If you follow our
Facebook, you know about our Shumla Scholars and their Comstock Cemetery Documentation Project. Their goal is to document the historic cemetery that has been the resting place for the people of Comstock for over 100 years and complete the Texas Historical Commission nomination to make the Comstock Cemetery a Historic Texas Cemetery.
The Scholars were given instruction in the use of all the technological tools the Shumla Archaeologists use to document rock art. This includes the use of the Structure for Motion Photogrammetry method for the creation of 3D models.
How to Make a 3D Model:
1) Take over 100 photos of your target in a strict pattern.
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Bailey Grimes photographs a headstone in a pattern to be sure to capture every surface.
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2) Process the photos using software that allows you to "mask" out, or remove, the background of the target and prepare the photos for the next step.
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Scholars process photos to prepare to make 3D models.
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3) Stitch the photos together using special software that will allow you to develop and finalize a 3D model.
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One of the final 3D models. Click the link below to move the model and see all sides.
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Some of the Scholars admitted that they were intimidated by the process when we first told them what they would be doing. They had no experience with special cameras, rules of light and exposure, high-tech software that "masks" and "stitches" images together. They weren't sure what to expect. Gradually, however, as they worked through the process piece by piece, they assembled something incredible, something they never thought they could create.
Do you want to see their 3D models? Y
ou can! And you can even manipulate the models of the headstones to see the front, back, top, and even bottom. Visit:
Well done, Scholars!
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Chesney Perry and her fellow Scholars working on their 3D models.
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