Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

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In this post we show you the right behavior to get an optimal facial scan with ObiScanner.
In particular, we will analyse the question of the model’s skin colour, suggesting the right lighting.

Correct skin color

To obtain the correct skin color for your 3D model, you must scan in a room that is not exposed to too many light sources. Using the integrated ObiScanner lights, optimal facial scanning is achieved without having to have other light sources behind or on the patient’s face.

Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

—- Ideal brightness and positioning.

White skin

If you perform a facial scan in a poorly lit room with the ObiScanner’s integrated lights to the maximum, you get a 3D model of the patient’s face with very light, white skin.

Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

—- Ideal brightness and positioning.

Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

—- Fonte luminosa diretta sul volto del paziente.

Colored skin

If you perform a facial scan with a direct colored light source on the patient’s face (for example, a colored lamp), the skin color of the 3D facial model will be colored and too bright.

Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

—- Ideal brightness and positioning.

Trick & Tips: Skin Colors

—- Fonte luminosa colorata dal basso.