Ted Whitten
The 3D Community
A Guide to Stereoscopic Groups, Forums, Image Galleries, Tutorials & More
This is a living online document that can and will be updated frequently. If you know of a group, gallery, tutorial, or anything else you would like to see added to this resource, please add a comment (Go to the appropriate place in the document, and when you move the cursor to the far right edge of the page, you will see the comment box appear.). When I see your comment, I will approve or reject the suggested change.). Please do not copy or reproduce any of this document without asking first, but feel free to link to it and share it freely.
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Ted Whitten
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tedwhitten.3D/photos_albums
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/134432493@N03/albums
Phereo: http://phereo.com/TedWhitten
“Strangers are only friends you haven’t met yet”
Table of Contents
Newsletters, Magazines & Periodicals
Free-Viewing Parallel And Cross-eye
Stereo Software Tutorials & Help
StereoPhoto Maker Tutorials & Help
The Select-and-Shift / Pixel-Shift Method
The Corel PhotoPaint Mesh Warp Tool (Liquify in Photoshop) Method
2D-to-3D Video Conversion Tutorials
Misc Stereo Photography Tutorials
Stereo Photography & Editing Software
Miscellaneous Software & Tools
Stereo Framing and Window Effects Galleries
Parallel Galleries (Left / Right)
Cross-view Galleries (Right / Left Cross-eye)
Stereogram (or ‘Magic Eye’) Galleries
Misc (Multi-Format) 3D Image Galleries
Stereoscopic 3D - https://www.facebook.com/groups/170403106574/
Stereo Photography - 3D Photo Fan Club - https://www.facebook.com/groups/stereo.3d.photo/
Let’s Convert 2D Images to 3D! - https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/
National Stereoscopic Association - https://www.facebook.com/groups/11288931988/
StereoView - https://www.facebook.com/groups/115304388626948/
I Collect Stereoviews - https://www.facebook.com/groups/184030849840/
Vintage Stereo Slides - https://www.facebook.com/groups/400565609972144/
Friends Who Like 3D Stereo Photography - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511690709161638/
Stereo 3D Photographers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/stereo3dphotographers/
Stereoscopic Society of America - https://www.facebook.com/groups/133076790063190/
L.A. 3-D Club - https://www.facebook.com/groups/la3dclub/
3-D Space - The Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema and Education - https://www.facebook.com/LA3DSPACE/
New York Stereoscopic Association
https://www.facebook.com/TheNewYorkStereoscopicAssociation/
International Association of Stereoscopic Artists - https://www.facebook.com/groups/829856563793644/
3D - https://www.facebook.com/groups/992774794092305/
Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1/W3 Owners - https://www.facebook.com/groups/FinePixREAL3D/
Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/157463247639230/
Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W1, W3 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/126327715899/
View-Master 3D - https://www.facebook.com/groups/941764329255730/
The 3-D Film Archive - https://www.facebook.com/3DFilmArchiveLLC/?hc_location=ufi
3D Review - The Online Magazine of Stereoscopic Product Reviews - Online since 2003 - https://www.facebook.com/3D-Review-164881640379399/ / http://www.3-dreview.com
H4V & Lightfield Users https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightfieldusers
[NOTE - It was announced 10-13-2020 that Yahoo Groups will end service 12-15-2020. The community is quickly moving to Groups.io]
Photo-3D - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/photo-3d/info .. now .. https://photo-3d.groups.io/g/main
Anaglyphs - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/anaglyphs
ViewMaster - This list is dedicated to the discussion of View-Master and other 3D Stereo - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ViewMaster
MF3D - Medium Format Stereo Photography - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MF3D-group
Tablet-3D - Discussing glasses-free 3D tablets - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tablet-3d
Macro3D - Macro & Close-up Stereo 3D Phhotography - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/macro3d
3D Stereoscopic Amateur Videos - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/3dtv/conversations/topics/29055
Fuji3D - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/fuji3d ..now… https://groups.io/g/fuji3d/topics
Lumix3D - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lumix3d
Samsung 3D - https://groups.io/g/Samsung3D/topics
Stereo Realist - https://bgroups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/StereoRealist
SDM - StereoDataMaker - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/StereoDataMaker
3rdAPEC - APEC III Stereocard Exchange List - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/3rdAPEC
3D-STEREOVIEWXCHANGE - Digital Real 3D Phototography Exchange - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/3D-STEREOVIEWXCHANGE/
Stereo Salon - To promote and encourage participation in stereo image exhibitions - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/3Dsalon
Sell-3D (Buying and selling of stereoscopic 3D items) - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sell-3d ..now… https://groups.io/g/sell-3d/topics
The Stereoscopic Society of America - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/StereoscopicSocietyofAmerica
The International Stereoscopic Union (ISU) has two Yahoo Groups. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ISU3D is open to anyone. The other is restricted to ISU members in good standing who are approved by the coordinator. Details are in each issue of their journal ‘Stereoscopy’. - http://www.stereoscopy.com/isu/benefits.html
Flickr is primarily a 2D photo gallery site. There are no 3D viewing tools for changing formats. Whatever was uploaded is what you see. Still, there is a treasure trove of 3D here, and a large community of 3D enthusiasts to meet and interact with, around very targeted topics. I’ve listed many of these groups in the ‘galleries’ portion of this document, but here are all the groups I know of …
3-D Comin’ at Ya! - https://www.flickr.com/groups/eyeball_poke/
3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/98597648@N00/
3D Aerial Photography - https://www.flickr.com/groups/aerial3d/
3D Anaglyph Sculture, Statues, Bronzes and Public Art Figures - https://www.flickr.com/groups/359431@N23/
3D Animated Stereo - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_animated_stereo/
3D Bande Dessinee Conversions - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2843983@N20/
3D Big Pairs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/bigpairs/
3D Cross-view Only - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_pictures/
3D Cross View Stereo Photo - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d-cross-view/
3D Crossview Stereo Photos (Pro-active) - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_crossview_stereos/
3DCute - Stereoscopic / Anaglyph 3D Toys - https://www.flickr.com/groups/986669@N22/
3D Expo - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_expo/
3D Gruppo Anaglifico - !! Window Violations Admitted !! - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3dgruppoanaglifico/
3D Images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1381209@N23/
3D: Large and Wide - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereowide/
3D New Zealand - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereonz/
3D Parallel Photography - https://www.flickr.com/groups/497440@N23/
3D Parallel Viewing - https://www.flickr.com/groups/872162@N24/
3D Pictures Pop Out Of Your Screen! - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2770177@N25/
3D Stereo Cameras and Rigs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_cameras/
3D Stereo Conversion - https://www.flickr.com/groups/336471@N20
3D Stereo Crossview 18+ - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_18_plus/
3D Stereogram Magic Eye Pictures Parallel and Crosseye - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1383757@N21/
3D Stereoscopic Creations, Art, Manipulation & Games - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d-creations/
3D Stereoscopic Macro Photography - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2158359@N23/
3D Through the Window & in Your Face - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2602110@N20/
3D Tips, Tricks & Rigs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3dtips/
Anaglyph (Red-Cyan 3D Pictures) - https://www.flickr.com/groups/anaglyph/
A n a g l y p h - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereophotography/
Anaglyphic 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/365182@N21/
Anaglyphs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/358117@N20/
Best of Stereoscopy - https://www.flickr.com/groups/655209@N24/
ByN Anaglifos B&W Anaglyphs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1551537@N23/
D D D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1250072@N25/
FujiFilm 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/fujifilm3d/
FUJIFILM FinePix Real3D Users - https://www.flickr.com/groups/finepix_real_3d/
Fuji FinePix Real3D W3 - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1520067@N24/
HDR in 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1190470@N23/
Hyper-anaglyphs - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2884966@N22/
Hyperstereo [=base line >1 meter] - https://www.flickr.com/groups/hyperstereo/
LEGO Stereoscopic 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1336068@N24/
Loreo 3-D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/loreo3d/
Macro 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/macro_3d/
Neo-Stereo - https://www.flickr.com/groups/neo-stereo/
People in 3D - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2848508@N25/
Sputnik Stereo Camera - https://www.flickr.com/groups/sputnikstereo/
Stereo 3D on iPhone - https://www.flickr.com/groups/s3d_on_iphone/
Stereographic Showcase - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereographicshowcase/
