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Dam, in 3D

Both of these 3D photos are of interest in that the difference between the left and right images is very small (look for the red or cyan colors). Its so small that the photos work as 2D pictures but then put on your red/cyan glasses and what do you see?

With the slight separation, you will likely need to click on each photo to see them in full screen.

In this second photo, the stereo base is too narrow to capture 3D depth on the dam and beyond. But the tree the foreground is offset nicely. Both photos were taken with a Fujifilm W3 in 4:3 ratio mode (10 MP).

Much 3D photograph is shot with some pretty excessive red/cyan separation that leaves some ugly “ghosting” in the image. I am experimenting with trying to minimize the amount of separation needed – when its subtle, as in these photos, ghosting is not a problem.

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“3D will not save a bad movie”

Exactly:

One of the overriding topics of this year’s 3D Stereo MEDIA is how bad 3D is hurting the industry, yet for Comisky, it’s all about the context and the target audience, citing the success of 3D horror films. “I know what bad 3D is when it comes to doing a quality picture but then there are different genres,” noted Comisky.

via Chuck Comisky: “3D will not save a bad movie” | Diary Blog | Screen.

Directors, producers and crews that seek excellence in the entire process are the ones that will be successful. No different than the 2D world!

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Did you know that Google Earth is now in stereoscopic 3D?

Did you know that Google Earth is now in stereoscopic #3D? I should have known but only just discovered this. I vaguely remember the announcement in early summer (my Mom passed away at the age of 93 this summer and I was distracted from the Google Earth announcement).

I have an Nvidia display chipset and in the Nvidia Control Panel, I have the “Set up stereoscopic 3D” option set to “Enable stereoscopic 3D”. I do not have a 3D monitor but for me, I have it set to red/cyan anaglyph.

Anyway, Google Earth imagery – and street views – are now display in red/cyan anaglyph 3D!

Update: I am told the street level views, which are in 3D now too, are a fake 3D created from processing the laser range finder data with the still images. Depending on they do the drive-by shooting (couldn’t resist), another possibility would be to use a single frame offset between one image as the left eye and the next frame as the right eye (or vice versa).