{"id":1332,"date":"2012-04-27T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1332-lifes-memorable-moments-captured-in-3d.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:17:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:17:51","slug":"lifes-memorable-moments-captured-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/lifes-memorable-moments-captured-in-3d","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s Memorable Moments Captured In 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of events in life that deserve a spot on the mantle piece or get framed on the wall. Whether it&#8217;s a wedding, graduation, or birth of a child, we take photos in order to have something tangible that reminds us of that moment and so we can share the memory with others. There&#8217;s a trend emerging to capture these in 3D and print something much more tangible than a photo.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these wedding cake toppers custom designed to look like the Bride &amp; Groom.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/94512915\/custom-wedding-cake-toppers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CustomWeddingToppers.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" title=\"3D printed wedding cake toppers\" alt=\"Credit: Yoni Binstock\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/94512915\/custom-wedding-cake-toppers\">Yoni Binstock<\/a> is using front and side portrait photos together with a tool such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123dapp.com\/catch\" title=\"123D Catch\">123D Catch<\/a> to reconstruct a facial model and texture this on to a cake topper design.<\/p>\n<p>Recent mother <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faberdashery.co.uk\">Clare Cunningham<\/a> captured her newborn baby using the <a href=\"http:\/\/trimensional.com\/\">Trimensional<\/a> app on an iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faberdashery.co.uk\/2011\/09\/29\/printing-your-memories\/littlerose-trimensional\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/LittleRose-Print-680x280.jpg\" width=\"640\" title=\"Newborn baby momento\" alt=\"Credit: Faberdashery\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can only imagine the Grandparents&#8217; joy to have a 3D replica of this wee one on their bookshelf.<\/p>\n<p>While these techniques do a pretty good job of capturing the likeness of a person, what we really need is a 3D scanner with decent resolution. What ~18 million Kinect owners don&#8217;t realize is that they have such a scanner in their living room.<\/p>\n<p>See what Tony Buser has done, capturing and creating a family portrait using Kinect.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tbuser\/6954588427\/in\/photostream\/lightbox\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6954588427_2eb0d01200_z_d.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"523\" title=\"3D scan - Smiths family portrait\" alt=\"Credit: Tony Buser\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just by connecting the Kinect to a PC running <a href=\"http:\/\/reconstructme.net\/\" title=\"ReconstructMe\">ReconstructMe<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matherix.com\/\" title=\"Matherix 3Dify\">3Dify<\/a> software, it&#8217;s possible to capture a full color model with fairly decent resolution. Within no time, you could tidy up the model, upload it to Shapeways, and have it printed in <a href=\"\/materials\/fullcolor\">Full Color Sandstone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now think of all the jewelry and other objects that could be personalized in the same way. I&#8217;m working on a scan of my daughter and crafting it into a silver locket for her Grandma. 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