Stereograph Photos: Holmes Style and Crossview - https://www.flickr.com/groups/holmes/
Stereo Images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoimages/
Stereophotography - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereo/
Stereophotography Germany - https://www.flickr.com/groups/607424@N25/
Stereo Photography of Architecture - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1191581@N25/
Stereoscope! - https://www.flickr.com/groups/315325@N24/
Stereoscopic - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2710516@N22/
Stereoscopic Cameras - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoscopic-cameras/
Stereoscopic Frames - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1037393@N20/
Stereo Videography - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereovideography/
The Stereoscopic Society - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoscopicsociety/
Crossview Group - https://www.reddit.com/r/CrossView/#
Parallel Group - https://www.reddit.com/r/ParallelView/
Light Field Display - https://www.reddit.com/r/LightFieldDisplays/
ViewMaster.co.uk Forum (Note: On my Mac, this forum is not compatible with the Safari web browser, but works with Chrome or Firefox) - http://www.viewmaster.co.uk/forum/ and if that link still won’t work for you, try this one: http://viewmaster.co.uk.temporary-domain.com
3D Photography Forum - http://www.3dphoto.net/forum/
S3D Stereo Forum (German) - http://stereoforum.org
LeiaLoft Forums - https://forums.leialoft.com
The National Stereoscopic Association - http://stereoworld.org
The 3-D Film Archive (Founded by Bob Furmanek) - The first organization dedicated to saving and preserving our stereoscopic film heritage [This web site is a gold mine of fascinating and informative content!] - http://www.3dfilmarchive.com / https://www.facebook.com/3DFilmArchiveLLC/?hc_location=ufi
The Stereoscopic Society - The parent company was founded in The United Kingdom in 1893, but off-shoots now exist in North America (SSA), Australia and New Zealand (SSNZ) - http://www.stereoscopicsociety.org.uk / http://www.stereoworld.org/ssa/ / http://www.ssnz.co
The London Stereoscopic Company (Founded in 1854) - http://www.londonstereo.com
LA 3-D Club - Stereo Club of Southern California - http://la3dclub.com
3-D Space - The Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema and Education - http://www.3-dspace.org / https://www.facebook.com/LA3DSPACE/
Ohio Stereo Photographic Society / George Themelis - http://www.drt3d.com/ohio3d/
Detroit Stereographic Society - http://detroit3d.org
New York Stereoscopic Association - http://www.3dnsa.org/
The International Stereoscopic Union (Zurich, Switzerland) - http://www.isu3d.org
Stereofoto Norge [Stereo Photo Club of Norway] - The club meets once a month in Oslo. The club chairman, and Norway’s representative of the ISU is Jan Robert Williamsen. (Jan also does an excellent regular newsletter) - http://www.stereofoto.no
Stereoscopy.com maintains a much more comprehensive list of 3D clubs worldwide - http://www.stereoscopy.com/clubs/index.html
The Golden Gate Stereoscopic Society - https://ggstereo.org
StereoWorld (Newsletter / Magazine Subscription tied to NSA membership) - http://stereoworld.org/subscribe-3/
Stereoscopy (Quarterly Journal / Magazine of The International Stereoscopic Union, Zurich Switzerland) - http://www.isu3d.org
3D News (Newsletter of the LA 3-D Club) - http://la3dclub.com/membership-2/membership/
Stereogram (Newsletter subscription tied to membership in The Ohio Stereo Photographic Society) - http://www.drt3d.com/ohio3d/DUE-FORM.pdf
The London Stereoscopic Company has an email mailing list called “Friends of the LSC” - http://www.londonstereo.com/mailinglist.html
Reel 3-D News (Not a current newsletter, but 1978-1980) now available in PDF form on a CD - http://www.ebay.com/itm/272263370299
LenticularTechnology and Business (Newsletter of 3DphotoPro.com) - http://www.3dphotopro.com/php/form.php
3-D Review - The Online Magazine of Stereoscopic Product Reviews and Information - http://www.rollanet.org/%7Evbeydler/van/3dreview/archive.htm
The Stereo Window - Newsletter of The Detroit Stereographic Society - Back Issues: http://detroit3d.org/Newsletter.htm / Membership: http://detroit3d.org/membership.htm
Stereoscopy.com - The World of 3D-Imaging - Your one-stop information source about the fascinating world of 3D, and perhaps the world's largest website fully devoted to true stereoscopic images. - http://www.stereoscopy.com
See Dan Shelley’s DDDesign.com extensive collection of links to various 3D-related groups, galleries, services, and informational pages - http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/default.htm
3-D Legends - Preserving stereoscopic history of extraordinary people who have enriched our lives - http://www.3-dlegends.com
“My Explanation Of How To Free-View Parallel And Cross-eye Stereo Image Pairs”
Parallel image pairs have the left eye image on the left, and the right eye image on the right. It can be hard at first to understand why parallel free-viewing doesn’t just happen automatically. It would seem natural .. your left eye needs to see the left image, and hey .. whadda' you know .. your left eye happens to be on the left side of your head, so ... why doesn’t the image just appear in 3D when you look at it? It has to do with your two lines of sight and how they converge.
Normally when we look at things, our eyes aren’t looking straight ahead, with lines of sight parallel. Our eyes cross slightly, so that our two lines of sight converge on a point.
When you’re trying to look at a stereo pair of images, your eyes want to do what they naturally do - they converge onto a single point. You aren’t seeing both images at the same time, so your brain can’t merge them into a 3D image. The goal is to let your lines of sight run relatively parallel, so that instead of converging, your left eye sees the left image, and your right eye sees the right image. How do we do this?
First of all, when free-viewing parallel images, the size and / or distance of the pair of images will matter. The image can be close to you if it’s small, but must be further away if it’s larger. The point is, your eyes are probably capable of converging, or viewing parallel, but most of us cannot diverge our lines of sight in opposite directions. I find that as long as the pair of images is no more than 7 inches wide, combined, then I can free-view them from about 2 feet away. The smaller the image, the easier it is, so viewing them on a cell phone is generally very easy.
Some people suggest you actually look over the top edge of the image at something far away, and then while holding that focus, lift the image up into your line of sight. But personally, that never worked for me. As soon as I'd look down at the image, my eyes would re-focus on it, converging like normal.
For me, what works is to simply relax my eyes as if lost in a daze, lost in thought, zoning out … Earth to Ted .. Is there anybody home in there? - That’s the way I think about it. Your eyes are open, but they’re not looking at anything. When you let your eyes gloss over like that, your vision gets blurry and you may think your eyes are crossing, but they’re not. They’re actually assuming parallel lines. That’s why zoning out is often referred to as ‘staring into space’ - When you stare at something distant, your lines of sight run almost parallel. That’s another thing some people do when free-viewing, is try to imagine that they are looking ‘through the image’ at something far away. Once the lines of sight run parallel, each of your eyes begins seeing the image on its respective side, and your brain begins to ‘fuse’ them into a single 3D image. You’ll have the experience of seeing a third image ‘grow’ between the two original images, and when it stretches to the same width as the other two, it should ‘lock into focus’ and appear 3D. This is called ‘fusing’ the images. You’ll still see the left and right images on the sides, but once you’ve fused the images you’ll be free to relax and enjoy the 3D as long as you like, freely looking around at all parts of the 3D image.
Now, some people simply can't do it, for medical reasons, or whatever. But I think most people can. It's just a matter of learning what to do, and practicing. When you're trying to do it, make sure you're not crossing your eyes. Eventually you’ll learn to recognize if you’re using the wrong viewing method (trying to parallel-view a cross-eye image, or cross-view a parallel image.) The depth is literally inverted - foreground objects are in the background, and background objects are in the foreground. But in the beginning you may not realize that’s what you’re seeing. I understood very little of this at first, but was free-viewing images with ease (Parallel viewing, although I didn’t know the difference). When I would unwittingly parallel free-view images intended for cross-eye, they’d look strange to me, but I didn’t recognize them as having inverted depth, I just assumed the 3D was done poorly somehow. Others have shared that they had this same experience when they started out.
Another way to tell the difference is, crossing your eyes takes effort. While not necessarily painful, it feels like a small strain. But parallel viewing is not a strain at all, because all you’re doing is relaxing your eyes. Yet another way to tell the difference is, watch which way the images move. If you're crossing your eyes, you will see the images drift apart from each other .. two to either side .. you'll see two images drifting to the left, and two images drifting to the right (If you go too far you'll end up with four images side by side). When parallel-viewing the opposite happens - you see the images drift toward each other and overlap. At first you may find that you can get them to drift a little bit, so they overlap a little, but they won’t fully merge. If so, try making the pair of images smaller (if they’re on a screen), or moving further back from them. Then just keep relaxing your vision, keep consciously trying NOT to look at the image or focus on it. Let your eyes do the work for you. It will come as a surprise when they fuse, because you think it requires effort, but your eyes do it on their own when you just relax.
