Hello, new to the platform and mapping hardware requirements. It looks like there is a MacOS version of Pix4D Fields…. So not interested in using cross-platform software to run a windows version of the software.
Has anyone had any luck with the newer MacBook Pro’s running the M2Pro or M2Max, or alternatively, using a Studio with an M1Ultra for post-processing in Pix4D Fields?
Hi Colin, yes that works.
You can download a trial version and test it out yourself.
Hi Julius,
Thanks for your reply. Asking more from the perspective of hardware I intend to purchase, not what I currently have. Trying to find the right fit for processing without over or under shooting the processing load of Pix4d
In general all those will work fine. PIX4Dfields benefits from CPU Cores, RAM (32GB+) and fast SSD Storage (1TB +). Those are the things you should look to optimize based on your budget
Hi Colin,
I have a MacBook Pro M2 and have downloaded the trial version of Pix4D Fields. It had difficulty working in the beginning, failing to open a folder with images. After multiple restarts of the MacBook and the software, it finally started working. The first three sets of photos from a DJI Mavic 3M flight mission worked great, processing in 10-18 minutes (for 600-2000 photos). Much faster than a colleagues Windows 11 laptop (not sure which processor, but it took 1.5 hours for the same files).
After that though, it stopped working. It would stop after 27% of processing and give an error of failing to stitch the photos (R0009: An error occurred while stitching the images). Since my trial period ended today, I could not get any support from Pix4D. Not sure what the problem is. The drone is brand new, with a newly formatted SD Card. In both of these sets of files the fast processing options worked fine, but not the more accurate processing option.
Along the same lines … I have a customer using a Mac for processing. The data is from an M3M, so the problem he needs to solve is getting the raw JPG and TIF files into a format his Mac can read. Does anyone have suggestions for that short of using a go-between PC?
Hi Christos,
First of all, if you have a valid PIX4Dfields license, you can contact us by visiting: Pix4D Technical support services, I have extended the licence you have.
Regarding processing issues, if you were able to process one dataset and the following one is failing only in Accurate processing, it might be related to the quality of the imagery, did flight settings change between flights?
You can read: Failed to stitch images - R0009 - PIX4Dfields
Hi,
Could you explain more about “getting the raw JPG and TIF files into a format his Mac can read”?
Using PIX4Dfields in MAC, you can import both JPG or TIF to process.
Best
He has a small mission’s data (57 photos) taken by M3M in RGB and multispec bands. The card was formatted in the Mavic and then put in card reader for processing on the Mac. He had installed Pix4Dfields successfully, but says that the Mac would not recognize the files as readable. He then tried formatting the SD card in the Mac for the next flight, but then the Mavic says there is a card format error.
I was hoping this was a known issue, because I don’t have a Mac to replicate this myself. He has since resolved the issue by buying a new PC to process the data.
I am currently using a MacBook Pro 15" with the M2 Max. together with the Mavis 3M it has worked pretty great. I haven’t had issues that @LandView has had. If you format the card in the mavic and directly import and process the images from the sd card to P4DF it should work.
And answering to the main subject of this threat: The M2 Max is really great for processing images. When processing a ~8000 Photo (0,45GSD) project the program suggests it will take around 6 hours but in reality it will take a little more than an hour.
When using the magic tool for spot spraying(With a grid of 30x30cm) I would suggest having a lot of RAM. I currently have 64GB and sometimes it is just enough.