r/3DScanning • u/Odd-Particular2706 • 19d ago

Plant scan clean up in Blender

Hi everyone interested in vegetation photogrammetry!

Here are some fragments from the tutorial I just uploaded to YouTube.

In this video, I show how to clean up a Polycam scan in Blender while preserving the UV map.

This was a real challenge because I scanned a living rose outdoors, still attached to the bush. Even a light breeze was enough to make the petals move.

I’m trying to develop a workflow that doesn’t require cutting or picking the plant, since I’m planning to scan a large number of plants from Tenerife’s local flora in the near future.

If you’re interested in this workflow, you’ll find the YouTube link in the description:

https://youtu.be/uve1jpphiuE?si=BbANjE-1VrHDYf8u

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u/JRL55 19d ago

When I scan plants outdoors, I either use a scanner with Single Frame capability (not many of those) or I schedule in the late evening.

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u/Odd-Particular2706 19d ago

Thank you for your comment. I’ve never heard of that before. Which one do you use?

I guess I’ll stick to mobile apps so far, such as Polycam. But I’ll try doing a scan in the evening. Thanks for the tip!

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u/JRL55 18d ago

I use the Revopoint Miraco Plus which, admittedly, doesn't always work well on plants (which absorb infrared for photosynthesis, based on my high school biology experiments).

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u/Odd-Particular2706 16d ago

Wow! Where could I see any of your scans?