*Reader Geoff commented with an interesting addition to the history of Audodesk’s Photogrammetry products: I know many people that loved this simple approach to 3D capture, including myself because it also worked on Android. It’s noteworthy that Autodesk also (silently) discontinued the ReCap 360 (Reviewed here) web-based interface which used to also be free up to 50 photos. I am making plans to focus on this I will revisit this post at that time. But since this is not my current interest, I will not focus on UAV/drone-based photogrammetry in this post. To fit within that concept, ReCap Photo got new support for areal photogrammetry features. This also gives you the original ReCap Pro software suite, which focuses on processing an registration of laser scan data for construction and engineering purposes (it’s also the dedicated software for the innovative Leica BLK360 laser scanner). Since december, the product has been moved under the ReCap Pro subscription. Unfortunately ReMake lived a short life because the Mac version was killed in March, 2017 and Autodesk decided to discontinue ReMake as a whole at the end of 2017. In fact, I sometimes used it just as a 3D scan editing and cleanup tool because it handled large meshes so well.
ReMake was a great piece of software that combined great photogrammetry algorithms with an innovative user interface that offered a vast collection of mesh-editing tools. But while this gave the user unlimited local processing, cloud processing required the purchase of cloud credits. If you wanted to load more photos (250 at the time) you could get a subscription to ReMake Pro for $30 a month of $300 a year. It was offered as a free version for up to 50 photo’s which can be enough for small objects (FYI: 3DF Zephyr (Review) is currently the only Photogrammetry solution that offers a Free version for max 50 photos). When the project came out of beta in early 2017 it was rebranded to ReMake, which I wrote an in-depth Review about at the time, and marketed as a standalone photogrammetry tool for capturing objects and small environments. While both offered cloud processing (still a unique feature) only the PC version offered local processing on top of that, relying on Nvdia GPU acceleration. When Memento was still in beta it was free and available for Mac and PC.
This product started as Project Memento*, Autodesk’s attempt to built a photogrammetry tool from the ground up.
But before I dive into reviewing it, let’s talk about the product’s interesting evolution. ReCap Photo is Autodesk’s latest product for 3D Reality Capture through Photogrammetry. Bellus3D Face Camera Pro (IR Sensor, Android).
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