RBT MASKING IDEAS TESTING 1,2,3

[P3D <JGoldenRRP@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry if this is apppearing again, but AOL....my email server was screwy
thelast few days....and I never saw this posted to Photo 3-D.  If you did not
see it FYI....if repeated....sorry for the inconvenience to your scanning
eyes...Jon Golden RBT USA

RBT MASKING IDEAS....
SOMETHING I JUST DISCOVERED, FIRST, SEE THE WRITEUP ABOUT CUSTOM MASKING IN
THE RBT NEWSLETTER YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED.  AT NSA THIS YEAR, I BOUGHT
A VARIETY OF THIN CARDBOARD MASKS FROM HARRY RICHARDS. FOUR SHAPES AVAILABLE
, BUT HE MAY HAVE MORE....A SMALL CIRCLE 17MM DIA. , A LARGER CIRCLE 25MM
DIA, AN ELIPSE 17MM HIGH X 29MM LONG, AND A TRAPEZOID 30MM HIGH X 28MM WIDE
AT BASE X 16MM TOP .  I FOUND THAT YOU CAN USE THESE SHAPED MASKS INSIDE AN
RBT MOUNT WITH NO TROUBLE AT ALL.  WITH SOME SIMPLE TRIMMING DOWN, THESE
MASKS CAN FIT BETWEEN THE SNAP MECHANISIMS OF THE RBT MOUNTS, TRIMMING ALSO
GIVES YOU OPTIONS OF WHERE TO TAB DOWN THE MASK SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE
THE CHIPS AROUND UNDERNEATH THE MASKS, GREAT WHEN FINE TUNING A COMPOSITION.

I HAD A CAT IMAGE SHOT CLOSE UP... ABOUT FOUR FEET AWAY, AIMING DOWN AT THE
CAT, ON THE FLOOR.  WHEN I MOUNTED IT IN A REALIST ULTRA CLOSE UP/ RBT-4
MOUNT, THE FLOOR IN THE BOTTOM FOREGROUND PREVENTED ME BRINGING THE CAT
"CLOSER",  OR "THROUGH" THE WINDOW.
I COULD ONLY PUSH THE CHIPS SO CLOSE TOGETHER BEFORE THE BOTTOM OF THE
PICTURE WAS DISTRACTING TO THE EYE, DOUBLE WINDOW EDGES APPPEARED LOWER LEFT
AND RIGHT.   
MASKING OPTIONS:
1) I COULD HAVE TAKEN A THIN ALUMINUM MASK....AND OLD OR NEW EMDE,
ALBION...OR REALIST....AND MASKED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE, RIGHT UP TO
THE POINT WHERE THE CAT TOUCHES THE RUG IN THE FOREGROUND...GETTING RID OF
THE CLOSE FORGROUND.
2)  BUT INSTEAD, I TRIED ONE OF HARRY'S SMALL ROUND CIRCLES....AND IT IS
ABOUT 17MM DIA....AND  GOT THE ENTIRE  LOWER FORGROUND OUT OF THE PICTURE,
AND AS IT TURNED OUT....SOME OF THE EXTREME BACKROUND THAT WAS NOT REALLY
IMPORTANT TO THE IMAGE...IN FACT THE CAT SEEMS IN THIS CASE TO BE POKING ITS
HEAD THROUGH A LITTLE ROUND HOLE....AN WOW....THAT CAT FLYS THROUGH THE
WINDOW!!!
IT WILL BE FUN TO PROJECT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

****JUST AS MENTIONED IN MY NEWSLETTER, WHEN USING WESS TABS (AVAILABLE FROM
REEL 3-D,, CAT # 8020).....YOU CAN LAY THE METAL MASK.....OR ONE OF HARRYS
CARDBOARD ONES, RIGHT OVER THE LEFT AND RIGHT IMAGES....AND IF YOU ARE
CLEVER....YOU CAN TRIM THE MASKS SO THAT WHEN YOU TAB THEM DOWN.....YOU CAN
ACTUALLY MOVE THE CHIPS BACK AND FORTH...OR LEFT AND RIGHT, UNDERNEATH THE
MASK, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO TWEAK THE IMAGE FOR THE
RIGHT HORIZONTAL SPACING. 
 
