Render Point Clouds in Blender with Cycles (.ply)

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
  • UPDATE - If you are using Blender 3.6.8 or above, color attributes are supported natively in the PLY importer, so you can skip to 01:36 in this tutorial, please note the new native importer is called "Stanford PLY (.ply)". and the checkboxes on the importer dialog are optional.
    In this video I show you how to import a .ply file into Blender and render it with colour attributes using cycles.
    You can find the import-ply-as-verts repository here:
    github.com/Tom...
    You can find the pointcloud file used in this tutorial here (click the download link underneath the 3D viewer):
    sketchfab.com/...
    You can see my previous video on Point Cloud Visualizer here:
    • Point Cloud Visualizer...

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  • @milx675
    @milx675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! I've exported a .ply with PointCloud Visualizer (done the editing, changing the size of the points and changing colors) Then i've imported it and rendered using cycles as you show here. The thing is I see the points too big now (I think it's like a default size) and I don't know how to change those parameters without Pcv. Also I would like to apply the keyframes to the opacity of the points, so they appear slowly as you show on the other tutorial. Is there any way I can do that without pcv? Thank you :)

    • @Nicko16
      @Nicko16  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh yes, if you go into the the geometry nodes nodetree you can set 'Radius' in the 'Mesh to Points' node (02:59), that should change the size.
      If you set the 'Alpha' value of the 'Principled BSDF' shader (3:34) you can change the opacity. To add a keyframe, hover over the value and press 'I', the value should turn yellow.

  • @giorgimikava1327
    @giorgimikava1327 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    hello , truly great tutorial thanks alot. i have one question, why my color attribute isnt showing the texture, i can see Col attribute but texture isnt still there. is there anything i can do?thanks one more time...

  • @solovastrudenis6243
    @solovastrudenis6243 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have blender 4.0 , It s the only one that appears when i go to the blender foundation - “ blender 4.0 “ and i don t Find the import mash PLY
    Maybe u know Why ?

    • @elianaranti
      @elianaranti 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same problem here. did you find a solution?

  • @williamscoott
    @williamscoott ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everything works except applying the color, does anyone know why?

  • @borisandreev1694
    @borisandreev1694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great tutorial, Nicko16. Kinda dumb question, but is it possible to animate those vertex points and make them collide or interact with one another using geometry nodes? I can't seem to find many tutorials covering this.

  • @eddiepersa1752
    @eddiepersa1752 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks Nicko! I have a problem. When I import a .ply file with this method, the color attribute is not present with the file. what could be happening ? I'm using KIRI engine to scan with my android Phone. Thanks again !

  • @eejj4387
    @eejj4387 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I use other instance to replace default(I do not know what instance), the color info can not render

  • @АлександрМилко-я1с
    @АлександрМилко-я1с 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks!!!!! Helped a lot!!!

  • @johanneszwilling
    @johanneszwilling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doesn't work in Eevee! Why would that be?

    • @Nicko16
      @Nicko16  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Currently rendering the points object isn't supported for Eevee, though it might be at some point in the future.

    • @mipe7755
      @mipe7755 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe Eevee Next will be capable of that, hopefully!

  • @Milan23_
    @Milan23_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there any fix for this? i dont see VertexColors Only when importing. Neither in blender 4.0, 3.6.1 or 3.1.2 please help

  • @selikutame7132
    @selikutame7132 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how do i replace the ply files on mac :(

  • @hallohallo7846
    @hallohallo7846 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HI! I have problems importing the script in mac! I read that I can't just import them as an add on but can't seem to find the right location in blender library. Anyone has a tip or a link to a good tutorial? thanks!

    • @dawei886
      @dawei886 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have the same problem, it seems nobody use Mac here 😅

    • @dawei886
      @dawei886 ปีที่แล้ว

      /Users/YOUR ACCOUNT/Library/Application Support/Blender/3.4/scripts/addons/import-ply-as-verts-main

    • @fashionbreakertv
      @fashionbreakertv ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dawei886 Did this work for you? On my addons folder I don't find the import-ply-as-verts-main folder...

  • @jippee1
    @jippee1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How to convert point cloud to mesh?? And not just instance points on verts

    • @Nicko16
      @Nicko16  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You might be interested in point cloud visualiser, which has the capability to remesh a point cloud: blendermarket.com/products/pcv

  • @tachikoma099
    @tachikoma099 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, this was incredibly helpful.

  • @geoproces
    @geoproces ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi nice work !! can you Import that into the Babylon.js ?

  • @gertduvenhage2822
    @gertduvenhage2822 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good tutorial
    Thanks Nicko16

  • @SueHui
    @SueHui ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I'm new to point cloud. This video helped me a lot!

  • @philippwohner-drawingandan5705
    @philippwohner-drawingandan5705 ปีที่แล้ว

    big crazy thanks!!!! works also in 3.4 🙂

  • @mtscott44
    @mtscott44 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome channel, top work man. Thanks for sharing!

  • @crypto-nerd7031
    @crypto-nerd7031 ปีที่แล้ว

    thats Greaaaattttt , i wanted to do it since long time, finally it´s work ,,, thanksssssssssssssss👍👍👍👍👍

  • @andreimariuteac
    @andreimariuteac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm pretty new to blender, is this still the best way to use .ply in blender today, or are they natively supported now?

    • @Nicko16
      @Nicko16  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi! Blender now has native support for colours in .ply (at least since 3.6.8). So you don't need to do the first part of this tutorial. You can skip to about 01:36

    • @andreimariuteac
      @andreimariuteac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Nicko16 Thanks for the reply! Your content has been really helpful so far and made learning 3D really fun for me! Cheers

  • @manuelresch7012
    @manuelresch7012 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im completely new to Blender (worked with c4d so far but more on the experimental side, not to say i goofed around there) and this tutorial was exactly what i tried to achieve for a while. At the beginning i thought this is taking ages to install and set up but man was i wrong
    worked perfectly for me
    thank you so much!!

  • @Marcelmikael
    @Marcelmikael 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sensei, can a scene be save as ply in blender and if that's possible, then can the scene be imported into blender with the point cloud addons to have the effect? 🙏

  • @Marcelmikael
    @Marcelmikael 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    After the importation the computer went wild with them exhaust

  • @eejj4387
    @eejj4387 ปีที่แล้ว

    Close this blender file and open it second time, the node mesh to point is invalid! why?

  • @zijielim4652
    @zijielim4652 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU I HAVE BEEN IN PAIN TRYIN OVER AND OVER, FINALLY A REAL SOLUTION

  • @muhammadzia7191
    @muhammadzia7191 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much Nicko16! you made my day 😇

  • @cfarr41
    @cfarr41 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worked perfectly, thanks so much for this tutorial!

  • @ZephyrinSkies
    @ZephyrinSkies 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, this was incredibly helpful.

  • @johnrogers3315
    @johnrogers3315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous, thanks very much

  • @boop3260
    @boop3260 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so helpful, thank you so much!

  • @floppy12k
    @floppy12k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so good. thank you!!

  • @17ndrei
    @17ndrei ปีที่แล้ว

    man i love u for real

  • @ol_OwO_lo
    @ol_OwO_lo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi! I followed the steps to import my .ply. But there is no Color Attributes option, only Attributes🥲 Does anyone know why?

    • @Nicko16
      @Nicko16  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just a guess, but you might be using an older version of Blender that doesn't yet support the 'Color Attributes' panel, this tutorial is made in version 3.2.0

    • @penelopesaladfingers426
      @penelopesaladfingers426 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      me too, also dont have the verts to colors only option on the import