EDIT - Sorry the thread is messed up, lots of images have gone missing.. To have 2 side by side at high resolution, I couldn't host them here, and image shack apparently sucks and loses images. Will fix this soon as i track down the images. imgur ftw.
So I've always found stereoscopic "3d" images to be pretty neat, and I've gotten to thinking it would be really awesome to make them with pictures of our plants and share them in one place.
To view the 3d effect, sit directly in front of the monitor/image at a comfortable distance, and cross your eyes so that the 2 images become 1 in the center. You will see 3 images at this point and 4 if you go too far. (the original 2 images on the outsides and a merged image in the middle) Then focus on the image in the middle and it will be in (hopefully) awesome 3D.
It is a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it, you can do it instantly each time from then on. It is kind of like doing the "magic eye" pictures while crossing your eyes, as you need to do the same trick to relax your eyes and focus on the combined image.
The technique to create them is really simple! When you take a picture, just move the camera a tiny bit to the right or left and take a 2nd picture. An inch or so maybe, but it depends on the distance at which you are taking the picture. An inch or so works for flower shots a foot or two away from the plant i've found, but i reserve the right to be wrong about that distance as i am new to making these images myself.
Remember which image is right and left, as you will composite them side-by-side, but will reverse the right and left sides when you do so for cross-eyed viewing.
The images will be mostly identical aside from the left-to-right shift (which is edited out before you composite them,) but the slight difference is basically how your eyes/brain perceives depth.
My idea is that I will take my own & other member's images and put them in this thread in reserved posts below, that way there can be one place for a gallery of these stereoscopic/3d images.
If anybody doesn't have access/inclination to use to an image editing program, I would be happy to make them for anyone who uploads the 2 images and PMs me links. I will post them here with credit (or not if you want to be anonymous hehe.) New members can post the images here and I will combine them, just remove the post afterward please.
For those who want to do it themselves, when you composite them, take one image and crop it as you like, then paste it over the other and line them up. If you have photoshop or something, just make the top layer/photo like 50% opaque and it becomes pretty easy to line them up right. Like said i will do this for anyone who sends me links to the 2 images though. You can use image shack if you'd like to upload larger images so i can have more cropping area to work with and all and produce the best result.
Anyways, thanks for stopping by and having a look, and mega thanks to any members who take a moment to snap a 2nd pic and send them over to help build this gallery!
Here's some test images to start things off, and more will be coming below from myself and others soon.
Update - Added traditional red/blue 3d images as well for those who have 3d glasses!
So I've always found stereoscopic "3d" images to be pretty neat, and I've gotten to thinking it would be really awesome to make them with pictures of our plants and share them in one place.
To view the 3d effect, sit directly in front of the monitor/image at a comfortable distance, and cross your eyes so that the 2 images become 1 in the center. You will see 3 images at this point and 4 if you go too far. (the original 2 images on the outsides and a merged image in the middle) Then focus on the image in the middle and it will be in (hopefully) awesome 3D.
It is a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it, you can do it instantly each time from then on. It is kind of like doing the "magic eye" pictures while crossing your eyes, as you need to do the same trick to relax your eyes and focus on the combined image.
The technique to create them is really simple! When you take a picture, just move the camera a tiny bit to the right or left and take a 2nd picture. An inch or so maybe, but it depends on the distance at which you are taking the picture. An inch or so works for flower shots a foot or two away from the plant i've found, but i reserve the right to be wrong about that distance as i am new to making these images myself.
Remember which image is right and left, as you will composite them side-by-side, but will reverse the right and left sides when you do so for cross-eyed viewing.
The images will be mostly identical aside from the left-to-right shift (which is edited out before you composite them,) but the slight difference is basically how your eyes/brain perceives depth.
My idea is that I will take my own & other member's images and put them in this thread in reserved posts below, that way there can be one place for a gallery of these stereoscopic/3d images.
If anybody doesn't have access/inclination to use to an image editing program, I would be happy to make them for anyone who uploads the 2 images and PMs me links. I will post them here with credit (or not if you want to be anonymous hehe.) New members can post the images here and I will combine them, just remove the post afterward please.
For those who want to do it themselves, when you composite them, take one image and crop it as you like, then paste it over the other and line them up. If you have photoshop or something, just make the top layer/photo like 50% opaque and it becomes pretty easy to line them up right. Like said i will do this for anyone who sends me links to the 2 images though. You can use image shack if you'd like to upload larger images so i can have more cropping area to work with and all and produce the best result.
Anyways, thanks for stopping by and having a look, and mega thanks to any members who take a moment to snap a 2nd pic and send them over to help build this gallery!
Here's some test images to start things off, and more will be coming below from myself and others soon.
Update - Added traditional red/blue 3d images as well for those who have 3d glasses!
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