What is Canoma

How does Canoma work

What can you do with Canoma

examples created by Canoma

What is Canoma? 

Canoma lets you quickly create photorealistic 3D models from scanned or digital photographs, without extensive 3D modeling skills. No need for specialized equipment or calibrations. Canoma even works on historical photographs. Canoma models can be posted on Web sites or in electronic catalogs, or imported into traditional 3D modeling and animation software. Canoma is a perfect companion to other Web authoring tools. Easier to learn than traditional 3D programs (with all their modes, tools, and windows), Canoma lets 2D graphic illustrators and designers create and manipulate realistic 3D models—applying all their retouching and filtering skills to 3D objects. 

1. Take one or more photos of what you want to model in 3D. More photos will be used in greater detail.
2. Select 3D shapes (called objects or pimitives,) then pin them to the corners of objects in your photograph. (There are ways to also control edges and alignment.)
3. Preview your 3D creation-move in for a close-up look or away, rotate around the model, or just walk through it! Canoma adds texture to your model right from your photographs.
4. You can edit areas of texture, letting Canoma open your favorite 2D program, present you with a head on 2D view of the area to edit, then watch as Canoma reapplies the edited texture in proper perspective!
5. Create animations or export your 3D model to other 3D programs or for use on the Web. 

With Canoma you can create very realistic three dimensional (3D) computer models from one or more photographs, a process called image-assisted modeling. Canoma models have simple geometries and use photographs as texture source, allowing the pixels to do the work of making your models look good. Select the face of a Canoma model, bring up a 2D pixel editing tool, such as Painter or Photoshop, and retouch the surface texture, add text, or apply a 2D filter. Watch Canoma reapply the altered pixels, while retaining 3D perspective.

Canoma creates quick, low-polygon count, photorealistic models. This can be a fast, cost-effective way of disseminating information, without the security risk that distributing detailed blueprints from a CAD program could introduce. Below are some examples created by canoma show below.

A 3D preview of property can be a strong sales incentive for online travel, real estate sales, or vacation rentals. Entertainment, restaurant, and hotel information sites all benefit from the photorealistic 3D models.

Interior/Exterior Design and Remodeling

If the project is to remodel a kitchen, bathroom or the outside of a house, a photograph session and a quick modeling session-without becoming a wizard-creates a model of how the project looks right now. Repeat site visits are replaced by a photorealistic 3D model, that's always available for a design meeting. 

• Using the texture editing feature, you and your 2D pixel editing tool, such as Painter or Photoshop, can make changes to surfaces or simulate different lighting. 
• With Canoma's animation feature, you can "walk" perspective clients through the suggested changes.
• With a 3D program you can go further, changing tiles, sliding in a new dishwasher, or actually trying out lanned spotlights to illuminate that kitchen counter.

Industrial design and graphic artists can take existing products and packaging, extract the graphics, and edit the designs. They can create animations or place a package in a different environment. 

It’s easy to add billboards, place advertising on buses, and change details—all in photorealistic erspective, using only Canoma and your favorite 2D image editing program. You can output the results as 3D odels, rendered 2D images, or even animations.

Architecture, Urban Planning, Property Development 

Architects can produce rough models of areas where new buildings are planned, then integrate the hotorealistic model produced in Canoma with the detailed engineering model of the planned building, giving everyone a good preview of how a building might fit into the neighborhood.

Computer Game Developers and 3D Artists

With Canoma, you can quickly model a house or office, change some textures, add in a few monsters, and really try out ideas. 3D artists can use Canoma to create quick photorealistic clip objects that can be used to enhance existing 3D models and animations. Canoma models of complete houses or interiors can serve as starting points for more detailed 3D modeling, since they provide scene measurements and object dimensions.