System and method for dimensionalization processing of images in consideration of a pedetermined image projection format

A system for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images, the system comprising:

• a data storage device upon which is stored a computer-executable program which when executed by a processor in electronic communication with an image monitor controls the processor to
• generate and provide visual display control signals to the image monitor such that the image monitor generates visual displays that prompt a user of the system to provide user inputs pertaining to an original image of a motion picture sequence and a selected object within the original image,
• render, in response to the user inputs, a complementary image from the original image, the complementary image including a complementary object with at least a portion of the complementary object being repositioned horizontally within the complementary image as compared to a position of the selected object within the original image, and
• provide the original image in conjunction with the complementary image such that the original image and the complementary image make up a pair of images of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image.

A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an interactive video interface through which an operator can select objects within a copy of an original image and apply values generated by object rendering functions to the objects;
• rendering a complementary image identical to the original image except that portions of the objects are translated in position depending upon the object rendering function applied;
• employing the interactive video interface in conjunction with a viewing device for providing images to the left eye and the right eye of the operator to view the original image with one eye and the complementary image with the other eye in real time as one of the object rendering functions is applied to at least one of the objects within the complementary image;
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• recording the original image and the complementary image onto a storage medium such that the original image and the complementary image make up a pair of images of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image.

A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying objects within a series of images of a motion picture, the series of images being suitable for two-dimensional viewing of the motion picture;
• applying depth placement values over a selected plurality of pixels of the images that include the objects, with the depth placement values varying over the selected plurality of pixels for a succession of the images;
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• employing the series of images and the depth placement values to generate a complementary series of images, the series of images and the complementary series of images providing a series of three-dimensional images.