If you'll be using lines along an object in the scene like a corner of a building that is facing you in the scene, then there will be two vanishing points on either side where lines will converge. They may be out of frame, but they will be either side of the corner subject. Otherwise, if the lines converge in the middle of the frame, then choose 1 vanishing point.
I downloaded the Blender addon and was trying to fugure out why i couldnt use it, till i came apon your tutorial, which explained there is the main program you need to collect the camera data to import too Blender. Thank you so much.
It doesn't work for me... Everything goes fine until I try to install the add-on. I click on "Install from File", but when I search fSpy nothing comes out, just the empty list.
I had the same issue, but it turned out I was trying to install the wrong file. Instead of downloading the whole Github repo from "Clone or download", go to github.com/stuffmatic/fSpy-Blender/releases, then download and install from the fSpy-Blender-1.0.3.zip file. It's only 5.3kb.
lol, I'm literally trying to do it without Fspy for more than an hour, and then other video recommended myself to use Fspy. Finally I came here. Thanks
🤠Thank you so much for that thing at the end...kept on getting a a little tiny bit confused about that illusion thing....putting it against the wall... Major timesaver!
You are an absolute lifesaver man. :D Been searching for a guide like this for 3 days...That single vanishing point method worked for me like a charm. Thank You
The picture (panorama)at 2:03 on the video, is that table mountain cause it looks like it and i live right in the next suburb from where this might have been taken and man aint it beautiful?
If you're using a Mac, make sure you download the .ZIP file. Macs are sometimes set to unpack and turn ZIPs into folders. If this happens, you can right-click the folder and recompress into .ZIP. Then install the add-on from that ZIP file
@@nickdandria Make sure you don't unzip it whatsoever. You want to install manually and then select the actual zip, still compressed. Blender will do it's magic usually
Hi Serino!, amazing work! I’m looking to learn the photomatch technique to design organic surfaces, then unfold them for plasma cutting to produce steel bases similar to 'Flowyline' designs. Could you make a small course or tutorial on this workflow in Linux? I’m willing to pay for it. Thanks!
For some reason fspy has always been a mystery to me. I understand blender pretty good but fspy didn't make sense. That is until you explained it. Thank you.
Simple and efficient, thanks. I don't know if anything changed but for me I had to use X and -Z. Oh well. For the focal length I had big walls on my reference in the backgroud so I could tell while playing with the Z blue line if it's not straight enough on the sides, so I choose 50
I'm having trouble installing the addon. I can navigate to the .zip but my window is different, I don't have an "Install add-on from file" button, I only have an "Install Add-on" button on the bottom right. Clicking that doesn't seem to install it. Any help, please?
I had this same problem. How I got around it was adding it manually to the add-ons folder. C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80\scripts\addons just drag and drop the folder into addons and it should show up.
@@jonWithaBlog Thanks for the reply! As it turns out there was a mismatch between my blender version and the addon version, downloading an older version of the addon worked for me.
helped me thanks was having the same issue, on Mac OS the file path is Blender/Contents/Rescources/2.80/scripts/addons you want to unzip the file before this and drag the folder containing init__.py, addon__.py and fspy.py hope this helps
When you go to the FSpy Blender addon github page, dont download the zip containing the source code. To the right of the source code click the link under Releases and download that.
My blender can't see this addon, please help. I tried to refresh the add-ons tab and restarting blender. But i blender is showing me the message that i did something(i used the zip file)
Copy the "fspy_blender" folder (which comes inside the zip; this folder contains 3 .py files) to Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.0\3.0\scripts\addons
@@3dhobbyist296 I'm so dumb when it comes to this stuff. It took me half an hour and I was beginning to lose hope but thanks so much! I can finally get on with making stuff
Really great tutorial. Can't wait to try out fSpy. I do have a question & thought about why stuff wasn't lining up properly- when you add your cube to your scene you move them down on the Z axis- shouldn't it be moved toward the camera on the Y-axis? By moving on the z you're basically positioning everything below the floor plane, thus why the lines don't line up perfectly. Especially when the cube is generated with part of its base below the floor plane.
My issue lies in fspy. I load up an image and it's always rotated to the wrong position. I couldn't find an option in the program that would cause it to rotate upon import. The image is not rotated heh. It makes lining up all the lines more difficult when my references are all 90 degrees rotated lol.