***ALSO, NO GLUES OR TAPE ARE TOUCHING YOUR VALUED FILM HERE.....I REALLY
DISCOURAGE PEOPE WHO I SEE USING SCOTCH TAPE, OR THESE TEMPORARY GLUE
STICKS..... I CAN IMAGINE THOSE ADHESIVES, WHICH ARE NOT MADE FOR
PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK....WILL DO A NUMBER ON AN IMAGE OVER TIME.... ESPECIALLY
WHEN OCCASIONALL COOKED UP IN THE HEAT OF A PROJECTOR.....OUCH!

ANOTHER TRICK I AM GOING TO TRY, IS ONE THAT STAN WHITE AND I DISCUSSED AT
ISU ATLANTA LAST YEAR.  AS IT TURNS OUT, ONE OF THE SHAPES OF THESE
MASKS...THE TRAPEZOID, WILL DO THE TRICK.  BY TAKING THE TRAPEZOID SHAPED
MASK....AND MOUNTING A SEQUENCE OF TWO SLIDES SUCH THAT EACH IMAGE IS MASKED
IN AN INVERTED FASHION....IN OTHER WORDS.....FLIP THE MASK UPSIDE DOWN FOR
ONE IMAGE....... THEN...IN A PROJECTION SITUATION....WHERE DISSOLVE IS
POSSIBLE, BY ALTERNATING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO  MASKED
SUBJECTS....AND BY MAKING SURE THE IMAGES ARE CAREFULLY MOUNTED (I AM NOT
GOING TO GET IN TO THIS RIGHT NOW, LET ME TRY SOME TESTS TO SEE WHAT WORKS
AND DOES NOT FIRST).....ONE CAN CREATE THE ILLUSION THAT THE WINDOW IS
"FANNING" BACK AND FORTH.....FROM TOP TO BOTTOM....OR LEFT TO RIGHT......OR
PERHAPS THE ILLUSION  COULD BE CREATED OF LOOKING LEFT TO RIGHT BY TAKING A
3-D COMPOSITION ON A TRIPOD....SAY OF STREET SCENE....THEN TAKE ANOTHER BUT
NOT UNTIL YOU ROTATE THE CAMERA ON THE TRIPOD JUST A FEW DEGREES....THEN WHEN
MOUNTED IN TO JUXTAPOSITIONED TRAPEZOID MASKS....AND DISSOLVED BACK AND FORTH
ON A SCREEN......YET ANOTHER NEAT 3-D ILLUSION CAN BE CREATED......HOW ABOUT
SHOOTING A 3-D FROM UP HIGH ON A  A LARGE DAM OR BRIDGE....THEN TILT THE
CAMERA DOWNWARD AND SHOOT WHAT IS BELOW....AND MOUNT THOSE TWO IN
SEQUENCE......HOLD ON TO YOUR VERTIGO!!!!
I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE POSSIBILITIES WITH THESE MASKS......LIKE
DOING A SEQUENCE WITH THE SMALL AND LARGE CIRCULAR MASKS......HOW ABOUT
SHOOTING AN OBJECT FROM LETS SAY 10 FEET AWAY....AND MASKING IT DOWN TO THE
SMALL CIRCLE....THEN SHOOT A SECOND PICTURE OF THE OBJECT....BUT MOVE FIVE
FEET CLOSER TO THE OBJECT.....AND MASK THAT TO THE LARGER
CIRCLE....BOOOM....YOU CAN CREATE THE ILLUSION OF 3-D MOTION.....MOVING
CLOSER AND FARTHER AWAY......WITH THE MASK CREATING AN ENHANCENENT TO THE
ILLUSION....GET OUT OF THE WAY....HERE COMES A TRAIN!!!

I AM NOT SURE IF HARRY RICHARDS IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THESE MASKS, BUT IN
ANY EVENT, YOU CAN CONTACT HIM AND GET PRICING AND INFO FROM HIM.

   Harry Richards / 3-D Images
  11506 N Languna Drive
  Mequon, WI  53092-3120 
  1-414-242-0649

  HAPPY MASKING AND MOUNTING....REGARD-S-S-S JON GOLDEN




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