BlueStar Mapping
BlueStar Mapping is a texture mapping software specifically designed for 3D scanners.
It uses intelligent, semi-automated workflows to accurately align multi-view photos taken with a mobile phone or DSLR camera onto 3D scanned models, creating high-resolution, true-to-life 3D models with textures.
Main advantages
- Universal compatibility
- Easy to use
- One-step workflow
- High resolution textures
Flexible photo processing
Low entry barrier to photography
Complete texturing workflow in one software
Quick learning
High resolution output
Universal compatibility
The software works with all SHINING 3D scanners and supports .STL and .OBJ formats.
It can handle photos with different parameters taken with different devices — from mobile phones to DSLRs.
Easy to use
Users can use the system after a short learning curve; thanks to automated processing, texturing and fine-tuning can be completed in as little as 30 minutes.
Optimized workflow
Scan data can be transferred to the texturing environment with one click, where full or partial texture refinement can be performed.
The system integrates:
- seam editing
- global color unification
- Photoshop-based post-processing
This way, the entire texture creation process can be handled in a single software.
High resolution
Precise edge matching and multi-view color matching ensure a uniform appearance
(texture accuracy < 0.1 mm).
Export options:
- 4K/8K/16K with a single texture
- multiple 16K texture sheets for maximum detail
Featured features
- AI Object Recognition: Interactive semantic segmentation AI automatically isolates the main object and then applies it to all photos with one click.
- Relative camera orientation: Calculates the relative position of the shots and generates a sparse point cloud (based on photogrammetric principles).
- Texture baking: Baking albedo and normal maps between high and medium polygon count models (with Marmoset compatibility).
- Seam Editor: Real-time editable texture seams with weighted selection to minimize distortion.
- Photoshop integration: After external editing, changes are automatically updated in the project.
- Global color unification: Automatic brightness and contrast equalization between seams.
Technical data
- Compatible scanners: all 3D scanners
- Camera: mobile phone, DSLR
- Input format: STL, OBJ
- Output format: OBJ, PLY, FBX, STL, OFF and other universal 3D formats
- Texture resolution:4096×4096 (free) / 8192×8192 / 16384×16384
- Mapping error: ≤ 0.08 + 0.02 × D*/300 mm
- Average color error: CIEDE2000 ≤ 5
- Defective pixel rate: ≤ 0.01%
- Mapping accuracy: ≤ 0.1 mm