Help: Installed. Got to preferences> Installed - Found the FSPY zip. > Says it installed it > go to add ons to find fspy> nowhere to be found. Hard rest and reinstalled. Blender 2.8 > also = noob.
RayneChecks it’s ridiculous that it’s 2020 and we can’t download a simple add on to a program lmfao like why do they have to make it so difficult?? I still can’t use it
@@mrfeathers3938 multiple file folders in add -ons folder.Erase it all and re download, restart computer too. Also good the problem i found the solution through a thread i think.
I was wondering is ther anyway to use Fspy with Archipak or Arcimesh...so that exact dimensions of interior can be maintained. Problem i'm having is when I bring in fspy camera and start modeling, the height of the walls extruded on the x axis is enormously too large. Average height of real wall is 2.7 meters but ...I can seem to get fspy to maintain those measurements...Please help if you now of any workaround
Update to those of you who are having the issue of installing the zip file, head over to github.com/stuffmatic/fSpy-Blender/releases and download that file.
After importing the fspy file wouldn't it make sense to move the camera in Blender so that the floor of the the background image aligns with the grid floor in the scene? Or would this destroy the camera perspective again?
Whenever I import my fspy file into blender, my image becomes extremely distorted and pixelated almost corrupted. I haven't seen anyone else have this issue. I'd appreciate it if anyone knows why.. :(((
Hi. Thanks for the video. Do you have any ideas, how to do the same for the orthographic image? I am noob in blender, so I am sorry, if my question is stupid.
You can import fspy file to blender. Fspy not load a video (photo only). You must use blender tracking and aplly to fspy camera. Sorry but my english languange is bad.
Hey dude question here do you think is absolutely important to know the camera data when working with 1 point perspective ? Or guessing also works just fine?
For one point perspective you have to determine the focal length and (if image was manipulated) the principal point (btw - the principal point has to be determined for 2-point perspective as well in such a case). My tutorial on fSpy covers this if you’re interested: th-cam.com/video/daiMOYR8GS8/w-d-xo.html hope that helps
Got it! There must be something wrong with your starting image. Open your original image with Gimp ( or any program by the like) and save it with another extension (the original was .PNG; I saved it as .jpg) avd use the new one. It solved the issue.
When I import the picture into blender its not lined up with the camera. About a fourth of the picture is down and left out of view of camera. Not sure how to adjust it. Also grid didn't line up either. It looked fine on fspy itself.
not much luck finding out my phone's sensor size .--. Everything else including focal lentgth is written in the picture description, and nobody lists sensor size on their phone camera's spec sheets since they're all small as is already :/...
He didn’t mention it but if you use 2 vanishing points Focal Length appears on the bottom of the right margin, click on the box. That gives the sensor size.
For 1-point perspective, as long as you have the vanishing point and principal point properly determined, it’s quite easy to figure out what the focal length is (I present it in my fSpy tutorial th-cam.com/video/daiMOYR8GS8/w-d-xo.html). For 2-point perspective it’s easy as long as the image hasn’t been cropped horizontally and the x coordinate of the principal point remains in the middle of the image. It’s enough to find the vertical position then which is quite simple
“For some reason it’s getting it wrong” Probably because it wants you to put it on the corners of the floor and roof. You got the roof, but you used a line above the floor corner.
8:48 i cant see the install from file and ive tried different versions, help.
absolute legend, the website is pretty vague on the specifics, this was such a great help!
If you'll be using lines along an object in the scene like a corner of a building that is facing you in the scene, then there will be two vanishing points on either side where lines will converge. They may be out of frame, but they will be either side of the corner subject. Otherwise, if the lines converge in the middle of the frame, then choose 1 vanishing point.
I downloaded the Blender addon and was trying to fugure out why i couldnt use it, till i came apon your tutorial, which explained there is the main program you need to collect the camera data to import too Blender.
Thank you so much.
It doesn't work for me... Everything goes fine until I try to install the add-on. I click on "Install from File", but when I search fSpy nothing comes out, just the empty list.
same
@@MediaFXas Same here...
I have tried the older version of the blender addon with blender 2.8 and it works fine...
