asyncritus

Anybody got any ideas about how to make 3D still pictures?

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

Are you talking about those pictures where you have to cross your eyes to see the 3d effect?
We had a guy here who used to do them--not sure what ever happened to him.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-3D-pictures-without-glasses/

snowbear

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

An you be more specific about what 3d is for you? ;-)
SS

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

He's been banned,

Pictxterowner

Here is his info:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_profile.jsp?usernum=32822

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

This is the guy who used to be on here.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-178880-1.html
He had this technique down, very well.
Slowly, cross your eyes for the third image (in 3D) to appear. Some people can do it and others had difficulty.
I enjoy this stuff and can see the 3D effect.
I have never tried to create this.
The other way, I think you would wear special glasses to see the 3D effect.
Pat

I see Bill beat me to it.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

The way he used to do was to take one photo, then move the camera (depending on distance to object) a about six inches to the left and take another picture. He would then post or print both pictures on same canvas side by side. You would move your eyes close then move away to you got the 3D image. Kind of like those old fashion hand held 3D view.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Aren't there really two issues with the notion of 3D stills? one is taking the photo, the other is the display side of things.

For the taking, having two exposures made simultaneously with the lenses about the same distance apart as human eyes (about 65MM center-to-center) is the easy part - there's even a stereo camera made by Lomograph (or holga, whatever they are called) that's pretty cheap (as well as a bevy of stereo cameras made decades ago).

But the display part is where I think it best tricky. For film cameras having a holder (remember the Viewmaster?) holding two slides that same distance apart and viewing them simultaneously through two lenses was the answer; for digital you either need a monitor and appropriate glasses or a special frame like the Fuji "Real 3D V3 Viewer".

Since the "trick" of 3D viewing is getting slightly different images to each eye glasses are required (like at the movies) to ensure the left eye's view is separated from the right eye's view. The Fuji frame is small enough that with fresnel lensing they have made the frame such that each eye only sees the image appropriate for it.

In fact, I guess the easiest answer to your question is "buy a Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 Digital Camera and the aforementioned frame"

asyncritus

I mean pix like this:

asyncritus

Thanks guys. I guess what I'm thinking about is a computer rendering of a picture which makes it look like a 3D effect as above.

I'd really like to know how to do that.

But thanks very much for your input so far.

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

For that, I'd research ray tracers.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

The only 3d renderings I've seen where made using movie software.
Search for and research Dave Hill. He is one of my favorite photographers. His 3d stuff will absolutely blow you away! :lol:
SS

3Dean Loc: Southern California

I'm not aware of any method that would allow you to take an existing 2D photograph of an object and turn it into something that would allow you to view the hidden sides.

There are 3D scanners that can scan a physical object and turn it into a 3D model. The 3D model is then brought into 3D modeling and rendering software where it can then be positioned any way that you would like it.
I'm pretty sure that the scanners are expensive though.

Another way would be to model the object from scratch, using such software as Blender, Modo, Maya, or DAZ Carrara. (I use Carrara).

The image here was created and rendered entirely in Carrara. As you can see, the object I created can be placed in any position.

woolpac Loc: Sydney Australia

Take 2 pix from different view points download a free copy of Zoner photo studio 16 and let the magic happen. Love playing with this stuff but get a good set of 3d glasses.

Papa Joe Loc: Midwest U.S.

Easiest method is using a 3-D camera. It shoots two exposures with about the same distance between them as there is between your eyes. Then when viewing them you can use special glasses, or project them if you have the correct projector, and/or use the 'cross eye' method to view the printed twins, which does take some practice.