Tom Foster

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Any chance of some professional Technical Writer input, across all Help subjects? It's a special art, writing Help like a skilled teacher, imagining what a new user needs, to rapidly understand an ...

• Tom Foster
• May 27, 2018 10:59
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I am getting much success in photo sets for inhabited room interiors full of clutter, occlusion - and expanses of featureless plaster. Photos nearly all register into one component and I know how f...

• Tom Foster
• May 26, 2018 09:46
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I answered a Q in https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360008683312 but then thought it sholud be a new thread. Comment and better info would be welcome. AFAIK - my interim...

• Tom Foster
• May 19, 2018 15:26
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Is everyone aware that you can log on to RC Forum direct into Recent Discussions view - the link is https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/community/topics and I have that set up on my Bookm...

• Tom Foster
• April 08, 2018 11:39
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For inhabited domestic interiors, clearly depends on taking many photos, often or mainly close range e.g. 1.5m because of obstructions in the room, plus even closer shots for details and occlusions...

• Tom Foster
• March 28, 2018 07:38
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I would appreciate guidance from you experts. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ezbnjq75uexc3e0/DSC_0001.jpg?dl=0 is a typical 10mpx photo taken to the highest standard I know how. Is it sharp enough, and ...

• Tom Foster
• March 26, 2018 16:38
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Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon_mesh (very instructive), I follow links smoothing to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivision_surface , and simplification to https://en.wikipedia.org...

• Tom Foster
• March 22, 2018 20:05
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I'd like a 1+2+2+1 layout - for 1Ds/2Ds on left, 4x small 2D in the middle and on the right 1x big 3D, Help or Console. Just right for a wide screen. Can't have too many small 2D windows - 4 is ide...

• Tom Foster
• March 20, 2018 18:28
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By fiddling settings I have isolated for study a small group in Inspect. I see that, at this setting(s), this group of 5 cameras coloured purple are a Component. Each Component has a different col...

• Tom Foster
• March 11, 2018 15:41
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Any tips for viewing what's been reconstructed, in a building interior? If fully successful, I'll be looking at the blue 'outside' face of the room's internal surface. If less successful, there's p...

• Tom Foster
• March 10, 2018 21:02
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