Cross-eye free-viewing (aka ‘convergent’ viewing) described in YouTube videos (such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBa-bCxsZDk … and …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvShotHl1As) is done when the images are swapped (right / left instead of left / right). Cross-eye viewing has one thing over parallel viewing, in that you can cross-view images of any size, whereas with parallels the image must be rather small. [Note: Both cross-eye and parallel free-viewing are superior to viewing anaglyphs, not only because no glasses or device are needed, but you’re able to enjoy full color images]
To free-view cross-eye, you need to be able to cross your eyes in a controlled way, slowly and precisely, just enough that you see three equal-size images, and then hold your eyes at that point and allow that center image to fuse and become 3D. Once it does, you should be able to freely look around any part of the image at will, for as long as you want. Although you’ll feel a slight strain, in most cases it won’t be painful, and according to eye experts, you can’t damage your eyes by crossing them. It only gives your eyes some healthy exercise.
If you’re having trouble viewing cross-eye, there is a trick you can use. Hold a finger up between you and the image, and stare at your finger, not the image. This forces your eyes to cross. You can see the image behind your finger, but keep focusing on your finger. Move it forward or backward and notice the images separating. When there are three images of equal width, try to hold your focus and lower your finger now, and allow your eyes to settle on the center image of the three, and it should lock in (fuse) and become 3D.
Whether you’re free-viewing parallel or cross-eye, remember to keep your head level with the image. If you’re having trouble fusing them, and you notice that as they overlap, one side is higher or lower than the other, tilt your head accordingly to line them up. With luck, soon you’ll be casually free-viewing stereo images on your computer, and in your favorite stereoscopic books and newsletters. - Ted Whitten
Viewing Stereo Photos - By David M. Lee - http://www.davidmleephotography.com/viewing-stereo-photos.html
How to See 3D - Optometrists Network / Vision3D - http://www.vision3d.com/3views.html
Official online index of SPM help - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/help/index.htm - also found here: http://www.stereomaker.net/eng/stphmkr/help/spm.htm (Muttyan’s Home Page)
SPM Quick Tips - Ten short articles originally published in The Stereo Window newsletter of The Detroit Stereographic Society - http://detroit3d.org/images/SPM%20Tips%20Read.pdf
Gene Mitofsky’s site has some SPM tutorials - http://mitofsky.com/helpfiles/helpfilespage.html
Beginner’s Guide to StereoPhoto Maker - Fujifilm W1 Version - By David Starkman - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/beginnersspmguideillustrated_fujiw1_v3.pdf
Beginner’s Guide to StereoPhoto Maker - By David Starkman - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/spmbeginnersguideillustrated.pdf
Check out Michael Beech’s excellent books “Super Stereo 3D” and “3D Stereo Magic”, both spiral bound and available on Amazon.com.
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Stereo framing is a fascinating effect in which the photo or image itself is uniquely cropped so that the border of the image takes a 3D shape. It can be bent or twisted to seemingly wind around the objects in the image, or used to lessen the offensiveness of a window violation. With patience and a lot of effort, stereo framing can be done by hand in any photo editing program, but fortunately there’s a free program called Stereomasken which makes it much easier.
Framing with Stereomasken (3-part video tutorial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBGjBAs-_WU
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If you’re interesting in learning this art, please join the Facebook group "Let's Convert 2D Images to 3D!"
..and the Flickr Group “3D Stereo Conversion” - (the ‘Discussions’ section of the group is very helpful)
The late, great Ray Zone was a pioneer in the field of 2D-3D conversion. He was largely self-taught, and did his early conversions with actual, physical cutting, arranging and pasting images together. Later he learned to do them digitally. He did the conversion work on numerous published comic books, and was a prolific author on various 3D subjects as well. His web site, while no longer active, can still be viewed in the internet archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20150214181000/http://www.ray3dzone.com/ ..and here is an archive of his original web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19981202200140/http://home.earthlink.net/~r3dzone/
2D-3D conversion can be done a variety of ways, and almost no two people will do conversions exactly the same way. Some use depth maps, some use a more manual method of cutting and arranging objects, or simply selecting and shifting objects (or portions of objects), some ‘skew’ or manipulate the perspective or shape of selected objects. Still others use different methods, different software and tools. Any of these can be used to convert an entire image with differing results, but the best conversion artists will take the time to learn a variety of methods and use each when a particular image - or object within an image - is most suited for that method, or combination of methods. Perhaps, for example, a human form in a photo will be best converted with a depth map, while many other objects can simply be selected and shifted, and the background layer can simply have a perspective skew applied. Learn each technique and the benefits and pitfalls of each.
In this 30-minute video tutorial I explain the ‘Select-and-Shift’ method (aka “The Pixel Shift Method”, “The Manual Method”) I have often used, which involves creating a series of ‘depth slices’ and shifting them, with the goal of creating a left eye image, and using the original image the right eye. In the tutorial I use Adobe Photoshop Elements, no depth map, and no layers (although I’ve sometimes used depth maps, and I do encourage the use of layers now). This video is essentially a condensed version of the workshop I gave at the 2017 NSA 3D-Con / ISU Congress, in Irvine, CA. https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/1280790052042819/
One of the best ways to learn this method is to read the book “Mastering 2D to 3D Conversion” by Michael Beech - http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-2D-Conversion-Michael-Beech/dp/0981774121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427669508&sr=8-1&keywords=3d+conversion+book
Ray (aka “Wagman”) Desjardin of Toronto, Canada does meticulously detailed 2D-3D artwork conversions in Photoshop using primarily the “select and shift” method, and wrote a 3-page text (PDF and MS Word) tutorial explaining it. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/1419187811536375/
Dan Shelley's simplified 2D-3D conversion tutorials (without using depth map) from his workshop at the 2002 NSA Convention - http://www.dddesign.com/temp/nsa02/2dto3d.htm
Russ Jones’s simple explanation of his method using Paint.net and Callipygian3D - https://www.facebook.com/pg/3D-Anaglyph-Conversions-287048361443695/photos/?tab=album&album_id=288707827944415
Bruno Zaffoni shared this image and brief explanation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/988156811306146/
Bruno Zaffoni - “The Book of Depth Map” - A wonderfully in-depth tutorial -
Convert a Flat Image into a 3D Image (A simple tutorial taking you through the basic steps of doing a 3D conversion with a depth map in Photoshop) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r4M_KHt6aw
Discover How-To Convert 2D Into 3D with Louis Carlsson (of Denmark) - An intelligent tutorial explaining 2D-3D conversion by making depth maps in Adobe Photoshop for PC - http://www.carlsson2d3d.com/?page_id=30
Making Depth Maps (An excellent tutorial by Syaiful Bahri) - https://gambar3dimensi.com/tutorial/making-depth-map/
Pascal Willem’s simple tutorial for depth map 2D-3D conversion in Photoshop - Download PDF
Editing Selections in Photoshop Quick Mask Mode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDMzXkgNrRQ
Creating Depth Maps in Photoshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVSf22VT1t4
Converting 2D to 3D using GIMP and DMAG4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E3ZdrbY6MI
2D to 3D by Depth Map in GIMP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyhqLwCokn0
Beginner's Guide to Depth Maps in GIMP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWjuYGmAtk
Make Single 2D Images 3D (GIMP tutorial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znxst0EzLAc
The following are some examples of depth maps:
Bruno Zaffoni - Examples of depth maps - https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/993824297406064/ / https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/988168074638353/ / https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14656355_10210921151813679_2199005846568009293_n.jpg?oh=62e6e5005ce9e40d5e64ec1a7c4effe7&oe=58A50C21 / https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/990690051052822/ / https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/993551784099982/
John Liquorish - Example of a depth map - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150689169689977&set=g.681686041953226&type=1&theater (original image: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150689169644977&set=g.681686041953226&type=1&theater)
Syaiful Bahri - Example of a depth map (See comments below the image) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/900799883375173/?match=c3lhaWZ1bA%3D%3D
Brian Wallace's Tutorial Explaining His Method of 2D-3D Conversion using StereoPhoto Maker's Cloning Brush - https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/files/
Ray Tomes on Flickr wrote this interesting tutorial about his method of 2D-3D conversion - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d-creations/discuss/72157603747794845/
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In this long-awaited tutorial (PDF), expert conversion artist Ferry Zijlmans of The Netherlands explains his meticulous 2D-3D image conversion method, which incorporates multiple techniques, plus mountains of time, patience and skill! - https://www.dropbox.com/s/vh26km8aqe08k5d/Stereoscopic%20conversion-DIY_ByFerryZijmans_Oct2017.pdf?dl=0
In this brief video (without audio), he demonstrates the 174 separate layers he made in converting Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” album cover. https://www.facebook.com/groups/681686041953226/permalink/992377357550758/ (Final conversion can be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/56307783@N05/6762967945/in/dateposted/ )
NOTE - Be aware that there is software being marketed (and apps) that claim to be able to automatically convert 2D video to 3D. While I hesitate to make a blanket statement that all of these are frauds or scams, please be encouraged to give careful thought before spending any money on these. Video conversion that looks even reasonably satisfactory is done manually, frame-by-frame, is expensive, and both labor and time intensive. While it is true that there are algorithms for so-called ‘automatic’ conversion out there (such as those built into many 3D TVs that have an automatic 2D-3D mode), such algorithms have a high margin of error, and rely on the presence of depth cues such as motion, which are absent in still photos. Extended viewing of video like this, where objects are frequently placed incorrectly in the depth space often results in eye strain and headaches. This is not true 2D-3D conversion. And software sold as “2D-3D video converters” often don’t do anything more than a simple perspective skew with anaglyph coloring. Don’t be tricked! Before making a purchase, consult the 3D community for advice on Facebook, Yahoo, or any of the forums.
