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Cross eyed to parallel

Started Apr 21, 2016 | Discussions thread
Joseph S Wisniewski Forum Pro • Posts: 35,462
Cross eyed dates back to the old JPS standard

Athegn wrote:

Thank you.

I wonder why cross eyed is the preferred option for publishing?

Like Turbguy pointed out, cross-eyed is the standard for "zero cost" viewing. That had something to do with why it was chosen for the JPS (side by side JPEG) and PNS (side  by side PNG, not to be confused with the PMS standard, which you really want to avoid).

The purpose of having "a standard" is so a lot of programs can process it. As long as the standard is easy to read (side by side JPEG qualifies), it serves as a useful input to a "conversion chain" that may output anaglyphs, left-right, crosseye, horizontal or vertical interleaves, or even top-bottom or two  separate monitors with one flipped for certain mirror viewers.

Problem is, they build a standard and nobody came. More on this in a reply to the main post...

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