Monthly Archives: October 2013

Photogrammetry tutorial 1: equipment

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Taking photos for photogrammetry can be dead simple, or it can be a fiendishly difficult task. It all depends on the specimen you want to get a 3D model of. Here’s a not-so-short guide on how to ensure that your … Continue reading →

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AMNH visit 2013 Part 2: more Oviraptors

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Khaan again. Yes, 3.4 million points for this alone. I guess it will by about 2.5 million points once I have cropped things down to the fossil. And that is MEDIUM density 🙂 What this model shows clearly is that … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, AMNH, Citipati, Digitizing, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Khaan, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauridae, photogrammetry, Theropoda | 7 Comments

AMNH visit 2013 Part 1: Oviraptor photogrammetry

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Pretty much everybody know IGM100/1127, the holotype of Khaan mckennai. Today, I get to study this beautiful specimen a bit. The first thing to do is a HR photogrammetric model. I ran the alignment and did a medium density model … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, AMNH, Digitizing, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Khaan, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauridae, photogrammetry, Theropoda | 5 Comments

Gator track photogrammetry – really WOW!

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

I’ve known for a long time that photogrammetry works really well for tracks. Both because work done by others was great, and because my own attempts worked out beautifully (see here, scroll way down for a swan track model. Or … Continue reading →

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Stegosaur photogrammetry – more WOW!

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Last year, I spent a great day at the RBINS (Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences), a day during which I took tons of photos. Of their Iguanodons, of their other dinosaurs, specifically of their Stan … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Digitizing, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Ornithischa, photogrammetry, RBINS, Stegosauria, Stegosaurus, Travels | Leave a comment

Happy news: two MfN journals go Open Access!

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

The MfN has two in-house journals, Fossil Record (FR) and Zoosystematics and Evolution (Z&E), for which I just received exciting news. Our PR department emailed that both journals will go Open Access in 2014, changing from Wiley to Copernicus Publishing … Continue reading →

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Sauropod photogrammetry – oh WOW!

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. As part of my current research project I have tried to make photogrammetric models of various dinosaur mounts, including the MfN sauropods. That’s a bother, for a number of reasons. First of all, photogrammetry and ribcages … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D modeling, Digitizing, Dinosaur models, Dinosauria, Diplodocus, MfN Berlin, Sauropoda, Sauropodomorpha | 4 Comments

What NOT to do when writing a review

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Current event make me want to put out a short, incomplete list of a few things you should never do as a reviewer: do not take text out of context do not paraphrase so that the meaning changes do not … Continue reading →

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