Andrew Murchies’ video tutorials on using Adobe After Effects to convert 2D video to 3D - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLULTcjqG55ouB3R-4jUXodVCja8UU9WOd
FxGuide’s Art of Stereo Conversion: 2D to 3D - 2012 - By Mike Seymour - A technical article on the latest techniques of conversion used by Hollywood movie conversion artists
https://www.fxguide.com/featured/art-of-stereo-conversion-2d-to-3d-2012/
Video interview with John Knoll (ILM) about the 2D-3D conversion of Star Wars Episode 1; The Phantom Menace
http://media.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-ep136.mp4
The preservation and / or restoration of vintage stereoscopic images is important work. As photos age they fade, and gradually vital details are lost, eventually forever unless the image is scanned and / or restored. Spearheading this work in the 3D community are Bob Furmanek and the good folks at The 3-D Film Archive, but many others are also making strides. We hope more will take an interest in this important endeavor.
Preservation refers to the scanning and digital archiving of images as they are. Restoration refers to the arduous and painstaking, yet very skill-oriented process of touching up images - removing dust and scratches, fingerprints, stains, water or sun damage, correcting fading colors, and in every other way trying to return an image to its former glory.
Restoring a stereoview or any stereo image shares much in common with the restoration of a 2D photo, however with some important additional concerns. Images must be aligned as accurately as possible, which is best done with Masuji Suto’s free software StereoPhoto Maker. And when making any corrections, especially with the cloning brush or paintbrush, careful attention must be paid to both the left and right chips to make sure articles of the original photo are not being erased. Any disparity you introduce between the left and right views will cause annoying retinal rivalries.
There is an excellent book by David Richardson (who has done extensive work restoring hundreds of vintage stereoviews) called ‘Restoring and Tinting Vintage Images’. While the primary focus of the book is restoring and tinting in general, there are sections devoted to the particular concerns of restoring stereoscopic images - http://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Tinting-Vintage-Images-Richardson/dp/1479375136
(Tutorials on any aspect of this process are welcomed)
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The restoration of faded anaglyph images, such as Golden Age comic books, requires a keen eye and a thorough familiarity with the various color-adjustment tools and features of Photoshop, GIMP, or whatever photo editing software you use. The red / cyan (or red / green, as the case may be) must be delicately and precisely enhanced and corrected, which though it may sound like one, is no easy task.
(Tutorials on any aspect of this process are welcomed)
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Before restoring View-Master reel images, they must be scanned with a transparency scanner (one with not only a lighted bed, but also a lighted lid) at a very high DPI. They are very small images, after all. Once scanned, they must be aligned in SPM (StereoPhoto Maker), and just like with stereoviews, restored with careful attention to both the left and right eye to avoid causing disparities / retinal rivalries.
You will save yourself many hours of touch-up work if, before even scanning the reels, you take the time to clean the reels themselves. Most View-Master reels are paper, and as paper ages, tiny paper fibers, almost invisible to the naked eye, fall away and clutter the film chips. You’ll see them big as the nose on your face after you scan!
Bob Shotsberger wrote an article for the May/June 2015 issue of the NSA magazine Stereo World, (Vol 40 No 6 pg 20) about scanning View-Master reels and un-cut film. Back issues of Stereo World can be purchased from the NSA.
Here’s a helpful tutorial for cleaning reels - http://www.retrofixes.com/2013/08/how-to-clean-view-master-reels.html
A How-To Guide for Scanning View-Master Reels - http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/a-how-to-guide-for-scanning-view-master-reels
Scanning View-Master Reels (3D Forum thread) - http://www.3dphoto.net/forum/index.php?topic=9843.0
ReelTool is software designed to extract and archive View-Master reel images - http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/ims-rl.html
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Restoring a Sawyer’s View-Master Model-E - http://www.retrofixes.com/2013/11/sawyer-viewmaster-model-e-restoring.html
How to Create Stereo Fractal 3D using MandelBulb3D and SPM - By Subbiah Rathinagiri - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9SzZPlsGSwcmxDOHhPeks1djA/view
Creating Stereo Fractals - David Kesner has a different workflow - http://www.dddphotography.com/M3D/
You might also join the Facebook group “MandelBulb Maniacs” https://www.facebook.com/groups/amandelbulbmaniac/
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Shooting and Processing Photographic Phantograms - By Barry Rothstein - http://3ddigitalphoto.com/phantograms.pdf
StereoPhoto Maker tutorial “Create Pop-up Anaglyph” (You’ll need to search about halfway down this page, or click Menu>Adjust>Create Popup Anaglyph) - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/help/index.htm
Gene Mitofsky’s tutorials and articles on making Phantograms - http://mitofsky.com/helpfiles/helpfilespage.html
Northern Illinois Stereo Camera Club’s phantogram tutorial - https://sites.google.com/site/northillinoisstereocameraclub/resources-1/phantograms
PhotoEd Magazine tutorial on how to make Phantograms - http://www.photoed.ca/#!PHANTOGRAM-HowTo/coi/564b735c0cf2780ba44333e4
Special Project: The Phantogram SURPRISE - By Boris Starosta - http://www.starosta.com/3dshowcase/iphanto.html
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Homebrew 3D Lenticular - A 3-part video of Michael Brown’s workshop on ‘Practical advice on producing your own 3D lenticulars’ from the 2016 NSA convention - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvOFntE9t4&feature=youtu.be
‘3D Lenticular Tool & Techniques’ (Video) by Michael Brown - A video of his workshop from the 2017 NSA / ISU 3D-Con in Irvine, CA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4KpSAW_zs
FAQ’s On 3D Lenticular Photography (Jim Cox) - http://www.nextimagephoto.com/id174.html
How to Make Lenticular Images - Red Bull Illume (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qD28TaFylc
The Easiest Way to Make a 3D Lenticular Printing Portrait - 3D Photography Made Easy (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ12qNlRgTs
How To Register a 3D Photo To The Lenticular Lens - LaDair Guzman (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UWR6zGuI2A
Lenticular supplies, tutorials, interlacing software and more (3DPhotoPro) - http://www.3dphotopro.com/interlacing_software.html
Photojojo.com - A simple method of making a basic, ‘crafty’ folded paper lenticular-like image (Video) - http://content.photojojo.com/diy/how-to-make-lenticular-images/ See also WonderEscape’s similar method (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmGB9ADKr5Y
Z-Axis Prints - Lenticular Printing Services - http://zaxisprints.com
Bob Shotsberger wrote an article for the July/Aug 2013 issue of Stereo World (Volume 39, No 1, Page 38) on the subject of "Making your first Stereo 3D Video Disc".
