Talk about a fast turnaround, Photosynth went from being a Microsoft research project. To a Photo Gallery built in plug-in a few short months.
What is Photosynth? That I’m not quite sure… It’s a cross of video’s, photo & 3D image’s. Photosynth takes your photos and creates a “3D Scene”. It is based on Microsofts “Silverlight” technology & also based on the “Seadragon” program. Basically all the techno-mumbo creates an awesome experience.
I believe that Microsoft made and awesome choice by including choice by adding a “photosynth” option to photo gallery. See how to make one below.
1: Go out a take TON of photos of the thing you want to “synth”. Photosynth works best on things that have a lot of texture, not color. So white walls or anything that is one color won’t synth well. To get an good Idea of what works & want does not check out my synths.
2: Load the photos into Live Photo Gallery, and make sure they are all right side up. You can play around all you want with the color and contrast, But don’t crop the photos.
3: Select all the photos and then select “Make photosynth” from the drop down “extras” menu.
I took these photos of a laid-up locomotive at a museum today in my hometown. Which is located here. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qrqqrf8p1fk6&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=27978679&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1
After you select the photos, press make photosynth & sit back and relax as your photosynth is created. The time this takes varies greatly depending on your computers specs. Photosynth makes a lot of use of your video card, so a faster card will greatly shorten the time needed.
After the process is complete, you may view your “synth” online. If you don’t have Silverlight you will need to install it, Along with the Photosynth viewer.
I got the above synth to 98% “Synthy” which measures the completeness of the synth.
check it out at the below link.
enjoy
Photosynth is free and you can get it at www.photosynth.com
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