Church

This highly detailed 3D model was created from 450 drone-captured photos using Artec Studio’s AI Photogrammetry. To ensure comprehensive, 360-degree coverage, the drone flew around the site, photographing it from various angles and heights.

At the initial stage of data processing, a model preview was generated from the photos. Artec Studio lets you choose between creating models of individual objects and entire rooms or sites, referred to as scenes. In this case, the Scene mode was applied. Despite a huge amount of data to process, a mid-range laptop proved to be sufficient to handle the project, taking 35 minutes to prepare the preview.

The Cropping Box tool was then used to outline the boundaries of the 3D model and get rid of anything that didn’t fall within them. This was followed by Dense Reconstruction, which was also run in Scene mode, allowing for choosing a desired level of detail. This step was, too, completed in just 35 minutes, resulting in a refined 3D replica. All that was left to do was remove several artifacts with Eraser and apply 16K phototexture.

This workflow and the resulting model showcase the power of AI Photogrammetry, a revolutionary feature introduced in Artec Studio 19 to transform images taken with drones or smartphone cameras into digital twins with lifelike textures and outstanding levels of detail.

Take a moment to give this model a spin and explore the entire church building, including the nave, steeple, and apse, along with a graveyard, adjacent buildings, and trees. With large-scale data capture and processing, Artec Studio’s AI Photogrammetry opens up tremendous opportunities for 3D content creators in industries such as film-making, video games, VR, and more.