You do have several choices for taking 3D pictures. In the beginning you might just use your 2D camera or cell phone (preferably with the i3Dsteroid app) to take what we call cha-cha photos (two individual photos, one for each eye, moving a few inches to the side between shots). You could buy a cell phone that takes 3D pictures, such as the HTV EVO 3D, or buy a 3D camera that has two lenses, such as the FujiFilm Real 3D W3. If you own a DSLR you might consider the option of buying a beam splitter such as those sold by Loreo, which attach to the front of your lens and use mirrors to split the image into two halves, one for the left eye and one for the right eye. Or, if you’re ready for the next level, you could buy two identical cameras, mount them together (preferably on a slide bar to allow variable stereo bases), and synchronize the shutters to fire together. Choices, choices.
Cha-Cha photography can be done with any normal camera. In short, it’s just a matter of taking two photos, one for the left eye image, and one for the right eye image. The two photos must be taken from two slightly different horizontal perspectives, to simulate the two views seen by your eyes. The distance you move between the two photos (the stereo base) can vary greatly, depending on preference, and the desired amount of depth in the stereo image. However, for most people, in most situations, it is generally considered best to use a stereo base similar to the average human interocular separation (the distance between our eyes), so around 2 to 3 inches. One popular and simple way to achieve this is to steady your camera in preparation to take the left eye photo. With your feet only few inches apart, put your body weight onto your left leg and take the photo. Keep the camera perfectly still and shift your body weight to your right leg, then take the right eye photo. After taking the pair of photos, you’ll need to use some sort of software, either on your phone, tablet, or computer, to make sure the photos are perfectly aligned, and to combine them into a parallel view, cross-eye view, or anaglyph.
Check out Michael Beech’s Kindle eBook “Mastering the 3D Photography Cha-Cha: How to Make Better 3D with Single Lens Cameras” on Amazon.com.
If you choose to take pictures with your smartphone or tablet, we recommend the app i3DSteroid (for Apple iOS devices) or 3DSteroid (for Android devices), which are essentially simpler versions of Masuji Suto’s excellent, free, PC or Mac software, StereoPhoto Maker. Using i3DSteroid / 3DSteroid taking the pictures is easier (as you take the second photo, a semi-transparent shadow of the first image overlays it, making it easier to keep them identically framed and horizontally aligned). Once the photos are taken, the app can automatically align the photos precisely, and lets you easily save the 3D image in any number of formats. When using the app to view stereo pairs, individually or as a slideshow, you can switch between parallel, cross-eye, or anaglyph etc.
Official online tutorials for i3DSteroid / 3DSteroid
i3DSteroid - A silent video app demonstration and auto-alignment demonstration
Smartphone and Tablet Apps / Back to Table of Contents
FujiFilm Real 3D W3 - Review from 3DFocusTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0cYuH8YnYc
3D Stereo Cameras & Rigs - Flickr Group with several members - Discussion and gallery - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_cameras/
Stereoscopy.com maintains a comprehensive list of 3D cameras, past and present - http://www.stereoscopy.com/cameras/index.html
Andrew Wood maintains a comprehensive list of 3D cameras (and phones) - http://www.3dmovielist.com/3dcameras.html / http://www.3dmovielist.com/3dphones.html
Collection of 360° Video Rigs - by Jason Fletcher - (includes several stereoscopic sections)
https://thefulldomeblog.com/2015/11/17/collection-of-360-video-rigs/
RED Hydrogen One - A cell phone which takes 4K SBS photos and videos, and has a large glasses-free 3D screen - https://www.redhydrogen.com
Lume Pad - A 3D Lightfield Tablet that can create, share and enjoy 3D photos, videos and objects and has a 10.8 inch glasses-free 3D screen - https://www.lume-pad.com/
Building My First Twin Camera Rig - By Ted Whitten - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ITUmtzeV5_cR9KqGwS-bczhrFpeQUR08IkfMknSX978/edit?usp=sharing
3D Stereo Cameras & Rigs - Flickr Group with several members - Discussion and gallery - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_cameras/
StereoDataMaker - SDM is a little software program that will synchronize the two or more shutter triggers of certain camera models. The list of cameras currently compatible is here http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/assist/sdm2camlist.html. To download SDM and install it on the SD cards, just download a little program called ASSIST (Automatic Simple SDM Installation Setup Tool). I found the download and instructions here: http://zenoshrdlu.com/assist/assist.html. For additional advice or help with SDM, visit the Yahoo group https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/StereoDataMaker/info
Lens Separation in Stereo Photography - By David Lee - https://www.berezin.com/3d/Tech/lens_separation_in_stereo_photog.htm
Gene Mitofsky has several excellent tutorials - http://mitofsky.com/helpfiles/helpfilespage.html
Improve Your 3D Pictures with Post-Processing (from the 2014 NSA Convention) - By George Themelis - http://3d-con.com/2014/files/NSA2014-IMPROVE.pdf
Digital 3D Photography 101 - By George Themelis - http://detroit3d.org/images/Digital3D-Detroit.pdf
Judging Stereo - By George Themelis - http://detroit3d.org/images/JUDGING-Detroit.pdf
Getting Started in Stereo Photography - By Steve Kiesling - http://detroit3d.org/intro_to_stereo.htm
Less is More! Keeping the Deviation Under Control - By Matej Bohac - http://klub.stereofotograf.eu/deviation.php
Why I Use 2x2 - By Dennis Hanser - http://detroit3d.org/2X2_photography.htm
The Seven Deadly Retinal Rivalries - By Jeff Boller - http://www.3ddigitalphoto.com/data/TheSevenDeadlyRetinalRivalries.pdf
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StereoscopyNews.com’s “Hot News” section indexes over 3500 articles on over 70 categories! - http://www.stereoscopynews.com/hotnews
Stereoscopy.com has a wonderfully extensive collection of FAQs and Tutorials - http://www.stereoscopy.com/faq/index.html
“3D Stereoscopic Imaging Concepts; An Overview” by John Rupkalvis - http://www.go2rba.com/Stereo/01.html
Andrew Wood maintains a set of incredibly detailed “3D Movie Lists” - http://www.3dmovielist.com
Less is More; Keeping the Deviation Under Control - By Matěj Boháč - http://klub.stereofotograf.eu/deviation.php
Digital 3D Stereo Tips & How-To - By Michael Beech - http://www.digital3dstereo.com/tips001.htm
3D Tips, Tricks and Rigs - A Flickr Group for discussion on anything to do with the production, manipulation and viewing of 3D images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3dtips/
3D by Dr.T - How to measure stereoscopic deviation (aka separation or horizontal displacement) using StereoPhoto Maker - http://drt3d.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-measure-stereoscopic-deviation.html
How to Make Anaglyphs in Photoshop - John Wattie - http://nzphoto.tripod.com/sterea/anaglyph_make.html
Chasing Ghosts with AnaBuilder - A very technical analysis of how to reduce ghosting in anaglyphs - Frans Van de Poel - http://anabuilder.free.fr/Anadeghost/AnaGhost1EN.html
3DPhoto.net - 3D Forum Tutorials on a wide range of 3D topics - http://www.3dphoto.net/forum/index.php/board,60.0.html?PHPSESSID=0adf863e0586bcaf7a3e3a825635bb18
Depth Perception and the History of Three-Dimensional Art: Who Produced the First Stereoscopic Images? - By Kevin R. Brooks - A scientific study concluding that neither Jacopo Chimenti nor Leonardo da Vinci (Mona Lisa) produced stereoscopic images prior to Wheatstone - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2041669516680114
Do you know more than the average Joe about something? Don’t hold it in and let that knowledge collect dust until you’re pushing up daisies and the rest of us are still scratching our heads going “I sure wish I knew how to do…”. Making a tutorial these days has become simpler than reaching around to scratch an itch on your backside. Do what I did to make this document... Just go to https://docs.google.com/, choose a template (just pick any of them, really) and start typing. As soon as you just choose that template, your tutorial is already saved and stored, and can be shared with the world (if you so choose, although .. if you’d go ahead and actually put some information in your tutorial, that’d be greeeeeat.). If you don’t believe me, close down your window and reopen it, or open it on your phone or tablet for that matter, and there it is, waiting for you to pick up where you left off. What could be easier? No need to worry about saving. After every keystroke the document is automatically saved, and it remains private until you’re ready to share it. And even after you share it, no one else can alter it unless you give them permission. You can add text and images with ease, and alter the layout and formatting to whatever degree of complexity you want, or you can just keep typing. It’s entirely up to you. Now get started!
