Point Cloud Manipulation with Geometry Nodes
Mar 23, 2023
Originally posted on Patreon on 30th May 2022: https://www.patreon.com/posts/point-cloud-67099774
I've got a fun little project file for you here. Inspired heavily by the amazing work of Ruben Fro (Instagram | Twitter) and prompted to make by my friend Manu (Twitter).
See the animation from the file here: https://twitter.com/erindale_xyz/status/1525550880141058048
The file is large and compressed just because I've included a decent quality raw scan of a running shoe that I did.
If you want to create your own scans, I recommend Reality Capture on iPhone or Meshroom on desktop. There's also an incredible course from Gleb Alexandrov on the topic which I strongly recommend as a really comprehensive and up-to-date resource (Trailer | BlenderMarket | Gumroad).
I've got some cool tutorials on the way and of course I'll share the lesson files from those here.
Hope everyone's doing great!
PS. I'm using Blender 3.3 alpha for this file just to use the Named Attribute Nodes. I am also using point rendering with Cycles to keep it relatively performant but just be warned that Eevee will show nothing.
