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3D Lenticular Print from Stereo Image

Started Jan 28, 2020 | Discussions thread
SeanU
OP SeanU Senior Member • Posts: 2,210
Re: 3D Lenticular Print from Stereo Image

I have made a few prints so far and here are my initial impressions :

  • Bright Backgrounds make for lots of ghosting... avoid bright sky, clouds, etc
  • I'm not sure if it has to do with aligning the lens with the image, or just the way the lenses work, but the best auto-stereoscopic 3d effect always seems to come when viewing the final images from off angle... straight on viewing where I would prefer the effect, seems to not work.
  • One image I printed from the La Brea Tar Pits, of a skull in the mud has the best 3d effect overall... it is very monotone brown tone, and the depth of the image from front to back is probably just a few feet.
  • The photos that seem to work best seem to be when subject is in foreground, and background is a flat plane ( a wall etc). Busy images with objects with large 3d separation in the background (IE. people,trees etc) tend to show too much ghosting. 

It's been an interesting experiment, and I have a better handle on what type of images will work from the W3-3D so it will save time avoiding images that are too "Busy"

If I could easily create super accurate depth maps from a stereo pairs, I would try with other types of images... not really looking for a new camera rig or solution at this point.

Thanks to everyone that offered comments and input! - Sean

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