Google Docs Tutorial - SyncSisters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SczTwXOmlA
How to Create Your Own Screen Captured Video Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHYwG-DgI3E
If you have Quicktime 10 or later, there’s an option built in for making screen-captured video tutorials (you also need a microphone, or some way to capture your audio, if you want to narrate it). Just open Quicktime, and under the ‘File’ menu you should see ‘New Screen Recording’.
StereoPhoto Maker (Wonderful and free all-purpose 3D photo editing software) - By Masuji Suto - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/
STMANI (Free stereo alignment tool) - http://afgalaz.es/stmani3/en/about_stmani.html
Cosima (Correct Stereo Images Automatically) - http://cosima-3d.de
Stereo Base Calculator - http://www.stereoscopie.fr/tech/BaseCalc2.php
Stereomasken (For doing stereo framing) - http://stereomasken.de/index_en.htm
XstereO Player (By Yury Gobulinsky of Russia), for Mac OSX - For making pseudo-vintage-looking digital stereocards - http://urixblog.com/en/xstereo-player-menu/xstereo-player-osx/ / https://www.facebook.com/XstereO.Player/
3Dcombine - Available for PC and Mac, free in a ‘Lite’ version - Download
Stereo Photo Editing Tutorials / Back to Table of Contents
Adobe Photoshop - https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop&promoid=65FN7XFX&mv=other
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
LeiaViewer - https://www.lume-pad.com/leiaapp-info.php?page=player
3Defy (an online tool for 3D conversion) - https://www.3dvisionlive.com/content/turn-2d-3d-3defy
Depth Map Creator - http://www.3dphotopro.com/software.html
StereoPhoto Maker (Wonderful and free all-purpose 3D photo editing software, not designed for doing 2D-3D conversions, but there is a way to do conversions using the clone tool.) - By Masuji Suto - StereoPhoto Maker (English)
Gimpel3D - Stereo 2D/3D Conversion Software (Designed by Rene Gimpel) - http://www.gimpel3d.com
Bas-Relief 2D-3D Conversion Software - http://www.3dphotopro.com/software.html or http://www.3dmix.com/eng/barelief.php
3D Portrait - By Anton and Friends - A tool for creating 3D faces from 2D photos. This could be used for creating realistic looking 2D-3D conversions of human faces. https://videohive.net/item/3d-portrait/13766531
Conversion Tutorials / Conversion Image Galleries / Back to Table of Contents
i3DSteroid / 3DSteroid / i3DSteroid Camera - See your device’s App Store - http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/iphone/help/beginner.html
Hyper3DPhone - Android app for synching the camera shutters of two phones - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.stereoscopie.Hyper3DPhone
Stereoscope - See your device’s App Store - This works especially well with the VKWorld S2 smartphone with parallax barrier 3D display -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.stereoscopie.stereoscope&hl=en
LeiaPix - LeiaPix is the world’s first social network for Lightfield images. Share your content — and connect — with an active community of fellow creators. Anything you post here will appear on all LitByLeia devices. https://www.lume-pad.com/leiaapp-info.php?page=leiapix
CrossCam - what-you-see-is-what-you-get stereoscopic 3D mobile app
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crosscam/id1436262905
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kra2008.crosscam
Scopi - 3D Wigglegram Camera
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adrix.scopi
Camera 3D pro
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/camera-3d-pro/id341762229
Cha-Cha and App Tutorials / Back to Table of Contents
Dan Shelley (DDDesign.com) has an extensive collection of ‘3D Hardware and Software’ links here: http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/linksa.htm
Stereo Base Calculator - http://www.stereoscopie.fr/tech/BaseCalc2.php
Google Docs (Free online document creator, great for making tutorials to share with the 3D community!) - https://www.google.com/docs/about/
Flickr (1TB of free space to store and share your images!) - https://www.flickr.com/
Stereoscopy.com maintains a terrific list of available stereoscopy-related software - http://www.stereoscopy.com/downloads/index.html
View-Master Image Digitizer - 3D printer plans for a simple device that lets you take smart phone pictures of View-Master reel images - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1135621
Fisheye & Spherical Collection: Supported Render Engines - by Jason Fletcher - (with a focus production software options for VR, domes, and stereoscopic domes)
https://thefulldomeblog.com/2013/06/28/fisheye-lens-shader-options/
Mastering 2D to 3D Conversion - By Michael Beech - http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-2D-Conversion-Michael-Beech/dp/0981774121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427669508&sr=8-1&keywords=3d+conversion+book
2D to 3D Conversion with SPM (for Kindle) - By Michael Beech and Brian Wallace - https://www.amazon.com/Conversion-SPM-StereoPhoto-Maker-Tutorials-ebook/dp/B016R9DTPU?ie=UTF8&keywords=2d%203d%20conversion&qid=1464634060&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1
Conversion Tutorials / Software / Image Galleries / Back to Table of Contents
Starlog Photo Guidebook: Fantastic 3-D (Free eBook) - https://archive.org/details/Starlog_Photo_Guidebook_Fantastic3D (Original book still available on Amazon as well...) http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-3-D-Starlog-Photo-Guidebook/dp/0931064538/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464655948&sr=1-1&keywords=fantastic+3-d
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Virtual Library - eBooks you can download for free - http://www.stereoscopic.org/library/
Stereo Photography; An Introduction to Stereo Photo Technology and Practical Suggestions for Stereo Photography (1985) - By Fritz G. Waack -[Thanks to Stereoscopy.com] - http://www.stereoscopy.com/library/waack-contents.html
See also, the Stereoscopy.com Library - http://www.stereoscopy.com/library/index.html
Check out Michael Beech’s Kindle eBook “Mastering the 3D Photography Cha-Cha: How to Make Better 3D with Single Lens Cameras” on Amazon.com.
Andrew Wood maintains an incredibly comprehensive list of 3D movies, 3D TVs, Glasses, Projectors, Cameras and more - http://www.3dmovielist.com
The View-Master Database - An attempt to build a complete list of every individual reel, set, and their variants known to have been issued. Compiled by Keith Baird, and hosted by 3DStereo.com - http://www.viewmasterdb.com
A Ryerson University illustrated thesis (PDF) about the View-Master Personal Stereo System, entitled “Stereo Pictures In This Mount Were Not Taken By View-Master” - By Jaime Powell Sheppard - http://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A5686
Stereoscopy.com has a long list of links to stereoscopic goods and services - http://www.stereoscopy.com/services.html
Z-Axis Prints - Lenticular Printing Services - http://zaxisprints.com
3D Review - The Online Magazine of Stereoscopic Product Reviews - Online since 2003 - https://www.facebook.com/3D-Review-164881640379399/ / http://www.3-dreview.com
Marco Kroger (of Thum, Germany) - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008189204952 Has created many incredible stereo film cameras by fusing two identical camera bodies together. His work can be seen here: http://zeissikonveb.de/start/basteleien/stereokameras/index.html
Analysis of the quality of 3D movies from a technical standpoint, studying errors like horizontal misalignment can be found at: “MSY 3D-video Quality Analysis; Video quality measurement tool 3D project” http://www.compression.ru/video/vqmt3d/
The Forgotten Dimension (Ted Whitten) - 3D-themed T-Shirts, hoodies, mugs etc. for the 3D photographer, collector or general enthusiast.
