3DG PhotoMatch

for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Rhino and SketchUp

Click the points, press one button: in 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 actually use.

The panel speaks your language

IT EN DE FR ES PT RU ZH

eight languages, switched from the dropdown at the top of the panel

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

3ds Max 2025 · 2026 · 2027 Physical, V-Ray and Corona version 1.2.0

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

Cinema 4D 2024 · 2025 · 2026 picking with vertex snap version 1.2.0

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

Rhino 8 panel stays open, osnaps active version 1.2.0

The SketchUp camera on your photograph, saved as a scene with the photo behind it.

SketchUp 2019 → 2025 nothing else to install version 1.2.0

€49 (excluding local taxes) Perpetual licence

Try every feature free for 10 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 solved with focal-length optimisation — results accurate to the pixel
The solve runs on your own computer: your photos and models never leave it
Focal length read from the photograph's EXIF data, when it is there
Portrait photos straightened automatically, following the orientation written by the camera
Zoom and pan on the photo, draggable points for fine corrections
Automatic re-solve after every change to the points
Numbered markers in the viewport, to find your 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 moves between them keeping the framing that was solved
Lens distortion	Recognised by the solver and carried over to the V-Ray camera, which has the parameter for it
Picking in the model	Vertex snap, with numbered markers that stay 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 object you can move
Interface	A panel 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 vanishing points	Click matching points on photo and model, the solve is automatic
Minimum references	2 vanishing points + origin	Any 4 points, well spread around the scene
Focal length	Set by hand or estimated by eye	Worked out 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 adjusting	Realigning the axes by hand	Drag the points and the re-solve is instant
Learning curve	Requires understanding vanishing points and perspective	You only need to spot recognisable points in the photo and the model

3DG PhotoMatch

What changes from one program to the next

Compared with Perspective Match in 3ds Max

Compared with the Cinema 4D Camera Calibrator

Compared with what Rhino offers

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 have to place 3D models into photographs
3D artists	Anyone working in compositing, photo insertion or matte painting who needs 3D elements placed 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 your scene the way your program expects (see above)

Free trial	10 days with every feature active, no credit card
Price	€49.00 (excluding local taxes)
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 to the other from the plugin's own panel
One licence per program	The licence covers the version you bought. If you work with two programs you need two licences: write to support@3dg.it and we will sort something out
Purchase	Secure payment through Paddle, which is the seller of record and issues the invoice (credit card, PayPal)
Documents	Licence agreement · Sales conditions and refunds · Privacy

3ds Max	2025, 2026, 2027
Operating system	Windows 10 / 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, come inside the package
Internet	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it now and then. 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 10 / 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, come inside the package
Internet	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it now and then. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

Rhino	Rhino 8
Operating system	Windows 10 / 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, come inside the package
Internet	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it now and then. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds

SketchUp	2019 through 2025, desktop version
Operating system	Windows 10 / 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, come inside the package
Internet	Needed to activate the licence and to re-check it now and then. If the plugin cannot connect it keeps working for 72 hours, then stops until the check succeeds