List of hardware and software that one needs for photogrammetry

If you want to achieve professional results in photogrammetry, having the right hardware and software is essential. Below is a list of tools that we use in our workflow.

Software

Image pre-processing

These software will ensure clean and color-consistent data for reconstruction.

• Adobe Lightroom
• Helicon Focus
• RawTherapee

Photogrammetry

These software help in generating point clouds, meshes, and textures from calibrated image sets.

• RealityCapture
• Agisoft Metashape

Mesh processing

These software will do mesh cleanup, sculpting, and optimization in the post-reconstruction.

• ZBrush
• MeshLab
• MeshMixer
• Blender

Retopology

These software will creating clean, animation-friendly geometry from scanned meshes.

• TopoGun 3
• Blender

Texture bake

These software will transferring high-resolution detail and maps to lower-resolution geometry.

• RealityCapture
• Agisoft Metashape (Delighter)
• Substance 3D Painter/graph
• ArtEngine
• Marmoset Toolbag
• Knald
• xNormal

Texture Processing

These software will post-processe PBR maps and refine texture quality.

• ArtEngine
• Substance 3D Painter
• Affinity Photo
• Topaz Suite
• Quixel Mixer
• Substance 3D Sampler

Hardware

Camera

• Sony Alpha 7 V: working horse, full-frame mirrorless camera

Tripod

• xRite Passport
• Nodal Ninja Monopod (3m)

Flash

• Ar400 ringflash with polarisation