PVC Stereo
Wouldn’t it be nice to see figures online in 3D? One of HappySoda’s visitors, fanservice, emailed me about this and introduced me to being able to see 3D images without any paraphernalia like those funky glasses. Basically, if you look at the pair of images below while crossing your eyes they should fuse together into a 3D image (a detailed how-to).
I’ve only been able to fuse parts of certain pictures together and haven’t been able to see an entire image cleanly. Some of you might be able to get it though. It does take a little bit of practice to get it. I can get Jo’s gun and forearms to pop out clearly, but I can’t get full fusion with the whole image.
Obviously, a 3D view would benefit some figures more than others. I really wanted to do this with the Fasalina figure, if you catch my drift, though maybe a slightly different angle would be better for real purpose of the shot.
From what I gather the two images need to be different, but nearly identical. Not entirely sure if I’m doing it properly, so if any of you do, please let me know. I decided to try this with a white background to help isolate the figures, but does that make it harder to see? I’ll have to do more research into the actual process.
Not sure if I’ll make stereo pair shots in the future as part of the normal figure reviews, because if most people can’t get them to work it would probably be a big distraction. I might do a couple just randomly. There are a few figures never did a review for.
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Aya Kyunik
on January 8th, 2008
Ah~
It’s always interesting looking at these pics, but it does hurt my eyes after a while XD
I’m not so sure on how the two photos need to relate to make it look 3D, so I can’t really help there…
Bob
on January 8th, 2008
The idea is to take 2 photos from slightly different angles to simulate the different images you view from each eye (aka stereo effect). When viewing these images, the idea is to force the left eye to focus on the right photo, and the right eye on to the left photo. Because each photo is taken from a different angle, the image appears to be 3 dimensional
tsurai
on January 8th, 2008
Whoa whoa, that’s like the coolest thing.. *__* I can see them really well and detailed. My eyes hurts now but it was worth it. Great stuff!
super rats
on January 8th, 2008
I’m glad somebody is able to see it. I’ve tried even with pictures in the stereo image gallery and still can’t see a full picture, so I couldn’t really tell if I had moved the camera enough to make the effect here.
Figured
on January 8th, 2008
I am usually good at this sort of thing, and I saw 3 images, but I don’t think the middle one was 3D. My eyes hurt now, I’ll have to try again later.
AS
on January 8th, 2008
Lol, neat, didn’t know you could do this. It makes Fasalina’s “eyes” look so much better ;p.
ron~
on January 8th, 2008
can’t do it.., can’t get 3d image from those pictures
W1N9Zr0
on January 8th, 2008
There’s a way to do this without messing up your eyes
You have to get the exposure to match otherwise it’ll keep flashing light-dark. The effect’s also better if you take the two pictures further apart for more depth.
W1N9Zr0
on January 8th, 2008
Damn comment system ate my html, here’s the gif way of doing this I’m talking about http://W1N9Zr0.deltaanime.net/happysoda_stereo.gif (hopefully it won’t eat just the url this time)
suneo
on January 9th, 2008
hmm how do you know how much to turn the figure/move the camera? I’ve always wondered how people manipulate already taken photos to include a complementing image to make the stereo effect. I’ve had lots of practice with these kinds of images with those 3d eye things plus similarly done photos, so these are pretty cool
When I start taking pictures of figures I wanna try this out too hehe
Danny Choo
on January 9th, 2008
I cross my eyes until the images merge and it looks great. Eyes hurt after though ^^;
double
on January 9th, 2008
I tried… but I failed >_<
super rats
on January 9th, 2008
Yeah, I kind of wish there was some way I could have taken everyone’s picture with their eyes crossed. :p
W1N9Zr0, I can sort of see the effect doing it that way. At least it doesn’t make my eyes go wacky. I might try it again with the gif method.
Nork22
on January 9th, 2008
My eyes! It hurts! As much as I like to pull this trick off, my bad eyesight would probably be made worse if I go this method. Still was a fun trick.
Almost A Hero
on January 10th, 2008
Yo, super rats.
Haven’t been online in a while, thought I’d check in. I was quite interested in seeing your take on figurine stereoscopy after you had commented on my post last year. Once again, your results are impressive. I quite like the last one, the 3D effect seems to have worked out really well for that one in particular.
Good job!
Almost A Hero
on January 10th, 2008
In regards to some of your questions:
Despite mentioning the “eye-jarring” background in my post originally, it actually does assist in 3D viewing. While you don’t necessarily want to make the background too busy, stereoscopy relies on creating the illusion of depth. By providing a background with simple shapes, you provide a reference point in the image to compare the figure to. With a single-colour background, you get infinite depth, which can make it harder to create that illusion.
The images do need to be near-identical, but the amount of distance you shift to the left/right will vary; this is particularly evident in macro photography. When shooting larger subjects, using two cameras wired together will always give you the same effect, but with figurines you only need a miniscule shift in the angle to create the effect. I found that depending on the shot I wanted with Reina, I needed to shift my tripod a different amount each time to get the best effect.
Hope this helps.
super rats
on January 11th, 2008
Thanks for the tips.
radiant
on January 12th, 2008
If you use the Metal Gear Acid 2 glasses, it should work.
super rats
on January 12th, 2008
My video game backlog is soooooo huge right now. I’ve still got games I bought a year ago in shrink wrap.
Windbell
on January 12th, 2008
Crap! I threw my Metal Gear Acid 2 Glasses! Should have kept them as they would come in handy for this!
Anyway, Great effect there. Used to do alot of eye-crossing as a young lad so it didn’t really hurt ^^;
Will try this out for the next figure photoshoot I do.
tj han
on January 13th, 2008
I have serious lazy eye so I never see things in 3D that much anyway.
lu-k
on January 15th, 2008
I tried… it hurts… I failed… T_T
fanservice
on January 16th, 2008
Nice work for a first effort. Hope to see more!(I like Jo the best, but then that’s just me.)
Almost A Hero’s right about how a background assists with the depth perception. Nearly as much as the L-R spacing between each shot does.
Told ya I’d be shooting 3D pix of my Vespa ridin’ figure.. just posted to flickr (profile name’s pxlcom for those interested). The background setup should help.
WARNING! Cross-eyed views.. {>_<}
jon
on January 16th, 2008
those shots are great! i also have the stereo love, and make sure my characters can be seen in glorious 3d.
please help carry the stereo torch and continue to publish your figure reviews in stereo. if you want my flash stereo widget, just ask.
coeli
on January 17th, 2008
That was really cool but then I figured that I shouldn’t be crossing my eyes while I’m at the office @_@
super rats
on January 18th, 2008
I know. I was trying it a couple of days ago at work and then a client calls and I needed a second to get my eyes working normal again.
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