Projected Light Patterns

Using Structured Light / Projected Light Patterns can drastically improve the quality of the reconstruction (especially for featureless or single coloured surfaces).

Use projectors or other light sources to produce patterns on your object of interest. Capture two images from each perspective. One with the pattern, one without for texturing. Use a tripod or camera rig, as both images need to be in the same position. Do not change / move the light pattern or the object of interest while capturing.

Place the two image sets in different folders and rename the files so both corresponding images have the same file name.

Import the images with the light patterns in Meshroom. Set the image dataset without the light patterns in the PrepareDenseScene node (Images Folders (+) ).

Here are some sample datasets