I had the same issue, but it turned out I was trying to install the wrong file. Instead of downloading the whole Github repo from "Clone or download", go to github.com/stuffmatic/fSpy-Blender/releases, then download and install from the fSpy-Blender-1.0.3.zip file. It's only 5.3kb.
@@vmccurley Jesus thank you no one explains this part
lol, I'm literally trying to do it without Fspy for more than an hour, and then other video recommended myself to use Fspy. Finally I came here.
Thanks
I fell into that illusion trap and was so confused. Luckily I found your video. Thanks!
lmao me too
Wow you made that bathroom look good
🤠Thank you so much for that thing at the end...kept on getting a a little tiny bit confused about that illusion thing....putting it against the wall... Major timesaver!
Cheers for the quick introduction. Great work
Yes, to a projection mapping video 🙂
Great vid and explanation - much appreciated!
You are an absolute lifesaver man. :D Been searching for a guide like this for 3 days...That single vanishing point method worked for me like a charm. Thank You
Would love a projection mapping tutorial, there are none out there. Video was great, lots of help. Thanks again.
cgmatter?
When i try to install the addon i can not find it when i seach fspy
Tip with the perspective is great, thank you
WHY IS THE BLENDER ADDON NOT INSTALLING?!?!?!?!
Thank you! The best tutorial on TH-cam! =)
Z is the depth axis not Y. Thus Z depth pass. But I am glad to see that this works even if you switch axis around in any direction.
Excellent tut, very clear and straightforward!
The picture (panorama)at 2:03 on the video, is that table mountain cause it looks like it and i live right in the next suburb from where this might have been taken and man aint it beautiful?
It won't let me install it I am on windows 10
Thanks, indeed this was very helpful - excited to see your projection mapping tutorial
Thanks, there is no way I’d have worked it out by myself but you made is straight forward (Blender 2.9).
If you're using a Mac, make sure you download the .ZIP file. Macs are sometimes set to unpack and turn ZIPs into folders. If this happens, you can right-click the folder and recompress into .ZIP. Then install the add-on from that ZIP file
I did this but still have issues with installing the add-on. Nothing happens after I install it.
@@nickdandria Make sure you don't unzip it whatsoever. You want to install manually and then select the actual zip, still compressed. Blender will do it's magic usually
@@jonathansgarden9128 got it figured out. Thank you!
Hi Serino!, amazing work! I’m looking to learn the photomatch technique to design organic surfaces, then unfold them for plasma cutting to produce steel bases similar to 'Flowyline' designs. Could you make a small course or tutorial on this workflow in Linux? I’m willing to pay for it. Thanks!
For some reason fspy has always been a mystery to me. I understand blender pretty good but fspy didn't make sense. That is until you explained it. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, I hadn't heard of fSpy
how can to go back to fspy again like in 10:37? im stuck, help me pleasseee T___T
Awesome tutorial man!!!! 10/10
Simple and efficient, thanks. I don't know if anything changed but for me I had to use X and -Z. Oh well.
For the focal length I had big walls on my reference in the backgroud so I could tell while playing with the Z blue line if it's not straight enough on the sides, so I choose 50
Thank you for this video man, understanding this better now.
you did a great job explaining this. thank you!
GREAT tutorial!!! no annoying "ehmmms... ahmmmms...." no BS, straight and to the point!, Thank you!
You just explained what I needed to know. Thank you.
I try to install the blender addon and nothing shows up when i install it WTF SOOO ANNOYING
did you find a solution?
@@tomiem1386 yes you have to import the py file into the add-ons folder
Good tutorial but now I'm burning to know why your last folder on the chrome bookmark bar is blurred.
Can this be using for 3D camera tracking too?
I'm having trouble installing the addon. I can navigate to the .zip but my window is different, I don't have an "Install add-on from file" button, I only have an "Install Add-on" button on the bottom right. Clicking that doesn't seem to install it.
Any help, please?
I had this same problem. How I got around it was adding it manually to the add-ons folder. C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80\scripts\addons just drag and drop the folder into addons and it should show up.
@@jonWithaBlog Thanks for the reply! As it turns out there was a mismatch between my blender version and the addon version, downloading an older version of the addon worked for me.
