SplatLoomHow to capture better photos for Gaussian splatting
Improve overlap, camera movement and coverage before spending more time on reconstruction.
Move the camera through space
Walk around your subject, keeping it in the frame. Nearby viewpoints should show many of the same details from slightly different positions. A panorama taken from one fixed point supplies rotation, but little useful parallax.
Cover height as well as direction
Make one pass around the subject, then another from a slightly higher or lower position where safe. Capture the top and back if those views matter. Never enter unsafe areas or rely on software to reconstruct surfaces you could not see.
Keep the scene consistent
Soft, steady light is a useful starting point. Avoid sudden exposure changes, motion blur, changing zoom and moving subjects. Highly reflective and transparent materials remain difficult for reconstruction.
For video, move slowly
Move steadily and avoid quick pans. A longer video with nearly identical frames is not necessarily better. SplatLoom selects frames for processing, but frame selection cannot create viewpoints you did not capture.
Check the capture before leaving
Look for sharp detail and overlapping views. Retake blurred shots and fill visible coverage gaps. If a reconstruction reports too few usable or registered images, revisit the capture instead of treating it as a training-quality problem.