Taking snaps After preparing the scene you can take the pictures. If you take a photo of a 'standard scene', you should shift the camera (between the first and second snap) for 3 inches - it's approximately the distance of human eyes. If you take picture of objects which are in longer distance from the camera, you can shift the camera more, in the case of very near object you have to use shorter distance.
There are two recommended ways of taking left and right pictures, but the first step is always the same: You choose one point in the scene (a tower far away, a tree nearby, your sister's eye). Then you can take the pictures in this way: The selected point is exactly in the center of the picture for the left and for the right picture. And the second way: On the second photograph you shift the point by the same distance you have shifted the camera. You can see it on the picture here. (First way is A, second is B). Don't forget that if the point is far away and you shifted the camera by 3 inches then the shift on the object far away won't be visible (we believe you can't recognize 3 inches on the tower 10 miles away). So you can direct the camera to the same point.
Tips and tricks
The easiest way to make a good 3D photo is this:
1) Select a good scene and then remember one point on the scene (a stone, a man, a tree) and try to get it to the vertical axis of the finder of the camera (look at the picture here). Good idea is to 'attach' it to a sign in the finder - for example to the cross in the center. Some cameras have special signs in the finder - the time, the distance etc. You can use one of them.
2) Straddle to be stable. Take a first picture.
3) Don't move your body - only the camera - by 2 - 3 inches.
4) Check the position of the selected point (the stone, the man, the tree) - it should be in the same height on the vertical axis. Take a second snap.
One more very useful tip how to shift the camera in the best way you can find in this article.
If you can, then set the camera in the way it focuses all the scene. Cheap automatic cameras do it usualy in this way. It's unsuitable to focus only the main object of the scene for 3D pictures.
Create a 3D photo
Transfer your photos to the computer and start the program 3DJournal (you can download it's free version from our pages ). It's easy to use. Just push the buttons at the right edge of the window of 3DJournal - the first button, the second button, the third button...
First button loads the left photo, second one loads the right photo. Third button makes 3D picture. You should see mixed the original snaps and some red and blue 'ghosts'. Look at it using 3D glasses. Isn't it OK? No problem. Let's make a few corrections.
Because of possible distortions by taking left and right photos by an usual camera without a tripod we've build software functions to the 3DJournal, which are able to correct most of the problems. You can use arrows to the up, down, left and right to shift one of the images, you can rotate it to get the best possible 3D picture. You can also make it black-and-white. And then... then save it to the disk.
Detailed informations about how to use the program 3DJournal you can find in this article .
Finished
And that's all. We recommend to try to do a few photos with the same scene and with different scenes. If you don't choose a complicated scene (very near objects, for example in distance shorter than 2 meters) and don't make a basic mistake (a big shift of the camera for example) you should be successful.
Reference : http://www.3djournal.com
There are two recommended ways of taking left and right pictures, but the first step is always the same: You choose one point in the scene (a tower far away, a tree nearby, your sister's eye). Then you can take the pictures in this way: The selected point is exactly in the center of the picture for the left and for the right picture. And the second way: On the second photograph you shift the point by the same distance you have shifted the camera. You can see it on the picture here. (First way is A, second is B). Don't forget that if the point is far away and you shifted the camera by 3 inches then the shift on the object far away won't be visible (we believe you can't recognize 3 inches on the tower 10 miles away). So you can direct the camera to the same point.
Tips and tricks
The easiest way to make a good 3D photo is this:
1) Select a good scene and then remember one point on the scene (a stone, a man, a tree) and try to get it to the vertical axis of the finder of the camera (look at the picture here). Good idea is to 'attach' it to a sign in the finder - for example to the cross in the center. Some cameras have special signs in the finder - the time, the distance etc. You can use one of them.
2) Straddle to be stable. Take a first picture.
3) Don't move your body - only the camera - by 2 - 3 inches.
4) Check the position of the selected point (the stone, the man, the tree) - it should be in the same height on the vertical axis. Take a second snap.
One more very useful tip how to shift the camera in the best way you can find in this article.
If you can, then set the camera in the way it focuses all the scene. Cheap automatic cameras do it usualy in this way. It's unsuitable to focus only the main object of the scene for 3D pictures.
Create a 3D photo
Transfer your photos to the computer and start the program 3DJournal (you can download it's free version from our pages ). It's easy to use. Just push the buttons at the right edge of the window of 3DJournal - the first button, the second button, the third button...
First button loads the left photo, second one loads the right photo. Third button makes 3D picture. You should see mixed the original snaps and some red and blue 'ghosts'. Look at it using 3D glasses. Isn't it OK? No problem. Let's make a few corrections.
Because of possible distortions by taking left and right photos by an usual camera without a tripod we've build software functions to the 3DJournal, which are able to correct most of the problems. You can use arrows to the up, down, left and right to shift one of the images, you can rotate it to get the best possible 3D picture. You can also make it black-and-white. And then... then save it to the disk.
Detailed informations about how to use the program 3DJournal you can find in this article .
Finished
And that's all. We recommend to try to do a few photos with the same scene and with different scenes. If you don't choose a complicated scene (very near objects, for example in distance shorter than 2 meters) and don't make a basic mistake (a big shift of the camera for example) you should be successful.
Reference : http://www.3djournal.com