https://teespring.com/stores/the-forgotten-dimension
Dr.T on eBay (George Themelis) - Quality slide bars and more - http://www.ebay.com/usr/3d-drt-3d?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
Berezin Stereo Photography Products- 3D, VR Viewers, slide bars, books on stereo imaging and equipment for shooters, collectors and professionals - http://www.berezin.com/3d/
Stereoviews Illustrated Press (Russel Norton) - Archival sleeves for stereo views - http://stereoview.com
3DStereo.com, Inc - Stereo equipment, 3D supplies, View-Master and more - http://www.3dstereo.com
3D Digital Photo / Barry Rothstein - Phantogram books and related products - http://www.3ddigitalphoto.com
Jeffrey’s Kraus Antique Photographics - Stereoviews, CDVs, Daguerreotypes, Etc - http://antiquephotographics.com
Rainbow Symphony Store - 3D Glasses of all sorts, 3D postcards etc. -
https://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/
3D Concepts - High quality 3D Print Viewers - https://www.stereoscopy.com/3d-concepts/viewerspr.html
Sell-3D (Yahoo group forum for buying and selling of stereoscopic 3D items) - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sell-3d/info
Studio 3D (Ron Labbe) - All things 3D, near Boston -
Image3D - Custom-ordered View-Master-compatible reels, made from your own 2D or 3D photos or images - http://www.image3d.com
Yang Ann at William3D.com - 2D-to-3D Photo Conversion Services - Does 3 free conversions for potential customers - https://www.facebook.com/Ann.3D / http://www.william3d.com
Trummy - 2D-to-3D photo conversions at an extremely low price (2.99 GBP, and even less for multiple images). However, buyer beware … quality 2D-3D conversion simply cannot be done this cheaply or quickly. See their example images. These are simple ‘cardboard’-like conversions (flat surfaces over flat surfaces, in a rotoscoped manner) with almost no attention to detail, and no cleanup work done to fill in background areas exposed when objects are shifted / smeared. As long as you understand this, you certainly can’t beat the price. - http://www.trummy.com/en/pricing
Zaza at DepthMask.com - Very reasonably priced depth maps, which can then be used for 2D-3D conversion - http://depthmask.com/priceen.html
Jim Long - 2D-to-3D Conversion Services - http://www.jim3dlong.com/services.html
Lenticular services -
Jim Cox at In Depth Imaging - jim3d@mac.com / 818-219-3573
http://www.geocarto.com/3dprint/ Geocarto (Hong Kong)
http://zaxisprints.com/ Harvey Jewett (USA)
http://www.snap3d.com/ Peter Sinclair (Canada)
http://www.pop3dart.com/ Itsik (Israel)
Stereoscopic Frames - A celebration of 3-dimensional frames shaping stereoscopic photography - Flickr Group with several members, and over 1800 images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1037393@N20/
Brian Wallace - OOB (Out of Bounds) / OOF (Out of Frame) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/albums/72157626142999873 / https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/albums/72157623943812582
Neo-Stereo - Featuring innovative and exciting 3D images that show the future of stereo photography - A Flickr Group with several members, and over 1900 images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/neo-stereo/
Mike Bowman- BMN3D on Flickr - Not all, but many of the images in this gallery utilize stereo framing - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmn3d/
Ray Dondzila has done some excellent work with stereo framing his 3D photos and conversions - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-ray/albums
Ian Jacobs (DocJ96 on Flickr) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobs_ian/albums/72157635526176546
Rgb48 on Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/18835181@N05/albums/72157629975548134
DarkOnus (USA) on Flickr (Real name: Craig .. ?) - Specializes in close-ups of insects and nature, with his Lumix DMC-FZ35, and doing stereo framing with Stereomasken - https://www.flickr.com/photos/67387943@N02/albums
Georgios3D on Flickr sometimes uses stereo frames on his images - https://www.flickr.com/photos/23776227@N05/
Sascha Becher (Stereotron on Flickr) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stereotron/albums/72157664942418672
Yury Gobulinsky (Russia) - Specializes in making pseudo-vintage-looking digital stereoviews, using his own Mac OSX software, XstereO Player - https://www.flickr.com/photos/urix5/albums
Faramarz Ghahremanifar of the Iran 3D Center [R.I.P. 12-9-2016] - 2D-3D Comparisons (Photos, not conversions. Drag cursor across each image to change from 2D to 3D) - http://www.iran3dcenter.com/My-3D-Gallery/3d-2d-gallery.htm
3D Through the Window and In Your Face - Flickr Group - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2602110@N20/
Stereo Framing and Window Effects Tutorials / Software / Back to Table of Contents
Macro 3D - Flickr Group with several members, and over 3000 macro 3D photos - https://www.flickr.com/groups/macro_3d/
3D Stereoscopic Macro Photography - Flickr Group with several members, and over 1300 macro 3D photos - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2158359@N23/
Hyperstereo [= base line > 1 meter] - Flickr Group with several members, and over 3000 Hyper Stereo 3D photos - https://www.flickr.com/groups/hyperstereo/
Aerial Photography - Flickr Group with several members, and over 1200 aerial 3D photos - https://www.flickr.com/groups/aerial3d/
Tibor Gyuris (Hungary) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/50183486@N04/albums/
Ferry Zijlmans (Netherlands) - 2D-3D Conversions (Amazing work, mostly of album covers and artwork) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/56307783@N05/albums
3D Stereo Conversion - Flickr Group with several members and over 4000 2D-3D conversions - https://www.flickr.com/groups/336471@N20/
Bruno Zaffroni (Italy) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stereozaff/albums/72157651528086801
Ray Dondzila has done some excellent 2D-3D conversions - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-ray/albums
Mark Steven Wingfield (USA) -
..and...
https://www.facebook.com/porfle/photos_albums
Claudia Kunin Gallery (USA) - Anaglyphs - http://claudiakunin.com/index.html
Dan Shelley - http://www.dddesign.com/temp/2dto3d/
Bernardo Galmarini (Argentina) - http://apeiron-3d.tripod.com
Syaiful Bahri - (on Flickr) -https://www.flickr.com/photos/iful3d/sets/72157623955728766/
(on Phereo) - http://phereo.com/album/5415b561d475fec17b000278
(on Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/iful.bahri/media_set?set=a.384529682771.166800.594187771&type=3&hc_location=ufi
Derek Bona - http://dddsite.tripod.com/picsmenu4.htm
3D Bande Dessinee (Comics Conversions) - Flickr Group - https://www.flickr.com/groups/2843983@N20/pool/
Brian Wallace (USA) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/albums/72157613050351996
Raymond “The Wagman” Desjardins (Toronto, Canada) - Although no longer active in the field, Ray has done many amazing 2D-3D conversions. He cites Jim Long as his main inspiration, and Michael Beech’s book for where he learned the craft initially. He says his method evolved over time, but Photoshop has always been his only tool. [For Ray’s tutorial of his method, see the tutorial section above] -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69459650@N00/albums/72157623916522394
Norman Rockwell 3D Conversions (The 2D-3D conversion artist here is, so far, unknown to me. The images in this gallery have watermarks over them because they’re showing stereo cards for sale, but you can still enjoy the conversion work. These are amazing conversions. Check out the View-Master set, or stereo cards, if you can find them!) - http://images.historyinfullcolor.com/rockwellstereocards/h5735B186#h5735ad76
Ron Labbe - Studio3D - http://www.studio3d.com/pages/anaglyph.html / http://www.studio3d.com/pages2/anaglyph_ads.html
Jim Long (USA) - 2D-3D Conversions - http://www.jim3dlong.com
3D Anaglyph Conversions (Facebook page of Russ Jones) - https://www.facebook.com/3D-Anaglyph-Conversions-287048361443695/
2D-3D Conversion Tutorials / Software / Back to Table of Contents
Massimo Lodini Photography (See 3D Gallery section) - Amazingly well-made anaglyphs! - http://www.3d-photo.com
The 3-D Film Archive has done some amazing work restoring several covers and pages from Golden Age 3D comic books - http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/images-from-the-archive/comic-books
For comic book enthusiasts, the web site ComicBookPlus.com is a great resource, and includes scans of several Golden Age 3D comic books, including Adventures in 3D, Tor and Little Eva, Animal Fun and True 3D.
