Manual

Bad Lighting

Proper lighting plays a key role in producing quality scans. Insufficient or improper

lighting directly affects the data that the scanner picks up from the object. To

illustrate this point, we scanned a Red Delicious apple under different lighting

conditions.

For detailed information on proper lighting, see The Importance of Lighting (p. 45).

Scan Result

Lighting Condition

Too Bright

12” from a window on a bright,

sunny day

Note the gaps in the surface of the scan.

The sunlight is overpowering the

brightness of the lasers.

Too Dark

Dim overhead lighting

Note how dark the apple appears to be.

The bottom of the apple appears black.

Bad Lighting Final Outcome

Meshed OBJ File Format

(from too bright scan, above)

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