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MAKING ANAGLYPHS AND CARDS USING PHOTOSHOP

There are several slightly different methods for making anaglyphs using Photoshop. Both methods work very well. The main difference between the methods is how the stereo image is aligned. We have both methods on our website. It would probably be best to open, download and print out the .pdf instructions and then follow along with the gallery screen shots and then the movie.

 .pdf file Help file for creating anaglyphs and stereo card with Photoshop
Gallery photos Making anaglyphs 5 steps showing screen shots
 Gallery photos  Making Stereo cards 8 steps showing screen shots
 .mov movie file  Making anaglyphs instructional movie

 

THE CHICAGO STEREO CAMERA CLUB PRESENT
An Open to the Public workshop "How you can create stereo photography".

Workshop by Eugene and Elizabeth Mitofsky

All you need is a single digital camera, a computer (free software) and a pair of red/blue glasses. We'll give you the glasses and a link to the free software. You can create "poping out" stereo photography in minutes!

You can view the stereo on your computer screen, put it in powerpoint presentations or print them out on paper.

The workshop will be presented by several club membes, all of which have had International Acceptances in Juried competitions.

IT IS EASY! IT IS QUICK! AND IT IS IMPRESSIVE!


YOU CAN CREATE A STEREO PHOTOGRAPH IN MINUTES!
STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY
When you look at an object nearby, each eye sends a picture to your brain that is received from a slightly different viewpoint. The brain instantly recognizes the dissimilarities between this pair of images, and constructs the perception of space: distance & volume.
Stereo photography mimics this optical system, and can faithfully reproduce the view and perception of space. The scene is photographed from two viewpoints. When the resultant pair of pictures is presented to each eye individually, the brain is able to "fuse" the two images into a three dimensional view. This brain function is called "stereopsis." About 10% of the population is at least partially "stereo-blind".


CHA CHA METHOD WITH A SINGLE CAMERA Non-stereo cameras can take stereo pictures! Stereo pairs can be taken by the simple method of shoot, shift, and shoot. Just shift the camera about 2 ½ inches by shifting your weight from your left foot to your right, between exposures. The camera must be held level and the shift should be done horizontally with essentially no up or down movement. It is best not to have any movement in the scene between exposures. Even a slight movement of the leaves on a tree will stand out in stereo. A slide bar leveled on a tripod would give better results than hand holding the camera.
Equipment needed: A digital camera, a computer with some free software, red/blue glasses

Links
To get (free) Stereomaker program http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/index.html download the file with the help file. Don't worry about all the feature this program can do, it is extremely easy to use.
Autopan http://autopano.kolor.com/ download free program at bottom of page, autopan v103.zip PUT THIS file in the same directory as Stereomaker, this file/program does the Auto Align, otherwise use Easy Align of Stereomaker

STEPS AFTER DOWNLOADING AND UNZIPPING THE ABOVE PROGRAMS:
1) Lean slightly to the left and take a picture, lean to the right and take another picture
2) Put your camera chip into the computer
3) Open Stereo maker, load the left (first) and right (second) picture
4) Autoadjust, this will take a minute or so, click close when done.
5) Click the anaglyph icon and you are done (you can then save "stereo image"

Explaining how to compose a stereo picture http://www.dabiri.8m.com/Stereo-Window/

Explaining stereo photography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy http://www.starosta.com/3dshowcase/istereo.html
http://home.att.net/~osps/tutorial/index.htm http://www.berezin.com/3d/Glossary.htm
http://jrsdesign.net/stereo_short_course.html

Search Google anaglyph, stereo photography, cha cha method, 3D photography

Free anaglyph glasses
http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/freestuff.html

http://www.3dglasses.net/free3dglasses.htm

Glasses to purchase (usually about $.50 each or less)
http://www.studio3d.com/pages2/store_glasses.html

http://www.3dglassesonline.com/how-do-3d-glasses-work/

http://www.berezin.com/3d/3dglasses.htm

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/sun/3D_Glasses.html

Make your own http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/classroom/glasses.shtml

 

Great Anaglyph galleries

http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/index.html National Parks in 3D Anaglyph


http://home.fotocommunity.de/anaglyph.art

http://www.terryblackburn.us/Photography/3D/index.html

http://www.3deric.com/ http://www.alpix.com/nice/htmlen/pictstereo.htm

http://www.joelfletcher.com/3d-nature.html http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/ian.collier/3d/

http://www.jfairstein.com/anaglyph.html http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/TRS/projects/SFBay/stereo/

http://www.simonbellphotography.com/ http://www.geocities.com/gabriel3d/anaglyph.html

http://www.flensburg-online.de/3d/ http://dualmoments.com/marsrovers/index.html

http://www.terryblackburn.us/Photography/3D/index.html

http://www.3deric.com/ http://www.alpix.com/nice/htmlen/pictstereo.htm

http://www.joelfletcher.com/3d-nature.html http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/ian.collier/3d/

http://www.jfairstein.com/anaglyph.html

http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/TRS/projects/SFBay/stereo/

http://www.simonbellphotography.com/ http://www.geocities.com/gabriel3d/anaglyph.html

http://www.flensburg-online.de/3d/ http://dualmoments.com/marsrovers/index.html

http://www.fotocommunity.com/

http://www.ray3dzone.com/ Comics and other 3D info