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2DGS – 2D Gaussian Splatting for Geometrically Accurate Radiance Fields
A 2D Gaussian Splats technique for extracting cleaner 3D geometry from 3DGS
https://github.com/hbb1/2d-gaussian-splatting
https://surfsplatting.github.io/
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1qoclD7HJ3-o0O1R8cvV3PxLhoDCMsH8W
3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has recently revolutionized radiance field reconstruction, achieving high quality novel view synthesis and fast rendering speed without baking. However, 3DGS fails to accurately represent surfaces due to the multi-view inconsistent nature of 3D Gaussians. We present 2D Gaussian Splatting (2DGS), a novel approach to model and reconstruct geometrically accurate radiance fields from multi-view images. Our key idea is to collapse the 3D volume into a set of 2D oriented planar Gaussian disks. Unlike 3D Gaussians, 2D Gaussians provide view-consistent geometry while modeling surfaces intrinsically. To accurately recover thin surfaces and achieve stable optimization, we introduce a perspective-accurate 2D splatting process utilizing ray-splat intersection and rasterization. Additionally, we incorporate depth distortion and normal consistency terms to further enhance the quality of the reconstructions. We demonstrate that our differentiable renderer allows for noise-free and detailed geometry reconstruction while maintaining competitive appearance quality, fast training speed, and real-time rendering.
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Kiosk – Library Tool for 3D Artists
Kiosk streamlines resource management. With tailored filtering, customizable organization, and seamless integration into Maya, Houdini, Blender and Cinema4D. Maintain one library for them all!
https://fabianstrube.gumroad.com/l/kiosk-library
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USD cookbook examples and python stubs
This repository is a collection of simple USD projects. Each project shows off a single feature or group of USD features.
https://github.com/ColinKennedy/USD-Cookbook
These stubs are designed to be used with a type checker like
mypyto provide static type checking of python code, as well as to provide analysis and completion in IDEs like PyCharm and VSCode (with Pylance). -
Top 3D Printing Website Resources
The Holy Grail – https://github.com/ad-si/awesome-3d-printing
- Thingiverse – https://www.thingiverse.com/
- Makerworld – https://makerworld.com/
- Printables – https://www.printables.com/
- Cults – https://cults3d.com/
- CG Trader – https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models
- Sketchfab – https://sketchfab.com/store/3d-models/stl
- 3D Export – https://3dexport.com/
- MyMiniFactory – https://www.myminifactory.com/
- Thangs – https://thangs.com/
- Yeggi – https://www.yeggi.com/
- FAB365 – https://fab365.net/
- Gambody – https://www.gambody.com/
- All3DP News – https://all3dp.com/
- TCT Magazine – https://www.tctmagazine.com/topics/3D-printing-news/
- 3DPrint.com – https://3dprint.com/
- NASA 3D Models – https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable
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Freepik Mystic – AI image-generator based on Flux
Built on top of a series of fine-tunes of Stable Diffusion, Flux, and Magnific-built models.
https://www.freepik.com/ai/image-generator
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Generate 3D from ANY Video! │Gaussian Splatting Tutorial w/ Postshot and Blender
After Effects Gaussian Splatting Plugin:
https://aescripts.com/gaussian-splatting/?aff=60Blender Gaussian Splatting Plugin: (kinda buggy)
https://github.com/ReshotAI/gaussian-splatting-blender-addonPostShot
https://www.pixelsham.com/2024/04/03/jawset-postshot-run-gaussian-splatting-with-a-ui-on-your-pc/
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Artifacts now available for all Claude.ai users across our Free, Pro, and Team plans
https://www.anthropic.com/news/artifacts
Artifacts turn conversations with Claude into a more creative and collaborative experience.
FEATURED POSTS
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Composition – cinematography Cheat Sheet
Where is our eye attracted first? Why?
Size. Focus. Lighting. Color.
Size. Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) on the right.
Focus. He’s one of the two objects in focus.
Lighting. Mr. White is large and in focus and Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) is highlighted by
a shaft of light.
Color. Both are black and white but the read on Mr. White’s shirt now really stands out.
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What type of lighting?
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Black Forest Labs released FLUX.1 Kontext
https://replicate.com/blog/flux-kontext
https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-kontext-pro
There are three models, two are available now, and a third open-weight version is coming soon:
- FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]: State-of-the-art performance for image editing. High-quality outputs, great prompt following, and consistent results.
- FLUX.1 Kontext [max]: A premium model that brings maximum performance, improved prompt adherence, and high-quality typography generation without compromise on speed.
- Coming soon: FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]: An open-weight, guidance-distilled version of Kontext.
We’re so excited with what Kontext can do, we’ve created a collection of models on Replicate to give you ideas:
- Multi-image kontext: Combine two images into one.
- Portrait series: Generate a series of portraits from a single image
- Change haircut: Change a person’s hair style and color
- Iconic locations: Put yourself in front of famous landmarks
- Professional headshot: Generate a professional headshot from any image
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Simulon – a Hollywood production studio app in the hands of an independent creator with access to consumer hardware, LDRi to HDRi through ML
Divesh Naidoo: The video below was made with a live in-camera preview and auto-exposure matching, no camera solve, no HDRI capture and no manual compositing setup. Using the new Simulon phone app.
LDR to HDR through ML
https://simulon.typeform.com/betatest
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