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Metashape / PhotoScan version timeline

This page maps release date → product name and version → headline behavioural changes, so authors can resolve an undated forum post to a version, and so readers can calibrate how much an old piece of advice still applies.

Status: initial best-effort. Dates marked with ~ need verification against the official Agisoft changelog or release notes. See STRATEGY.md D11 and §8 Open Questions.

Version-at-time lookup

When you cite a forum post dated YYYY-MM-DD, look up which row covers that date and use the Cite as value in the citation.

Released Product Version Cite as Headline changes
~2010 PhotoScan 0.7 PhotoScan 0.7 First public alpha/beta.
~2012 PhotoScan 0.9 PhotoScan 0.9 Iterations through 0.x.
~2013-02 PhotoScan 1.0 PhotoScan 1.0 First stable major.
~2014-12 PhotoScan 1.1 PhotoScan 1.1
~2015-08 PhotoScan 1.2 PhotoScan 1.2 Reference Preselection introduced.
~2017-04 PhotoScan 1.3 PhotoScan 1.3 Mesh-from-depth-maps; refined alignment.
~2017-12 PhotoScan 1.4 PhotoScan 1.4 Last release under the PhotoScan name.
2019-01 Metashape 1.5 Metashape 1.5 Renamed from PhotoScan. Free upgrade for existing users.
~2020-02 Metashape 1.6 Metashape 1.6
~2021-03 Metashape 1.7 Metashape 1.7
~2022-01 Metashape 1.8 Metashape 1.8 Last 1.x major. License activation in 1.8 and earlier ended 2023-12-20.
~2022-12 Metashape 2.0 Metashape 2.0 Major rework. "Dense Cloud" renamed to "Point Cloud". ML-based depth maps. New laser-scan support.
~2023-10 Metashape 2.1 Metashape 2.1 2.1.0 pre-release announced 2023-10-07.
~2024 Metashape 2.2 Metashape 2.2 AI-assisted mask generation (MaskingMode.MaskingModeAI); AprilTag detection (7 variants in Metashape.TargetType); "save project after each step" checkbox in main workflow dialogs; Vulkan-checkbox placeholder in Preferences → GPU (no effect in 2.2.x). See New features in Agisoft Metashape 2.2.x (Agisoft KB).
~2025 Metashape 2.3 Metashape 2.3 Latest published user manuals. Automatic colour enhancement. Texture-mode improvements (Keep UV + Natural texturing workaround via Texture Transfer); out_of_focus_filter parameter. See New features in Agisoft Metashape 2.3.x (Agisoft KB).

Notes on dating

  • 2018-01 to 2019-01 is a transition period — many forum posts in that window reference PhotoScan even though the rename was imminent. Cite as PhotoScan 1.4 if pre-rename, Metashape 1.5 if post.
  • Build dates differ from version dates. A post mentioning "1.7.4 build 15925 (1 March 2023)" references a patch of 1.7, not the initial 1.7.0 release. The Cite as value uses the major.minor only.
  • Forum users sometimes lag behind the latest release. A post dated 2024-06 might reference Metashape 2.0 even though 2.1 had shipped. If the post text states the version, prefer the stated version over the date-derived one.

How to refine this table

When you find a release date in:

…update the row above and remove the ~ if the date becomes definitive. File a PR with the source linked.