
ģDF Zephyr has been one of the first photogrammetry software tailored also for hobbyists and enthusiasts: it's the first photogrammetry software to be ever published on Steam and one of the few fully featured photogrammetry software packages available for free.

The technology behind 3DF Zephyr is also academically traceable, as it can be found cited in more than 100 papers. Since 5.0 however, the Pro and Aerial edition were discontinued and merged into a new full version (called 3DF Zephyr), while maintaining 3DF Zephyr Lite and 3DF Zephyr Free as separate packages. In 2017, 3DFLOW also released a free edition, which allows the processing of up to 50 images. Initially released as 3DF Zephyr Pro, a consumer-targeted edition was released shortly, 3DF Zephyr Lite and then a GIS and mapping oriented edition as well, 3DF Zephyr Aerial.

The technology behind 3DF Zephyr has been completely in-house built by 3DFLOW, rather than relying on computer vision third party libraries like most of its competitors. It allows 3D reconstruction from both photos or videos, by automatically extracting frames and selecting those most suitable for the computation.Īlthough the software is a Windows only application, it has been reported as fully working on Linux with the aid of Wine. It's a complete photogrammetry pipeline software package that includes many post processing tools for post processing, measurements, 3D modeling and content creation. Developed and marketed by the Italian software house 3DFLOW, 3DF Zephyr was first released in January 2014 and continuously updated since then. English, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese, French, Turkish, Japanese and KoreanģDF Zephyr is a commercial photogrammetry and 3D modeling software.
