Method of manufacturing a 3D viewing disk
OwnerRichard Dubnowinventor
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Abstract
A transparency embodying left and right stereoscopic images of a selected scene, positioned to provide a 3D image of the selected scene when viewed using a 3D viewing device, is made by creating first and second image data files representing the left and right stereoscopic images respectively of the selected scene, employing the first and second image data files to create a stereo image data file representing the left and right stereoscopic images in predetermined relative positions, and employing the stereo image data file to create a transparency image incorporating the left and right stereoscopic images.
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A method of manufacturing a transparency embodying left and right stereoscopic images of a selected scene, positioned to provide a 3D image of said selected scene when viewed using a 3D viewing device, said method including:
- (a) creating first and second image data files representing said left and right stereoscopic images respectively of the selected scene,
- (b) employing the first and second image data files to create a stereo image data file representing said left and right stereoscopic images in predetermined relative positions,
- (c) employing the stereo image data file to create a transparency image incorporating the left and right stereoscopic images,
- wherein step (c) comprises employing the stereo image data file to create a photographic master film which embodies said transparency image,
- and the method further comprises:
- employing the photographic master film to create a duplicate film, and
- laminating the duplicate film to at least one transparent protective sheet to form a laminated structure,
- and wherein said predetermined relative positions are such that the transparency image provides a 3D image of said selected scene when the duplicate film is viewed using said 3D viewing device.
A method of manufacturing a 3D viewing disk for viewing in a stereoscopic viewer, comprising:
- (a) creating a first stereo image data file representing left and right stereoscopic images of a first selected scene in appropriate relative orientations and positions in a graphics plane to create a 3D image of the first selected scene,
- (b) creating a second stereo image data file representing left and right stereoscopic images of a second selected scene in appropriate relative orientations and positions in a graphics plane to create a 3D image of the second selected scene,
- (c) employing the first and second stereo image data files to create a multiple stereo image data file representing the 3D image of the first selected scene and the 3D image of the second selected scene in appropriate relative orientations and positions in a graphics plane for separately viewing the 3D images of the first and second selected scenes using the 3D viewing disk, and
- (d) employing the multiple stereo image data file to create a transparency image incorporating the 3D images of the first and second selected scenes,
- and wherein step (a) comprises acquiring left and right stereoscopic images of the first selected scene, converting the left and right stereoscopic images to first and second image data files respectively, running an image manipulation program which displays at least first, second and third active graphics planes in a common viewport, opening the first and second image data files in the image manipulation program in the first and second active graphics planes respectively, opening a template data file representing first and second windows in the third active graphics plane, manipulating the first image data file to position the image represented by the first image data file in the first window, and manipulating the second image data file to position the image represented by the second image data file in the second window.
A method of manufacturing a transparency embodying left and right stereoscopic images of a selected scene, positioned to provide a 3D image of said selected scene when viewed using a 3D viewing device, said method including:
- (a) creating first and second image data files representing said left and right stereoscopic images respectively of the selected scene,
- (b) employing the first and second image data files to create a stereo image data file representing said left and right stereoscopic images in predetermined relative positions, and
- (c) employing the stereo image data file to create a transparency image incorporating the left and right stereoscopic images,
- and wherein step (b) comprises:
- employing an image manipulation program to display images represented by the first and second image data files and a single image template defining left and right windows and reference indicia associated with the left and right windows respectively,
- employing the image manipulation program to position the images represented by the first and second image data files in the left and right windows respectively, and
- saving first and second modified image data files representing the left and right images with the respective reference indicia attached thereto.
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