{"id":37292,"date":"2018-02-27T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=37292"},"modified":"2018-03-30T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:08:24","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-53-create-textured-unisex-ring-phone-photogrammetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tutorial-tuesday-53-create-textured-unisex-ring-phone-photogrammetry","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday 53: Create a Textured Unisex Ring With a Phone and Photogrammetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this intermediate to advanced tutorial, we’ll show you how to use any phone with a camera to scan real-world objects.<\/em><\/p>\n

How do you capture a texture? As a kid you would grab a crayon and a white sheet of paper to reveal and replicate the surface. Today, you would probably snap a photo and fill your Instagram with the unique surface textures or patterns. But hold up, we live in the future<\/em> and can create a real-life, wearable design out of those patterns and textures.<\/p>\n

With photogrammetry you can scan your favorite item or texture and turn it into a ring. Accurately replicating a surface texture can be difficult to do through traditional 3D sculpting. Using 3D scanning, you can precisely capture the texture with ease.<\/p>\n

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In this guest tutorial, Bernat Cuni of Cunicode<\/a> has tested and created a step-by-step instructional on how you can create your own textured ring. Using Autodesk Recap and an iPhone, Cuni was able to replicate the bark from a pine tree in the\u00a0French Pyrenees<\/a>.<\/p>\n