Tutorial: Texture Scanning With A Drone

Basically, it shows how you can use a drone in daily photogrammetry workflow to successfully create high-quality materials. Please note that the workflow the artist presented is optional as there is no perfect solution.

Baran used a cliff wall surface as an example.

Details covered:

• Introduction to the drone experience (equipment, landing pads, energy bank)
• Surface capture with the Mavic 2 Pro drone (picking a right spot)
• Shadow removal and image post-production with the PhotoLab2
• Photogrammetry reconstruction in Agisoft Metashape
• Creating, UV mapping and aligning the low-poly model around the high-poly in ZBrush (low-poly projection)
• PBR textures baking in Substance Designer
• Seam removal, surface fixes and material generation in Artomatix Artengine
• Presenting material in Marmoset Toolbag 3 with the external HDRI map applied as a source of light

You can get more details here. Also, you can find the artist’s detailed photogrammetry guide here.