March 30, 2005
9-11 stereo photographs
this link was posted on the backchannel during seminar (i believe the artist is Tracy's friend) -- great 3dness:
"link here"
March 28, 2005
sorry I didn't make it over to ZML like I promised...
... but by the time my 541b class was over my brain was fried... and I'm afraid I forgot all about it.
Hope everything is going well for everyone.
If any of you needs help with anything tomorrow (Tuesday) I'd be happy to come in and work with you between 1 and 6 - just let me know.
UPDATE: There are classes all day in ZML until 6, so I can be at ZML from 6 on - however, everyone should write to me and let me know if you'll be coming, because I'll be skipping an event I'd like to go to, so I'd rather not show up if nobody's going to be there.
by the way, Justin fixed the page tonight so that:
* comment (typekey) logins are working again.
* the stereo 3D links I posted now actually link to actual websites.
March 27, 2005
sandstone 3D
Just took a day trip to Arizona and shot these spectacular sandstone cliffs...
...ok, well actually it's the beach near the Santa Monica pier.
and here are some tests with alternate color schemes. Interesting how much variation you can get away with.
[note: on my system, the green variations ghost badly in all browsers, but if you copy/paste into a photoshop document they work fine. Weird.]
March 25, 2005
stereo 3D recorder standalone
Here's the latest (and hopefully final for now) version of the stereo 3D quicktime viewer/recorder. It's now a standalone application (~ 1.5MB zipped). Runs fine on my powerbook - please let me know if you experience any problems.
Audio is working - make sure to select the REALTIME option when recording sync sound, or your audio might end up slightly out of sync.
Also, change the codec quality to 'high' or 'max' when recording an anaglyph movie to avoid jpeg ghosting artifacts.
Press h for help file.
March 23, 2005
Screenplay for Stereo Project
As requested, here's the screenplay I wrote for my Stereo Project: "Special Report: The Third Dimension"
updated + improved stereo camera patch
More reliable and generally spiffed up.
Improvements include:
- keyboard equivalents for almost everything (all lowercase, no modifiers)
- reliable window resizing - including 1024 x 768.
- alignment image for two projectors side by side @ 1024 x 768 (key equivalent = a)
- toggle video window to the front (key equiv = t)
Still haven't gotten audio in there, coming soon.
March 13, 2005
stereo 3D openGL patch
Here's a Jitter patch that render openGL in anaglyph stereo. You can use it as a starting point for your own work.
Stereo 3D Links
The International Stereoscopic Union
National Stereoscopic Association
Stereo Club of Southern California
3D Zone
Ray Zone is one of the leading champions of 3-D in the world. He has been called the King of 3-D Comics.
Stereoscopy.com
Stereoscopic 3D Products, 3D Services & 3D Imaging
Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema by Lenny Lipton
The 3D Center of Art and Photography
3D by Dan Shelley
Stereo 3D Info, 3D Images, 3D Glasses, Clip Art, 3D Links, 3D Book List
Berezin Stereo Photography Products
Cybertronics
Stereo3D Gaming, Stereo3D DVD Movies, Virtual FX 2D to 3DConverter,
Stereo3d.com
The independent 3D and Virtual Reality resource!
3Dstereo.com
New & Vintage 3D Stereo Equipment, 3D Supplies & View-Master
Razor3D
Stereo 3D entertainment, 3D DVDs, 3D software & 3D glasses:
Anachrome
Advanced Plastic Anaglyph 3D glasses and Anachrome 3D Technology
American Paper Optics
Paper 3D Glasses, 3-D Glasses Manufacturer
March 03, 2005
New 12s2Hc Stereoscopic Posters
Perry, placing all the Right and Left images together did the trick:
Black Letters with a 50% drop shadow...
White Letters with no drop shadow. However, I'm still liking the "original" (on my personal web page) the best.
March 02, 2005
First (Successful) Stereo Image
This is the only one I made that worked. I tried making a few more, but I guess my understanding is more limited than I thought--tried the color channel approach, but didn't look like much of anything.
Fixing mismatched stereo pairs with Photoshop
another tutorial...
red/cyan/left/right/black/white
Here are some images that will hopefully clear up the confusion about which eye sees which color. Or maybe they'll just confuse you more. Whatever.
The left eye sees the image through a red filter. Therefore, in the white half, the cyan image turns black, and the red image turns white (matching the background), and the opposite happens through the blue filter (red turns black, cyan turns white). So in the white half, Left/Red sees Cyan, and Right/Blue sees Red.
However, in the black half of the image, looking through the red filter, the cyan image turns black (matching the background), and the red image turns white. So in the black half, Left/Red sees Red, and Right/Blue sees Cyan.
White Background: Left/Red: Cyan, Right/Blue: Red
Black Background: Left/Red: Red, Right/Blue: Cyan
This also means that if something cyan is to the left of something red, it means either a) it's seen against something lighter and it's behind the screen (uncrossed parallax), or b) it's seen against something darker and it's in front of the screen (crossed parallax).
Here's another demonstration:
Notice that red and cyan are left and right are reversed in the two images, but looking through red/blue glasses, both images present the same spatial information.
The upshot of all this is that trying to figure out which image is which based on color relationships can tie your brain in knots.
Creating an anaglyph image template using Layers in Photoshop
Step by step instructions for setting up a reusable template for anaglyph images.
March 01, 2005
anaglyph video patch
Here's an improved and annotated version of the patch we built in lab on Monday night. Motion pictures leap off your screen!