@@KeenX72 glad you figured it out!!
helped me thanks was having the same issue, on Mac OS the file path is Blender/Contents/Rescources/2.80/scripts/addons you want to unzip the file before this and drag the folder containing init__.py, addon__.py and fspy.py hope this helps
@@joethacker7868 awesome glad to to help
Great tutorial. Easy to follow. Thank you ! :)
Nice tutorial, concise, to the point and informative. :-) Many thanks
Absolutely the perfect thing for what I needed. Thanks for the help!
Great explanation, thank you!
8:52 cant install addon, not showing when search addons. and cant import there is no fspy extension support
When you go to the FSpy Blender addon github page, dont download the zip containing the source code. To the right of the source code click the link under Releases and download that.
@@dwassortedmedia Legend!
My blender can't see this addon, please help. I tried to refresh the add-ons tab and restarting blender. But i blender is showing me the message that i did something(i used the zip file)
Copy the "fspy_blender" folder (which comes inside the zip; this folder contains 3 .py files) to Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.0\3.0\scripts\addons
@@3dhobbyist296 Thanks! Worked for me :)
@@3dhobbyist296 thanks
@@3dhobbyist296 I'm so dumb when it comes to this stuff. It took me half an hour and I was beginning to lose hope but thanks so much! I can finally get on with making stuff
ey thanks man great video really helped me 😊
Thank you so much! This program is awesome and this tutorial has helped me a lot :)
much appreciated dude. perfect
do you know how to use fspy to make those fake 3d anamorphic corner vid boards?
Really great tutorial. Can't wait to try out fSpy.
I do have a question & thought about why stuff wasn't lining up properly- when you add your cube to your scene you move them down on the Z axis- shouldn't it be moved toward the camera on the Y-axis? By moving on the z you're basically positioning everything below the floor plane, thus why the lines don't line up perfectly. Especially when the cube is generated with part of its base below the floor plane.
Thanks! Great video!
My issue lies in fspy. I load up an image and it's always rotated to the wrong position. I couldn't find an option in the program that would cause it to rotate upon import. The image is not rotated heh. It makes lining up all the lines more difficult when my references are all 90 degrees rotated lol.
I'm having the same issue here. Did you figure it out?
I can barely see the reference image in blender, is there a way to turn it's opacity?
if you go to the camera settings then opacity you will be able to adjust
GO TO CCAMERA SETTINGS > GO TO BACK GROUND IMAGES > THEN ADJUST THE OPACITY
thank you so much! Your video was awesome and super helpful! You deserve wayyy more subs and views I'll try recommend you to friends of mine :)
THank you. I will be using this to create 3d background reference from my 2d sketches.
Thank you for the video. This is extremely helpful.
im having trouble understaning axis marking how we decide what to select and what not ?
Help: Installed. Got to preferences> Installed - Found the FSPY zip. > Says it installed it > go to add ons to find fspy> nowhere to be found. Hard rest and reinstalled. Blender 2.8 > also = noob.
figured it out, multiple file folders in addons folder. Thanks for the video!
Miss Creature can you tell me why I’m having the same issue please?
lord same problem. please post solution ;-;
RayneChecks it’s ridiculous that it’s 2020 and we can’t download a simple add on to a program lmfao like why do they have to make it so difficult?? I still can’t use it
@@mrfeathers3938 multiple file folders in add -ons folder.Erase it all and re download, restart computer too. Also good the problem i found the solution through a thread i think.
Thanks, you help me a lot!!!
I was wondering is ther anyway to use Fspy with Archipak or Arcimesh...so that exact dimensions of interior can be maintained. Problem i'm having is when I bring in fspy camera
and start modeling, the height of the walls extruded on the x axis is enormously too large. Average height of real wall is 2.7 meters but ...I can seem to get fspy to maintain those measurements...Please help if you now of any workaround
thanks!, you have solved my problem.
Update to those of you who are having the issue of installing the zip file, head over to github.com/stuffmatic/fSpy-Blender/releases and download that file.
ahh thanks
Love you
projection mapping video would be good if you want to make one of those. this tutorial was good too thanks!
After importing the fspy file wouldn't it make sense to move the camera in Blender so that the floor of the the background image aligns with the grid floor in the scene? Or would this destroy the camera perspective again?
