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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>The AT failed or ignored pictures because some areas in your photos are irrelevant</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>The AT failed or ignored pictures because some areas in your photos are irrelevant</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:11:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8d992e87-b3d9-4424-b455-b7d515ea5e3a</guid><dc:creator>Felix James</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Felix James on 8/8/2016 1:11:37 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;ContectCapture&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Windowss&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aerotriangulation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N\A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;When a dataset is acquired, you can sometimes have non-relevant objects appearing on your pictures &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As explained in the general documentation of the software, you can&amp;#39;t crop, rotate or resize your images manually because all the EXIF information will be lost .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The only way to process correctly an AT in such a case consists in using a mask-file, in order to hide the non-relevant part of your pictures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This file must be:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a black/white image&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a TIFF format file&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; of the exact same size of the picture you want to hide&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; named &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;name_of_the_picture_to_be_masked_mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;or just &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;if it concerns a whole folder &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; placed in the same folder as the picture(s) to be masked&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;Common issues found when applying a mask:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect location of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect name of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect size of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;To&amp;nbsp;verify that the mask is used, the we can check the photo tab:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The red&amp;nbsp;shading is the masked area of the photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Felix James&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: ContextCapture, Mask, en, SELECTsupport&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>The AT failed or ignored pictures because some areas in your photos are irrelevant</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant/revision/3</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:13:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8d992e87-b3d9-4424-b455-b7d515ea5e3a</guid><dc:creator>Felix James</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Felix James on 8/8/2016 9:13:14 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;ContectCapture&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Windowss&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aerotriangulation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;When a dataset is acquired, you can sometimes have non-relevant objects appearing on your pictures &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As explained in the general documentation of the software, you can&amp;#39;t crop, rotate or resize your images manually because all the EXIF information will be lost .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The only way to process correctly an AT in such a case consists in using a mask-file, in order to hide the non-relevant part of your pictures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This file must be:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a black/white image&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a TIFF format file&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; of the exact same size of the picture you want to hide&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; named &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;name_of_the_picture_to_be_masked_mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;or just &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;if it concerns a whole folder &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; placed in the same folder as the picture(s) to be masked&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Common issues found when applying a mask:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect location of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect name of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect size of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;To&amp;nbsp;verify that the mask is used, the we can check the photo tab:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The red&amp;nbsp;shading is the masked area of the photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="http://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Felix James&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: ContextCapture, Mask, en, SELECTsupport&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>The AT failed or ignored pictures because some areas in your photos are irrelevant</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant/revision/2</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:12:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8d992e87-b3d9-4424-b455-b7d515ea5e3a</guid><dc:creator>Felix James</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Felix James on 8/8/2016 9:12:28 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;ContectCapture&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Windowss&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aerotriangulation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N\A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;When a dataset is acquired, you can sometimes have non-relevant objects appearing on your pictures &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As explained in the general documentation of the software, you can&amp;#39;t crop, rotate or resize your images manually because all the EXIF information will be lost .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The only way to process correctly an AT in such a case consists in using a mask-file, in order to hide the non-relevant part of your pictures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This file must be:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a black/white image&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a TIFF format file&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; of the exact same size of the picture you want to hide&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; named &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;name_of_the_picture_to_be_masked_mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;or just &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,Calibri Light;font-size:small;"&gt;mask.tif &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;if it concerns a whole folder &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; placed in the same folder as the picture(s) to be masked&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Masks.PNG" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Common issues found when applying a mask:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect location of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect name of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect size of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;To&amp;nbsp;verify that the mask is used, the we can check the photo tab:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-18/Mask2.jpg" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The red&amp;nbsp;shading is the masked area of the photo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Felix James&lt;/td&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>The AT failed or ignored pictures because some areas in your photos are irrelevant</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:08:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8d992e87-b3d9-4424-b455-b7d515ea5e3a</guid><dc:creator>Felix James</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/w/wiki/30191/the-at-failed-or-ignored-pictures-because-some-areas-in-your-photos-are-irrelevant#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Wiki by Felix James on 8/8/2016 9:08:39 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;ContectCapture&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Windowss&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Aerotriangulation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;When a dataset is acquired, you can sometimes have non-relevant objects appearing on your pictures &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As explained in the general documentation of the software, you can&amp;#39;t crop, rotate or resize your images manually because all the EXIF information will be lost .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;The only way to process correctly an AT in such a case consists in using a mask-file, in order to hide the non-relevant part of your pictures. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This file must be: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a black/white image &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; a TIFF format file &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; of the exact same size of the picture you want to hide &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; named &lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Calibri,Calibri Light"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Calibri,Calibri Light"&gt;name_of_the_picture_to_be_masked_mask.tif &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;or just &lt;/font&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Calibri,Calibri Light"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Calibri,Calibri Light"&gt;mask.tif &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;if it concerns a whole folder &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; placed in the same folder as the picture(s) to be masked &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;Common issues found when applying a mask:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-18pt;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect location of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-18pt;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect name of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;text-indent:-18pt;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;-&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Incorrect size of mask-files&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Times New Roman"&gt;To&amp;nbsp;verify that the mask is used, the we can check the photo tab:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Times New Roman"&gt;The red&amp;nbsp;shading is the masked area of the photo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Felix James&lt;/td&gt;
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