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Depth Maps

Started Dec 26, 2020 | Questions
Tseelu New Member • Posts: 1
Depth Maps

Hello I am new to this forum and new to 3D Lenticular images. I have a depth map that I have been working on. I have had my image printed as a 3D image using 40 LPI 3d lens. It came out nice but there were some areas that were not in focus. That was frustrating because I had spent a good amount of time on those areas within my depth map...and they turned out "soft". I am using Photoshop for editing my depth map and when I take a sample of the brightness from the brightest point/nearest point in my depth map (the tip of the nose...it's a portrait btw) I get a brightness reading of 83. The brightness level at the back of my subjects shoulder is 49. This (I believe) is too far of a spread of brightness (34 points) for everything in between to be in focus. Because I am paying for these prints, I wished to know how I can know ahead of time what within my image will be in focus based on some (hopefully) easy to understand criteria that takes into account the Lens (again in my case 40 LPI etc.) that I wish to use. This way, I could minimize the surprises of what is not in focus when finally printed. Thank you for any insight you can give to me.

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3D Gunner Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: Depth Maps

There is nothing to be made to avoid some compromises.
- Many images are needed for a wider viewing angle without "jumps" (at least 8, preferably 16).
- Maximum clarity and resolution are obtained in a predefined plane, even if the images from which the montage is obtained are clear in all planes.
- The deeper the 3D effect, the more blurred becomes the parts which are more and more distant from the plane with maximum clarity.

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