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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later[^][v]#810,700
It depends on how expensive your drone is; if your drone costs a lot of money, you can resell it on eBay and use the money to buy a 3d printer. You can then use this 3d printer to print more drones that work just as well.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 52 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^][v]#810,725
Your camera is probably too shit to get good results though. A large sensor, good lens, low ISO, high fstop and fixed focal length are pretty important. I've not had any luck using cell phone cameras, but I have an S8 now so it would probably be alright if I tried it. Small drones have cell phone cameras with tiny sensors in them. I'm using a P4Pro it has a 1" CMOS sensor, the next step up is an Inspire which is pretty much a flying DSLR. You'll need a beast of a computer if you start processing over 10 gigapixels or a lot of patience.
Good luck
brie !iFDoautiSM (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 26 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,744
@previous (D)
Thanks, I might as well try to with my little drone. It has a 1280x720 camera and probably not the best sensor.
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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,749
@810,741 (D)
I'm starting to think you really deserved to make that $1000. This is a giant pain in the ass to do isn't it?
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 25 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,751
Anonymous D replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,785
@810,749 (A)
It's a giant pain in the ass to even get started, then it's a giant pain in the ass to practice while getting shit results for a while. Then when you get good results it's a giant pain in the ass to edit the mesh and remap the UV.
I've been playing around with this and learning how to do it for maybe 18 months, spent $5k on a DSLR and a drone and am looking to spend more on a good computer. I can consistently get good results now, but I want the processing time to come down.
I'm thinking Ryzen ThreadRipper, 128Gb ram, and two 1080ti's should take my processing time from 6 hours down to less than half an hour. It's turning into an expensive hobby but I did get that $1000 out of it.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,797
Anonymous B replied with this 9 years ago, 12 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,918
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
That sounds kinda Marxist...
brie !iFDoautiSM (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^][v]#810,947
@810,785 (D)
Looks like I might need an Nvidia GPU? I just bought one but I need a 6-pin to 8-pin adapter for power, my PSU doesn't have an 8-pin connector.
Anonymous D replied with this 9 years ago, 9 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#811,179
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
Yeah I guess so. I've got Nvidia so I didn't notice
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#811,182