Roman Klein - 4K3D Photography - https://www.flickr.com/photos/romanklein3d/albums/with/72157659475957099
3D Site - DDDsite.tripod.com - http://dddsite.tripod.com
See Dan Shelley’s DDDesign.com extensive links for more anaglyph galleries - http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/linksc.htm
Claudia Kunin Gallery - http://claudiakunin.com/index.html
DDDPhoto - David W. Kessner - http://dddphoto.deviantart.com/gallery/36006064/Anaglyphs
3D Parallel Viewing - A Flickr Group with several members and photos - https://www.flickr.com/groups/872162@N24/
Katherine Kuckens’ Stereoview Collection - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~dalbino/kuckens.html
StereoscopicViews.com - Nathan Moore’s project to aggregate numerous online resources / repositories of stereoscopic views into a browsable master catalog - http://stereoscopicviews.com
Robert N. Dennis Collection of Vintage Stereoscopic Views (New York Public Library Digital Collections) - https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/robert-n-dennis-collection-of-stereoscopic-views#/?tab=navigation&scroll=6
New York Public Library Stereograph Collection - https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/stereograph-collection#/?tab=navigation
Stereoviews from the early 1900s, from the collection of Agnes Svoboda Morris - http://www.wellswooster.com/stereoviews/
See Dan Shelley’s DDDesign.com extensive links for more stereoview galleries - http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/linksb.htm
How to Free-view Parallel / Back to Table of Contents
3D Crossview Stereo Photos - A Flickr Group with over a thousand members and several thousand cross-view images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d-cross-view/
3D Cross-view Only - A Flickr Group with hundreds of contributors and several thousand cross-view images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/3d_stereo_pictures/
Carl Wilson (USA) specializes in taking terrific 3D photos of Disneyland - (Flickr album) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleightman3d/albums/with/72157623876365541
How to Free-view Cross-eye / Back to Table of Contents
Jose Barbera & Family - Phereo albums - http://phereo.com/josebarbera
Tom Bentz Fractal Madness - http://www.webweview.com/tbg/stereo/fractals/fractals.html
Subbiah Rathinagiri - http://phereo.com/album/52c63a6fcb8577e40a000088
Fractals Tutorials / Back to Table of Contents
Holorealism 3D / Frank Pohlmann - https://www.facebook.com/holorealism/
Brian Wallace - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/albums/72157617658879932
Phantogram Tutorials / Back to Table of Contents
See Dan Shelley’s DDDesign.com links to various 3D hologram galleries, services, and informational pages - http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/linksft.htm
Jonathan Ross Holography Collection - Holograms, Stereoviews and Lenticulars - http://www.jrholocollection.com
KONDO’s Stereograms - http://www.kondo3d.com/stereo/#GALLERY
Stereogram Magic Eye Pictures - A Flickr Group with several contributors and 2800 images - https://www.flickr.com/groups/1383757@N21/
See Dan Shelley’s Stereogram links for more! - http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/linksd.htm
David W. Kesner - DDD (3D. Get it?) Photography - http://www.dddphotography.com/3DGalleries/index.htm / http://www.dddphotography.com/gallery/
Phereo.com - 3D Stereo Images and Photos - http://phereo.com
Detroit International Stereo Exhibition Results (Formerly called The Detroit Salon) 2001 to Present and Stereoscopic Society of America (SSA) Exhibition Results 2009 to Present - http://detroit3d.org/Exhibition_Results.htm
Susan Pinksky & David Starkman - A gold mine of multiple galleries full of wonderful images and information! - https://www.flickr.com/photos/35865984@N00/albums
Tim Farrell (YTF on Flickr) - [ Some of the most extraordinary stereo photography I have ever seen! ] - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ytf/albums
Tom Bentz Stereography - http://www.webweview.com/tbg/stereo/index1.html
Luis Esparza - RTMC - Riverside Telescope Making Conference - https://www.facebook.com/RTMCFanPage/photos
James E. Tozour Family’s Fluorescent Minerals and Rocks - http://tozourfluorescentrocks.net/index.html
Wim Hoppenbrauwers (of Holland) - An incredibly huge collection of amazing 3D photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoppenbrouwers/albums/with/72157629608927502
The Stereoscopic Society (United Kingdom) - Flickr Group showcasing the 3D images submitted by members of The Stereoscopic Society, a group founded in 1893 - https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoscopicsociety/
Silver Man's fabulous gallery of images from Burning Man, 1996 to present. Can be viewed in almost any format/method. - http://www.3dculture.com/bm3d/
Brian Wallace - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/albums
Ramon Dorfler (Munich, Germany) - Stereoimage.de (Click the British flag in the upper-right for English language) - Massive collection of galleries full of stunning 3D images from all around the world) - http://en.stereoimage.de/3d-photogalleries.html
The 3-D Film Archive (Founded by Bob Furmanek) - Restores classic 3D films as well as images, including 3D comic books - http://www.3dfilmarchive.com / https://www.facebook.com/3DFilmArchiveLLC/?hc_location=ufi
John Clement (clementj1 on YouTube) has restored over 50 vintage View-Master reel images and made them into YouTube videos you can watch in 3D on your 3D TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKFS9omXNv6dCzhnsbxSBA
Restorations (by Ted Whitten) of the Cheap Trick 1980 GAF View-Master set, as well as View-Master demo reel DR-37 - http://phereo.com/album/57ea95b5888428064b000005 / https://www.flickr.com/photos/134432493@N03/albums / http://phereo.com/album/57e9b4878884288b15000007
Restorations (By Adam Durrance and John Barrett) of 36 complete View-Master sets are posted on the ‘StereoView’ Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/115304388626948/photos/?filter=albums
Restorations (by Russ Jones) of the ‘Prehistoric Animals’’ View-Master reel showing images from the Willis O'Brian and Ray Harryhausen feature film "The Animal Kingdom" - https://www.facebook.com/pg/3D-Anaglyph-Conversions-287048361443695/photos/?tab=album&album_id=597110157104179
Restoration Tutorials / Back to Table of Contents
I’ve been working on compiling a YouTube playlist off all the best true (stereoscopic 3D) VR videos, both 180 and 360. The name of the playlist is “3D VR Favorites 360 & 180 Stereoscopic”. If you have a PSVR, Oculus, Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, or any VR headset with YouTube access, add this playlist to your YouTube “library”, and let me know if you find any great videos to add. But please, no flat 2D 360 videos, which are too often called “VR” when they’re really not true VR. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuetrp1QqJdZOy27AkwT0gy5e_wOARCsl
I do have a separate playlist for 360 videos which are NOT 3D … https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuetrp1QqJdbx8kxklKV5VZJ0vtCS-y0E
3D content on YouTube can be enjoyed on your 3D TV, as long as you have a device to run the YouTube app, like Roku, PS3, PS4, or perhaps even your TV itself. Just find the video you want, turn on 3D Mode on your TV, and make sure the correct format is set (usually Side-by-Side Left / Right, but there will be the occasional exception to the rule).
New York Stereoscopic Association (Many great 3D videos, including the phenomenal short films of Claudia Kunin “The Spectre of a Memory” and “Scenes from a Childhood”) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEkz_tk6TL3-U0Y1MfmPNvQ
John Clement (clementj1 on YouTube) has restored a huge number of vintage View-Master reel images and made them into YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKFS9omXNv6dCzhnsbxSBA
People 3D - A video of 2D-3D conversions done by Jim Long - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIieZ_0et4&feature=youtu.be - Note: Jim’s YouTube channel has numerous 3D videos https://www.youtube.com/user/jim3dlong/videos
Pierre75o18 (Pierre Mieindre) - Excellent high quality 3D videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/Pierre75o18/videos
Roger Maddy - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZOpgQfqIKYP9tUE3lua4Q
Georg Klein - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPoQ72sCGr5WBZfeVM_tgVA
3-D Space - The 3D video gallery of The Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema and Education - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZwEGJnwnwnK_cy1lNWxww
Eric Kurland’s Indie 3-D channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/3diychannel/videos
Marja 3D - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZbPLVphPB1SJfyh-wX1YhA
3D Videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-svD7MlktQDAX1pAvelOg
Doug Betzold - https://www.youtube.com/user/DougBetzold/videos
TRU3D - Stereoscopic 3D TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_WwzNMgrMlgIbnWOCdec0g
IWatch3D - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4kb4HuHNpRVkHc22mSjGqw
S3D GamerZone - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMe2pXU35du4TaCJxFdA44w
3D - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSW0fsp5aUqorMJmBricMkA
Optimax030545 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZFz1duKoklMN3GBKqXhSg
Rupert Chappelle - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpMmL5R_0Q__PjuDoN6WbA
Maggie Simpson - The Longest Daycare (3D Short) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmW570wtbVw&feature=youtu.be
3D-Streaming.org - (As far as I can see, this is a web site that collects and organizes links to 3D YouTube videos, as well as various 3D images, posted by other people) - http://www.3dstreaming.org/3d-media/videos.html
3D Crave - 3D movies, series, music videos, trailers and slideshows - 3D Crave offers a combination of free and paid content - http://www.3dcrave.com / http://www.rokuguide.com/private-channels/3d-crave
3D Stereoscopic Amateur Videos - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/3dtv/conversations/topics/29055
The 3-D Film Archive (Founded by Bob Furmanek) - Restores classic 3D films as well as images, including 3D comic books - http://www.3dfilmarchive.com / https://www.facebook.com/3DFilmArchiveLLC/?hc_location=ufi
John Clement (clementj1 on YouTube) has restored a huge number of vintage View-Master reel images and made them into YouTube videos you can watch in 3D on your 3D TV - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKFS9omXNv6dCzhnsbxSBA
Ted Whitten
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ted.whitten/photos_albums
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/134432493@N03/albums
Phereo: http://phereo.com/TedWhitten
