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# Training your first model
## Downloading data
Download datasets provided by nerfstudio. We support the major datasets and allow users to create their own dataset, described in detail [here](./custom_dataset.md).
```
ns-download-data --dataset=blender
ns-download-data --dataset=nerfstudio --capture=poster
```
:::{admonition} Tip
:class: info
Use `ns-download-data --help` to view all currently available datasets.
:::
The resulting script should download and unpack the dataset as follows:
```
|─ nerfstudio/
├─ data/
| ├─ blender/
| ├─ fern/
| ├─ lego/
...
|- nerfstudio/
|- poster
...
```
## Training a model
See which models are available.
```bash
ns-train --help
```
Run a vanilla nerf model.
```bash
ns-train vanilla-nerf
```
Run a nerfacto model.
```bash
ns-train nerfacto
```
Run a nerfacto model with different data and port.
```
ns-train nerfacto --vis viewer --data data/nerfstudio/poster --viewer.websocket-port 7007
```
:::{admonition} Warning
:class: warning
* You may have to change the ports, and be sure to forward the "websocket-port".
* All data configurations must go at the end. In this case, `nerfstudio-data` and all of its corresponding configurations come at the end after the model and viewer specification.
:::
## Visualizing training runs
If you are using a fast NeRF variant (ie. Nerfacto/Instant-NGP), we recommend using our viewer. See our [viewer docs](viewer_quickstart.md) for a tutorial on using the viewer. The viewer will allow interactive, real-time visualization of training.
For slower methods where the viewer is not recommended, we default to [Wandb](https://wandb.ai/site) to log all training curves, test images, and other stats. We also support logging with [Tensorboard](https://www.tensorflow.org/tensorboard). We pre-specify default `--vis` options depending on the model.
:::{admonition} Attention
:class: attention
- Currently we only support using a single viewer at a time.
- To toggle between Wandb, Tensorboard, or our Web-based Viewer, you can specify `--vis VIS_OPTION`, where `VIS_OPTION` is one of {viewer,wandb,tensorboard}.
:::
#### Rendering videos
We also provide options to render out the scene of a trained model with a custom trajectory and save the output to a video.
```bash
ns-render --load-config={PATH_TO_CONFIG} --traj=spiral --output-path=output.mp4
```
While we provide pre-specified trajectory options, `--traj={spiral, interp, filename}` we can also specify a custom trajectory if we specify `--traj=filename --camera-path-filename {PATH}`.
:::{admonition} Tip
:class: info
After running the training, the config path is logged to the terminal under "[base_config.py:263] Saving config to:"
:::
:::{admonition} See Also
:class: seealso
This quickstart allows you to preform everything in a headless manner.
We also provide a web-based viewer that allows you to easily monitor training or render out custom trajectories.
See our [viewer docs](viewer_quickstart.md) for more.
:::
## Evaluating Runs
Calculate the psnr of your trained model and save to a json file.
```bash
ns-eval --load-config={PATH_TO_CONFIG} --output-path=output.json
```
We also provide a train and evaluation script that allows you to do benchmarking on the classical Blender dataset (see our [benchmarking workflow](../developer_guides/debugging_tools/benchmarking.md)).