Incredible Art & tech app

This app has all but replaced my decades old passion for stereo 3D photography, and is edging out sphere panos as well. When its done right, you can get amazing, life life replicas to zoom, spin and view at leisure - especially viewing them on the iPad version (And you can also screen capture stereo pairs for 3D programs).

With this app, you can now essentially bring your smartphone to any museum, show, shop, display, property or job site; discretely capture an object; process and edit it; and even 3D print your own copy of it! Everything from toy figures, sculptures, food, or anatomical skeletons to drone-photographed housing developments! (Uncanny life portraits and sleeping pets are also popular frontiers).

The downside is Autodesks online system and editing options.

The PC version will not bring up my iOS model meshes, so I have to extract (and jpg tag) my photo series from the models files, then re render them in order to crudely cut out extraneous parts using this free desktop version. (On the upside, you can shoot your own photo sequence with a much better camera than on you phone).

This free PC version (no Mac version yet) also replaces the now-discontinued online 123D Catch app (which apparently once let you edit, close holes, smooth surfaces and more with your models using a simple interface - but no more. )

The online viewer and cloud storage set-up gets unwieldy after you start adding more models. They need sub folder, icon and category options. And the customer service is about zero.

I guess one cant complain for such a totally terrific and innovative FREE app and service. (One online user says he likes this better than the $3,500.00 3D scanner he bought a few year ago!)

But I would gladly pay $5-$20, or more, if Autodesk could streamline and improve the workflow, editing, storage, and viewing experience. This whole concept can be so much bigger than it is now.

Ladini3 about 123D Catch