Recently, it seems that I’ve been posting a lot on things three dimensional. Well, obviously, I love stereophotography and 3D movies and all the rest of it and obviously it’s been on my mind more of late.
My students at the university will be embarking on an ethnographic stereophotography communication based project soon as well so my head’s been on the topic a bit more than previously.
As many of my posts refer to anaglyphic (red-blue glasses) 3D, I thought it might be a good idea to point folks who may not have them to some ways to snarf your own 3D glasses.
One of the best types of anaglyphic 3D glasses on the market are from Anachrome as they have an excellent filtering system that allows maximum color advantage with less ghosting in the images. Another option is to make your own red-blue glasses:
- Make Your Own Anaglyphic (reb-blue) 3D Glasses
- Print this 3D Glasses Template (pdf file format) and copy it to cardboard and cut out the shapes. You will want two copies of the template.
- Cut out small pieces of red and blue (or cyan, light blue) cellophane or acetate for the eye pieces (clear plastic, gels, cellophane, or acetate is available from most lighting supply or stationary stores – make sure you get clear sheets without milky patterns as found in plastic folder covers).
- Glue ot tape the color pieces to one copy of the template (do not staple as that poses a danger to the skin or eyes. Make sure the red goes over the left eye.
- Glue or tape the other template over the first so that the colored film is in the middle.
- Voila you now have your own 3D glasses!
- Other related resources on the web:
- For more information, see https://briandavidphillips.net/3d_stereophotography_and_photography/index.html, http://public.fotki.com/briandavidphillips/3d/, and http://www.loreo.com.
Pretty straightforward, actually.
Of course, the anaglyph glasses will only help you view anaglyphic 3D. A number of folks – myself included – create views that are of a different type. For those you will need to learn to freeview or to get another type of viewer such as the kind available here, or you may wish to convert the views from parallel or cross-eye format into anaglyphs using either a viewer option such as DepthCharge or a fully functional program such as Anabuilder. Feel free to view examples of 3D stereoviews at the 3D Stereoview eXchange or take a look at the Anaglyphs archives to get you started.
BTW, if you are in Taipei and would like to join a club for stereophotography enthusiasts, contact me as I would like to get a group started (English speaking). There used to be an active club in Taipei but it seems to have gone the way of the dodo. I’d like to get a group together of folks interested in the hobby and have it open to members of the international community as well as locals who speak English.
Note: Yes, the image with this post is an anaglyphic 3D conversion of a picture from Narnia, the motion picture. See a couple more Narnia 3D shots here.
