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Quarry Creeper
These are actually very easy to do, and all you need is a normal camera, and some rudimentary photo software.
Above is what the RIGHT eye sees. And second is what the LEFT eye sees.
Note that the pics are swapped side for side, so that CROSSED EYES see what's 'expected' by the brain. Note the angle the windshield is viewed from in each image.
ONE: To take the pics.
Use a tripod or counter top to steady the shot you want, and take the first picture. This is the RIGHT EYE's 'shot'.
Now move the camera sideways to your left about three-four inches, and take a second picture. This is the LEFT EYE's 'shot'.
TWO: To process these into 3D.
Since your camera automatically names files in sequence, you'll know that the lower-numbered file is the RIGHT EYE pic. Open it in your photo editor.
(PhotoShop Example)
Select Image - Canvas size.
Change WIDTH to PERCENT.
Change WIDTH to 200.
Click ANCHOR to the left-center box:
click OK.
You'll have this now. Your image is on the left, and now you have a blank area for the left-EYE image. Leave this as is while...
You open your second picture:
The next-up numbered file is the LEFT EYE pic, and you just select it all and hit edit- copy. Close this file now.
Now, in your first image, hit edit - paste.
You'll have this now. Reduce OPACITY to about 50 or so:
You'll have this now. Then drag this 'layer' over the other and roughly align them:
You'll have this now. the images are now visually aligned. you'll notice that you can't match them up smootly. Shoot for getting the CENTERS aligned. Hold SHIFT (this constrains motion to a straight line, so you image alignment stays the same.), and drag the layer over to your right, and turn OPACITY back to 100.
Select LAYER - FLATTEN IMAGE. Put a white line down the middle between the two images to make it easier for the eyes to find the margins when viewing.
Save your 3D picture as a new file.
THREE:To view. sit about a foot or MORE from the screen, and look at the image. Cross your eyes until you perceive a row of three images.
this works better, the further away from the screen you are, because your eyes won't have to cross up so tightly.
Then 'look' at the center image. Ta DA!! You did it!
Questions?
Apologies also if you have but one eye to do this with. If you have more than that, Immigration (MIB) wishes to speak with you...
The idea is being able to show more detail in your shots. I've looked at SO many projects online, in flat pics, and had to REALLY study the details to get the full idea of what was being depicted.
RC crawler frames are a good example, with all the shiny stuff and black parts (OK lime green these days), it takes 2 or 3 shots of any given new design to convey its shapes clearly. Adding an illusion of depth adds more information.
Yes. Maybe a GUN would have been a better choice:
Compare a normal 2D shot like this...
To what you get from this. (left-click and select view image if this pic isn't HUGE here)Check out the rusty Stanley knife blade, raindrops on the guns. See the cavities in the gun shapes, the now very easy to understand shape below the minigun. It's a swivel mount. also, the mods (unfamiliar shapes) to the G36 (familiar shapes) are also easier to discern.
Note 11.1 volt Helicopter battery.
Above is what the RIGHT eye sees. And second is what the LEFT eye sees.
Note that the pics are swapped side for side, so that CROSSED EYES see what's 'expected' by the brain. Note the angle the windshield is viewed from in each image.
ONE: To take the pics.
Use a tripod or counter top to steady the shot you want, and take the first picture. This is the RIGHT EYE's 'shot'.
Now move the camera sideways to your left about three-four inches, and take a second picture. This is the LEFT EYE's 'shot'.
TWO: To process these into 3D.
Since your camera automatically names files in sequence, you'll know that the lower-numbered file is the RIGHT EYE pic. Open it in your photo editor.
(PhotoShop Example)
Select Image - Canvas size.
Change WIDTH to PERCENT.
Change WIDTH to 200.
Click ANCHOR to the left-center box:
click OK.
You'll have this now. Your image is on the left, and now you have a blank area for the left-EYE image. Leave this as is while...
You open your second picture:
The next-up numbered file is the LEFT EYE pic, and you just select it all and hit edit- copy. Close this file now.
Now, in your first image, hit edit - paste.
You'll have this now. Reduce OPACITY to about 50 or so:
You'll have this now. Then drag this 'layer' over the other and roughly align them:
You'll have this now. the images are now visually aligned. you'll notice that you can't match them up smootly. Shoot for getting the CENTERS aligned. Hold SHIFT (this constrains motion to a straight line, so you image alignment stays the same.), and drag the layer over to your right, and turn OPACITY back to 100.
Select LAYER - FLATTEN IMAGE. Put a white line down the middle between the two images to make it easier for the eyes to find the margins when viewing.
Save your 3D picture as a new file.
THREE:To view. sit about a foot or MORE from the screen, and look at the image. Cross your eyes until you perceive a row of three images.
this works better, the further away from the screen you are, because your eyes won't have to cross up so tightly.
Then 'look' at the center image. Ta DA!! You did it!
Questions?
Apologies also if you have but one eye to do this with. If you have more than that, Immigration (MIB) wishes to speak with you...
The idea is being able to show more detail in your shots. I've looked at SO many projects online, in flat pics, and had to REALLY study the details to get the full idea of what was being depicted.
RC crawler frames are a good example, with all the shiny stuff and black parts (OK lime green these days), it takes 2 or 3 shots of any given new design to convey its shapes clearly. Adding an illusion of depth adds more information.
Yes. Maybe a GUN would have been a better choice:
Compare a normal 2D shot like this...
To what you get from this. (left-click and select view image if this pic isn't HUGE here)Check out the rusty Stanley knife blade, raindrops on the guns. See the cavities in the gun shapes, the now very easy to understand shape below the minigun. It's a swivel mount. also, the mods (unfamiliar shapes) to the G36 (familiar shapes) are also easier to discern.
Note 11.1 volt Helicopter battery.
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