MammothPaleo_Guy's Most Recent Activity On Synths

Top Secret Experimental Mammoth

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:08:36 Z

"This synth is so top-secret that I can't yet tell you much about it. Suffice to say, it is a synth of the west-end mammoth, Murray Antoinette. I know now that a large number of images cannot fully compensate for low resolution, but I'm hoping I can get away with it. I'm not expecting a fantastic point cloud here, but any kind of 3D would be just fine. RESULT: It seems to have worked, for the most part -- there does seem to be pretty significant distortion in the point cloud, though."

MammothPaleo_Guy Over 1 year ago

Tony,

If I told you the details, it wouldn't be secret! Broadly though, what makes it special is:

1. How the (many) images were obtained and . . .
2. How the resulting synth will be used.

Beauty Renewed (Mammoth)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:34:04 Z

"Those (few) of you who have perused my other synths might recognize 'Beauty' one of the nicer mammoth skulls in the east end of the bonebed. I've synthed him (he's male) before, so I thought that doing so again using my new camera and computer would be a good test of how much the new equipment will benefit my goal of mapping the bonebed. While I hope to get a good pointcloud from this synth, it isn't quite a finished product. The 'real' synths for the mapping project will be based on photos taken from an overhead crane. Still, this should be a good proof-of-concept."

David Over 1 year ago

The point cloud from overhead is pretty fantastic!

BearTest

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:17:49 Z

"I'm back, and I'm still aiming to combine Photosynth with science. Right now I'm just running a test with my new camera -- 14.7 megapixel model. If it turns out well, it'll be full steam ahead, and I'll return to bonebed mapping."

Jonathan Over 1 year ago

this is great!

Murray~Definitive~Max~Wonderment

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:28:41 Z

"This is the most detailed synth I've ever attempted, and I'm pretty pleased at how it worked out. The subject here is the headless mammoth 'Murray Antoinette.' The little colored strips are markers for to help another Microsoft program, ICE, stitch the 219 images together properly. Plus it looks festive."

Crosscountry Over 1 year ago

That is a very cool point cloud, what a great idea to use this technology with paleontology

MurrayHyperDetail

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:15:15 Z

dariusmonsef Over 1 year ago

These are really great. Keep up the good work.

West End Skulls, MK II

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:20:27 Z

"This is the same area seen in the last 3 synths, but with more high-resolution pictures. The result is a point-cloud that replicates the topography pretty well, particularly when zoomed out a bit."

riston Over 1 year ago

Pretty cool syth! Love that point cloud!

MandibleTest

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:44:58 Z

"An inverted mandible."

David Over 1 year ago

Hey MammothPaleo_Guy -- Glad to read what you're doing with Photosynth, and very interested to hear your thoughts on what you'd like to see in Photosynth to aid your work. Please feel free to drop me an email at dgedye@microsoft.com.

Pumpkin_Daphoenodon

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:34:51 Z

"OK, I'm pretty pleased with this point cloud. By the way, [Daphoenodon] is an extinct amphicyonid, or bear-dog. Along with Bertram, he'll be my Halloween contribution. Note that this pumpkin now only exists in digital form, as it was stolen during beggar's night."

Nathan Over 1 year ago

cool

Bertram_Batmosis_III

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:33:29 Z

"The first 3D group may be the coolest point cloud I've ever produced. The Nami / [Corythosaurus] point cloud may have been sharper, but the subject matter here is more interesting. For those curious, Bertram is a small dessicated bat that fell out from under the awning at the museum where I work. Some of the photos were fuzzy, but he's still pretty darn cool."

Scott Over 1 year ago

Wow - that is a gnarly point cloud. Bertram isn't looking so hot, btw.

Synapsids Face Off

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:58:56 Z

""The two synapsids locked eyes, separated by three hundred million years and a dozen feet. For a moment, neither moved." It IS synthy, but the point cloud isn't quite perfect. In the first 3D group, the mammoth is there, but he's smeared out side to side, and sports an extra pair of legs. Moreover, the [Dimetrodon] exists as a 2D surface suspended in front of the mammoth. Because the objects are off center? Because the background is textured? An OK effort, but not as good as my [Corythosaurus]."

Scott Over 1 year ago

I think you just need a little more field of view, and more distance between the foreground and background.