overall summary of what I think about using a drone in photogrammetry and material creation

Thanks to those who bought it already, as it really helps me to move forward with my research and create even more content.

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https://www.artstation.com/gbaran

The video is available also for free on my youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/fRRiEXtQuOk

by buying it you help me with my research and creating even more content like this one.

Big thanks for your support,

Grzegorz Baran