3DG PhotoMatch

for 3ds Max and SketchUp · Cinema 4D and Rhino coming soon

Pick the points, click one button: in a few seconds the 3D camera lines up perfectly with your photograph.

A completely new approach to camera matching. No vanishing points, no adjusting by eye. Just matching points, one click and a result that speaks for itself. The same solver, the same precision, inside the program you use.

The panel speaks your language

IT EN DE FR ES PT RU ZH

eight languages, switched from the drop-down at the top of the panel

The 3ds Max camera on your photograph, with the focal length calculated rather than guessed.

3ds Max 2025 · 2026 · 2027 Physical, Standard, V-Ray and Corona version 1.2.9 available · 7-day free trial

The Cinema 4D camera on your photograph, with the render format already matching the photo.

Cinema 4D 2024 · 2025 · 2026 picking with vertex snap coming soon

The Rhino camera on your photograph, saved as a Named View ready to render.

Rhino 8 window always open, osnaps active coming soon

The SketchUp camera on your photograph, saved as a scene with the photo in the background.

SketchUp 2019 → 2025 no dependencies to install available · 7-day free trial

€49 + VAT Perpetual licence

Try every feature free for 7 days, with no limits and no credit card. If it suits you, buy the perpetual licence: pay once and it is yours for good, future updates included. One licence covers two computers, one in use at a time.

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Camera solve with focal-length optimisation — results accurate to the pixel
The solve runs on your computer: your photos and models never leave it
Focal length read from the photograph's EXIF data, when it is there
Portrait photos turned upright automatically, following the orientation recorded by the camera
Zoom and pan on the photo, draggable points for precise corrections
Automatic re-solve after every change to the points
Numbered markers in the viewport to find the points again in the model
Interface in eight languages: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese

What appears in the scene	A Physical Camera with position, rotation and focal length already set
Render engines	Physical Camera, V-Ray and Corona: the built-in converter switches between them, keeping the solved framing
Lens distortion	Detected by the solver and carried over to the V-Ray camera, which has the parameter to take it into account
Picking in the model	Vertex snap, with numbered markers that stay for as long as you need them

What appears in the scene	A camera with position, rotation and focal length already set, locked as it is
Render format	Set to match the photograph, so the framing really does line up
Picking in the model	Vertex snap, numbered markers in the viewport, camera preview before you create it
Interface	Native Cinema 4D panel, with zoom and pan on the photo

What appears in the scene	A Named View, with the render size set from the photo
Preview	The camera shows in the perspective viewport with the photo behind it, before you save it
Picking in the model	Rhino osnaps active; every pair becomes a real point in the model, which you can move
Interface	A window that stays open for the whole session instead of closing after every operation

What appears in the scene	A SketchUp scene with the solved camera and the photo as its background
To install	Nothing: the solver is written in Ruby and runs inside SketchUp. No Python, no external libraries
Picking in the model	SketchUp inferences active, temporary numbered markers in the model
Interface	Panel with the photo, a dedicated toolbar and a context menu on the points

	The usual tools	3DG PhotoMatch
Calibration method	Manual alignment of the axes to the vanishing points	Click matching points on photo and model, the solve is automatic
Minimum number of references	2 vanishing points + origin	Any 4 points, well spread across the scene
Focal length	Set by hand or estimated by eye	Calculated automatically, starting from the EXIF data when present
Precision feedback	Visual, down to the operator's judgement	Reprojection error, in pixels, in real time
Correcting and fine-tuning	Realigning the axes by hand	Drag the points and the re-solve is instant
Learning curve	Requires an understanding of vanishing points and perspective	All you need is to spot recognisable points in the photo and in the model

3DG PhotoMatch

What changes from one program to another

Compared with Perspective Match in 3ds Max

Compared with the Cinema 4D Camera Calibrator

Compared with the tools in Rhino

Compared with Match Photo in SketchUp

Who it is for

How it works

How you work

Licence

Requirements

Architects	Designers working on existing buildings who need to line up the 3D model with real photographs
Surveyors	Technicians carrying out photographic surveys who need precise camera calibration
3D visualisation	Architectural rendering professionals who need to insert 3D models into photographs
3D artists	Anyone working in compositing, photo insertion or matte painting who needs to place 3D elements in a photographic scene with the right perspective

1. Photo	Load a photograph of the building or of the real scene
2. Points	Find at least 4 points you can recognise both in the photo and in the 3D model
3. Pairs	For each point, click on the photo and then on the matching point in the model
4. Solve	From the fourth point on, the camera solves itself, focal length included, and updates with every correction
5. Result	The camera enters the scene the way your program expects (see above)

Free trial	7 days with every feature active, no credit card
Price	€49.00 + VAT
Type	Perpetual licence — pay once and it is yours for good, future updates included
How many computers	Two registered computers, one in use at a time. The licence moves from one computer to the other from the plugin's panel
One licence per program	The licence covers the version you bought. If you work with two programs you need two licences: write to us at [email protected] and we will talk it over
Purchase	Secure payment through Paddle, which is the merchant of record for your purchase and issues the invoice (credit card, PayPal)
Documents	Licence agreement · Sales conditions and refunds · Privacy

3ds Max	2025, 2026, 2027
Operating system	Windows only (10 and 11)
Anything else to install	Nothing: the plugin is pure Python and uses what 3ds Max already has
Installation	A zip archive to unpack into the 3ds Max scripts folder; the instructions, in eight languages, are in the package
Connection	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it from time to time. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

Cinema 4D	2024, 2025, 2026
Operating system	Windows only (10 and 11)
Anything else to install	Nothing: the plugin is pure Python and uses what Cinema 4D already has
Installation	A zip archive to unpack into the plugins folder; the instructions, in eight languages, are in the package
Connection	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it from time to time. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

Rhino	Rhino 8
Operating system	Windows only (10 and 11)
Anything else to install	Nothing: the plugin is pure Python and uses what Rhino already has
Installation	A zip archive to unpack into the Rhino scripts folder; the instructions, in eight languages, are in the package
Connection	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it from time to time. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

SketchUp	2019 to 2025, desktop version
Operating system	Windows only (10 and 11)
Anything else to install	Nothing: the solver is written in Ruby and runs inside SketchUp
Installation	An RBZ file through the Extension Manager, or a zip archive to copy into the plugins folder; the instructions, in eight languages, are in the package
Connection	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it from time to time. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

3DG PhotoMatch

Choose your program

What changes from one program to another

Compared with Perspective Match in 3ds Max

Compared with the Cinema 4D Camera Calibrator

Compared with the tools in Rhino

Compared with Match Photo in SketchUp

Who it is for

How it works

How you work

Licence

Requirements