How to Succeed in Synthing a Car

re: How to Succeed in Synthing a Car

David — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:00:44 GMT

I see that our friend Perry (from MSN Autos) just did a really good synth of a Bentley SuperSports. One of the best car synths to date...

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=c9beb8a9-0363-4b1d-a7d3-add9970ee1cc

re: How to Succeed in Synthing a Car

David — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:12:04 GMT

Hi Grant --

I took the liberty of editing your synth a little to make it as good as it could be. I changed the starting image and gave it highlights. I think that makes it quite navigable.

If you want to get a perfect "orbit", then yes -- you should walk a circle around the car, with a wide field of view and the center of each photo roughly on the center of the car.

Getting all those exterior details to link in is tricky with the smoothness of the surface. If you want to try, make a straight-line approach to each details taking a shot every step.

re: How to Succeed in Synthing a Car

Grant — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:38:01 GMT

Okay, I gave it a try. I took my car to a nice location where there was some good background texture to help anchor the pics. I took the top down so I could shoot the interior and the exterior together.

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=d7718ce0-d5ec-4593-af26-b15213e0673e

I'm not altogether happy with the results. I think that I need to take more panaramic shots from further away and then zoom in from those locations. I think that using the zoom rather than walking closer would also yield a better result. Maybe I will try again tomorrow.