Easy 3D viewing on your Windows PC

September 3, 2012 3DM

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.

My first 3D wiggle animated GIFs

September 3, 2012 3DM

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!!!!)

3D, Cameras

3D Photography Tips (3D Porch) – this is great info!

September 3, 2012 3DM

3D Photography Tips (3D Porch).

Something I noticed is that “wiggle” shots are also done differently than regular stereoscopic shots. For example, the 3rd page of 3Dporch’s tips illustrates this where the foreground is made to move while the background is held constant.

Normally, when shooting 3D we like to have the closer subjects centered at the viewing plane (in the Z-axis) which is very different than how 3D works in a “wiggle” shot.

And note how in this wiggle 3D image, framing the photo works well, while many 3D enthusiasts would call this a “frame violation”.