Changelog

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where some RAW image files would fail to be read correctly

Results

• Added new experimental Specular workflow as an optional output

• Added new filtering to reduce artifacts from photogrammetry reconstruction

Performance

• Reduced storage utilisation by 40%-90% (depending on input data size)

• Time to process scan reduced by 35%-75% (depending on input data size)

Workflow

• The prep stage is no longer required if the photogrammetry data is available

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where changes may be lost in settings window

• Fixed an issue where parts of the GUI could not be resized

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where new users could not activate their license keys

Results

• Improved Normals results when light offset from camera is large

GUI Changes

• Added 3D viewer for previewing light positions

• Added storage estimate for Preparation stage of Job

Bugfixes

• Addressed an issue with how backface were handled in the Alembic file that could cause a crash

• Addressed an issue with how orientations of RAW files were handled

• Addressed an issue where the row highlighting for a new light system was not working

GUI Changes

• Added ability to deactivate license for moving to another machine

• Enabled experimental 2D processing

• Enabled option to process 3D scans at 16k on powerful enough systems

• Added ability to specify mesh mask for 3D processing

• Added option to choose between JPG and EXR for photogrammetry images

Results Improvements

• New algorithm for handling low UV resolution processing

Bugfixes

• Addressed a backend issue that would sometimes cause an error to hang indefinitely

• Addressed a UI scaling issue with some Windows settings

• Addressed an issue that would cause errors to not report correctly during the preparation stage

• Addressed an issue where the colour space for normals in PNG and JPG was mistakingly sRGB

GUI changes

• New queue system

  • Added ability to create multiple jobs and then run them in sequence

  • Queue supports pausing jobs and skipping job to then continue to next in queue

  • Added configuration button for handling user input after job creation

  • Added details panel to see more meta information for a job

• Added ability to select multiple texture resolutions when configuring a job

• Added button to see license information & details for Marso

• Added ability to keep intermediary files in Application Settings

• Added storage utilisation chart to Application Settings

Results improvements

• Added a filtering system to remove artefacts in scans with non optimal distributions

Bugfixes:

• Addressed crash when attempt to calibrate some Phase One RAW image files

• Addressed issue where some submodules would hang at the end of execution rather than closing normally

GUI changes

• Added progress bar to indicate sub-step progress for running job

• Added ability to interrupt and resume from last checkpoint

• Added scan mode indicator to job row

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where some errors would cause the program to hang and not report the error

• Added clear error for when updater/installer is not present

Updates to backend

• Improvement in processing speed (~1.2-2.0 x)

• Improvement in storage utilisation (~2.0 x)

GUI changes:

• Added display for details of currently selected light system

• Added display of reconstruction tool to job row alongisde resolution

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue with the results button not always opening the folder

• Fixed an issue where the uv bleed was not applying to the normals output texture

• Fixed an issue with the build system which would cause Marso to not run on some systems due to a non bundled dependency

Bugfixes:

• Fixed camera ordering issue for some Reality Capture alembics

• Fixed issue with UV margin algorithm for very dark textures

• Fixed ST map loading for uncommon size combinations

Added and improved UV margin algorithm

UX improvements

• Step reporting during processing

• Links to help pages for calibration

• UV Resolution can be set by user

• Enabled removing materials

• Enabled resizing on UI windows

Bugfixes

Added UV margin to Output Textures

Photogrammetry images output at default brightness

Marso checks for new versions on launch

Reality Capture support

UX improvements

• Verbose logging from UI

• Option to control display brightness during calibration process

Improvements to crash handling

Support for rotated cameras (i.e. portrait and landscape)

Database Upgrade

Preprocessing accounts for rotation parameter in Raw data

Removed dependency on Agisoft Pro installation

Several under the hood improvements to output textures

Performance improvements to some modules

Support for photogrammetry not solving all cameras in a scene

Support for varying numbers of lights used in scanning light system

Added ability for user to specify the grey value of their calibration target

Added some security improvements

Added support for mobile scans