Hey there! I plan to make a much larger tips discussion but I wanted to share some things I have learned after scanning over 100 areas.
Most of the scanning I do is for work and I can’t share too much or post any of them at this time. I work in the film industry and do a lot of set scanning.
• “Sniffing” - a technique where I move the phone in and out of an object (15” - 4”) semi rapidly.
In scanning large sets, sometimes object details get lost. This method can help with that. It works good with tripods and highly reflective objects like C-Stands.
Could also be useful for chairs with spindles. You don’t have to go fast with the motion, but you do need to “sniff” every part of the object
• “wax on” - do small circles with your phone as if you were waxing on or waxing off as the movie goes. Or if you were cleaning a mirror.
I haven’t done much of this, but I have found it helps with some higher frequency materials (fabrics, furs, etc) ….but…it can cause some weird stitching. More tests need to be done, but it would be nice to get more of the community trying this to see what other people are getting
• “inverse kinematics” - this is the best tip I have for splatting
Lock on to a single point and move around from every angle possible before moving to your next point (ideally literally right next to your first point) this gets extremely tedious but some of my best results have come from doing this method. Dont move on until you get every angle possible….
Think about a mural, (I know most people won’t want to spend 20 minutes scanning) so pick some interesting pieces to focus on. If the mural was a human face. Pick each eye, nostril, corner of the lips, center of the lips, chin, and each ear as your points to lock onto.
Reflectivity of the surface does play a role in how it will process and how long you need to do this for. I think my best scan using this method was 12 minutes doing this on wall.