Whenever I import my fspy file into blender, my image becomes extremely distorted and pixelated almost corrupted. I haven't seen anyone else have this issue. I'd appreciate it if anyone knows why.. :(((
Could you show us how to fix multi photo that multi camera can match the correct position?
Anyone know how to add the addon to Blender on a mac? The app is up and running fine, I just can't import the file.
I downgraded from 2.9 to 2.83 and it worked. Be sure to get the 1.03 or better version. (see comments)
Amazing! Thank you very much! :)
Does it work for mac?
Hi. Thanks for the video. Do you have any ideas, how to do the same for the orthographic image? I am noob in blender, so I am sorry, if my question is stupid.
Does it not work with blender 2.8? I've tried importing so many times it just never appears in my add ons :(
nvm i updated to 2.82 all is good! :) Thanks for the awesome tutorial!
easy ! now let's try with a cathedral :P
i cant download the addon help
What if the image is rotated every time it loads into fspy?
You can import fspy file to blender. Fspy not load a video (photo only). You must use blender tracking and aplly to fspy camera. Sorry but my english languange is bad.
what about 2d pixel art images....?? i want to use this to make the sprites from sonic 1 into 3d
Hey dude question here do you think is absolutely important to know the camera data when working with 1 point perspective ? Or guessing also works just fine?
For one point perspective you have to determine the focal length and (if image was manipulated) the principal point (btw - the principal point has to be determined for 2-point perspective as well in such a case). My tutorial on fSpy covers this if you’re interested:
th-cam.com/video/daiMOYR8GS8/w-d-xo.html hope that helps
Which one for mac
Is anyone having the issue when you import fspy the camera positions itself correctly but the image isn't loaded
Got it! There must be something wrong with your starting image. Open your original image with Gimp ( or any program by the like) and save it with another extension (the original was .PNG; I saved it as .jpg) avd use the new one. It solved the issue.
@@hebermoreno7963 thank you!!
Which option is for mac?
it doesn't work with complicates images with difficult perspectives
Great video, thank you so much..
I'm trying to replicate a scene and was wondering if anyone had any tips on not just getting the right camera settings, but the scale too?
I cover this in my fSpy tutorial:
th-cam.com/video/daiMOYR8GS8/w-d-xo.html
You are the man
Default.fspy ext. You completely lost me at that point. Where do I save it??
Thank you!
When I import the picture into blender its not lined up with the camera. About a fourth of the picture is down and left out of view of camera. Not sure how to adjust it. Also grid didn't line up either.
It looked fine on fspy itself.
maybe change the frame method of the background image to fit or crop
Thank you.
Awesome!!!
Fspy is soo difficult. You make it look easy but when i do its all messed up. Please do a sloww step by step tutorial
not much luck finding out my phone's sensor size .--. Everything else including focal lentgth is written in the picture description, and nobody lists sensor size on their phone camera's spec sheets since they're all small as is already :/...
He didn’t mention it but if you use 2 vanishing points Focal Length appears on the bottom of the right margin, click on the box. That gives the sensor size.
For 1-point perspective, as long as you have the vanishing point and principal point properly determined, it’s quite easy to figure out what the focal length is (I present it in my fSpy tutorial
th-cam.com/video/daiMOYR8GS8/w-d-xo.html). For 2-point perspective it’s easy as long as the image hasn’t been cropped horizontally and the x coordinate of the principal point remains in the middle of the image. It’s enough to find the vertical position then which is quite simple
It doesn't work with 2.82 :p
Addon doesn't show
Try installing from here: github.com/stuffmatic/fSpy-Blender/releases I just checked and it should work
@@TylerSerino Thanks! It worked with the previous version
@@TylerSerino I have to download only that?
Hey that work for some thing like vfx
its also funny to break the Softwar by Pointing Stuff in the Wrong Dirreccion xD
It work with HDRI 360 image?
Nope
good video but y axis like always means up and down and z means back to front. I know it doesnt matter for this but its bothering me lmao
plug in is not working
ok thank you
“For some reason it’s getting it wrong”
Probably because it wants you to put it on the corners of the floor and roof. You got the roof, but you used a line above the floor corner.
tnx