Tuesday, July 13, 2010

How to Take a 3D Picture

I recently got a couple of cameras on the cheap to try and take some 3D pictures. Well, I just got my first results. I decided to make a short video outlining how I took the pictures so you know what I did.





Now on to the pictures. Be sure the picture you choose matches the type of 3D glasses you have. Click any of them for a larger version.

First, the red and cyan version.


Now for the red and blue version.


And finally, a magenta-green anaglyph (HINT: The 3D version of the Coraline DVD comes with magenta-green glasses that work great with this version).


Of these three, I think the magenta-green one works best with my glasses. I see the 3D effect the best. I'll post more in the future as I take them.

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.

4 comments:

OrbsCorbs said...

Cool! I have red-blue glasses. All three pictures appear 3-D to me, with red-blue being the worst. The magenta-green appears best, with the red-cyan a close second.

kkdither said...

No glasses.... :(

hale-bopp said...

Well, if you are up in Milwaukee, American Science and Surplus sells them. I forget the exact address, but I believe it's on Oklahoma, sixty some hundred block.

It's a great place to wander around for a while...lots of weird stuff there.

OrbsCorbs said...

Hale, I agree with you there. American Science and Surplus is a fantastic store. It's a great place to spend a couple of hours, or more. I try to go there at least once a year.

In fact, that's where I got my "glasses." Actually, it's just a cardboard strip with a piece of blue and a piece of red cellophane in it, with a notch cut out for your nose, and a little longer on one end for holding it up to your face. The price tag says 95 cents. I also have a pair of "real" 3-D glasses, with plastic frames and plastic lenses, but I don't know where they are. They are also red-blue.