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Strata Foto 3D CX 2 - Create 3D Models From Digital Camera Photo
Strata Foto 3D CX lets you use a standard digital camera to capture real-world objects as fully textured 3D models. Its ideal for difficult to model objects like organic shapes, soft forms and hand made items. The included Photoshop plug-in makes model creation even easier. Foto 3D models are ideal for developing packaging, games, illustrations, online catalogs and more.
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Sophisticated Camera Support
Strata Foto 3D CX provides automatic camera support to deal with lens distortion, focal length and image factors specific to particular camera models. Correcting these factors ensures the highest possible fidelity in model capture.
Automated 3D Space Orientation
A special calibration mat - which can be printed out directly from Strata Foto 3D CX - aids the software in generating 3D model data. This mat allows Foto 3D to calculate where the camera is in 3D space for each image. This orientation information then allows Foto 3D to automatically capture features from the images to build the 3D object.
Feature Pinning - Allows the Use of Any Photo Set
For projects that don't allow for use of the calibration mat Strata Foto 3D CX now provides direct control using a pin user interface. This allows you to specify the surface area details important to a high quality capture. This new feature allows the use of photograph sets from virtually any source - including video frames, aerial photos and any large object that cannot be brought into a studio setting.
Integrate with Adobe Photoshop for Model Creation
Part of the process of generating a model from photographs involves separating the background from the object. Foto 3D provides powerful color-key tools to automate this process. In addition to these powerful tools, Adobe Photoshop is supported directly with a plug-in, allowing you to easily use Photoshop's features to get the job done.
Interactive Model Adjustment
Once the geometry is generated, Strata Foto 3D CX gives you the ability to interactively modify the surface polygon detail ("decimation"). A clipping plane is also provided, allowing you to trim the base of the model to ensure a flat base where desired.
Import Models to Photoshop or Strata 3D CX Suite
Models can be sent as a 3D layer to Photoshop Extended design projects, where the 3D object can be painted on, rotated, lighting adjusted, and more. Models can also be imported into Strata Design 3D CX and Strata Live 3D CX to continue your creative journey to wherever you desire.
Vizworld
"It's a bargain... Users who find themselves frequently needing to scan 3D models will find Foto3D CX an invaluable tool for it's power, flexibility, and excellent price point."
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IT Enquirer
"...Strata Foto 3D CX is a lot faster than creating a 3D model from scratch in Cinema 4D, Vue, or Maya. For example, if you are on a deadline for an advertising project or an illustration with a story that will be published both in print and online, Strata Foto 3D CX may cut your project time in half - if not more."
Layers Magazine, Four and a Half Stars
"Strata Foto 3D makes it possible to take nearly any object and make a 3D model with just a little set-up time and a digital camera."
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Mac NN
Strata Foto 3D "...is an efficient photo-based system for modeling real world objects that allows users to create 3D models with no technical skill or expensive hardware."
Gamasutra
Strata Foto 3D creates "...high quality, fully textured 3D meshes."
GFX Artist
On Foto 3D, "Picture how many hours this could save you. We did and now we're believers... Overall, for the majority of 3D artists, we feel this will be a must have application."
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Case Study | Museum Captures the Past
Swedish museum Murberget has an extensive collection of artifacts - so many in fact that it cannot display them all within the confines of its physical building. Head of Research for Murberget, Lars Goran Spang, thought what they needed was a way to make the museum "virtual" - after all, there's no limit to the room available on the web.
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Video | Introduction to Markers
This video will introduce you to the new Markers feature in Foto 3D, which allows you to capture objects without using a calibration mat. You will learn how to use the available tools to add, delete or merge markers as you mark the key features of your object.
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Video | Introduction to the Workflow
This video introduces you to the workflow in Foto 3D. You will learn the process of taking photographs, masking your images, generating geometry and generating the texture. You will also learn how to use Foto 3D's built-in wizards to automate these processes.
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Video | Introduction to the Interface
This video will give you an overview of Foto 3D and introduce you to the interface elements: the menus, toolbars and windows. You will learn about the Mask, Model and Edit Markers windows, and the tools available in each one.
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Case Study | Bruce Hardwoods® Cleans-Up with Foto 3D
Packaging Corporation of America was approached by long time client Armstrong World Industries to help them launch a new product. Armstrong had a prototype for their new Bruce Hardwood spray-on cleaner product but they needed a design for a shipping box that doubled as a shelf display and as a mini pallet display.
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Video | Setting up a Photoshoot
In the first part of the Foto 3D series, Lex de Azevedo shows how to setup a photo shoot for ideal lighting and easy masking in Foto 3D.
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Video | Masking the Photos
In the second part of the Foto 3D series, Lex de Azevedo runs through the process of importing photos and creating masks using the auto-mask tools and other manual tools.
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Video | Wireframe and Texture
In the third part of the Foto 3D series, Lex de Azevedo wraps up the creation of the Gnome using the photos and masks created in the first two podcasts.
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