Brink of Lower Falls, Yellowstone River. Photo taken on Sep 16th, 2012 using dual Lumix GH-2 cameras, with image processed using Stereo Photo Maker. Red/Cyan glasses required to view the 3D depth of this stereoscopic anaglyph photo. Click on the image for full size original image.
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The following photos were taken while hiking, using a single Lumix GH-2 camera. The 3D effect is created by taking the left image photo, then moving the camera slightly to the right, and taking the right image photo. The two images are then combined in Stereo Photo Maker to create these red/cyan anaglyph images.
(Click on any image for full size – all are in red/cyan stereo anaglyph format)
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The Verge writes an article saying that 4k is wonderful, unlike 3D, saying that 4k is what consumers want. This reporter does not understand the relationship between 4k and 3D at all and seems to think that when 4k comes along, no one will watch 3D.
Most people are unable to distinguish between 720p and 1080p on their large screen home TVs unless they have huge screens. 4k is designed, in part, to present 3D images. Most current 1080p based 3D systems either halve the resolution or halve the frames – with one half to the left eye and another half to the right eye.
A “4k” image is four times the resolution of 1080p (think 4 screens instead of one 1080p screen) and provides the quantity of information to present high quality 3D images.
3D works best when there is as much detail as possible and looks worse when downgraded. A 3D video shot on two 1080p cameras still ends up with the equivalent of 540p for the left eye and 540p for the right eye, or 960 vertical lines, or half the frames devoted to the left and half to the right eye. Either way, today’s system lose a lot of resolution – 4k fixes that too.
If you have a PC running Windows and an Nvidia graphics board or chipset, download and install the latest drivers, and then download and install the 3D Vision Photo Viewer and the NVideo 3D Vision video viewer, both from Nvidia (free).
Once you’ve done this, even if you do not have a 3D monitor, you can drop side-by-side videos into the 3D Vision viewer and play them out as red/cyan anaglyph (this is how I do it as I do not have a 3D monitor yet).
You can also open MPO 3D image files for viewing – if your system is configured right, you can just double click on the .mpo file and it will open in the 3D Vision Photo viewer. I do that and have my system set up to display those files in red/cyan anaglyph mode. The conversion is automatic and seamless.
Both photos taken using a Lumix GH-2 and the 3D lens, which creates a MPO file. The MPO file was then processed in Stereomaker and resized to 400 pixels wide and saved as an animated GIF “3D wiggle” image.
Tip – It seems that to upload animated GIFs to Google+, you need to be about 400 pixels or smaller. If the image is larger, Google+ converts it to a non-animated PNG file.
Update: the “wiggle” image does not appear in Chrome on one my computers, but works on another. However, when I click on the image, Chrome shows the “Wiggle” 3D image correctly. If the images below appear stationary, then try clicking on the image.
This is Sable, our Alaskan Malamute (best dogs in the world!!!!!)
This is Mocha, our Siberian Husky and retired sled team dog (most fun dogs in the world!!!!)
