Computer 3-D

[P3D Lincoln Kamm <3dstereo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to comment on this:

> One concern is the situation where you have software so powerful that will
> create computer 3d images that beat a good original 3d image with very
> little input/effort from the user!  Imagine having a little 3d button that
> will transform your 2d image to 3d with minimum fuss.  You can have 3d
> photography from 2d images.

The computer (assisted) image that I won a couple of contests with was a
conversion from a 2-D painting by Hugo award winning painter "Kelly Freas".
He gave me permission to do the conversion, and in that sense we
collaberated on it.  I am more than willing to share the awards with Kelly.
As far as there ever being a 3D button to make a 2D image 3D "with very
little input/effort from the user" is just about impossible.  It took me
over 30 hours to convert the Painting by Kelly, and I am sure that that is
more time then was spent putting together most of the other slides in the
competition even if you added up all of the other 400 slides to gether.  I
am not saying that because I spent so much time on it that I should win, I
just don't see how a computer could ever figure out depth information from a
single 2-D picture.  The proccess I use is an artistic series of methods
that I have spent almost 2 years developing using 4 different programs that
are available to the public but were not designed for stereo, and is not a
simle thing to do.  It definately needs LOTS of inormation from the user.

With any computer program, the more you put into it, the more you get out.

Lincoln Kamm
Maker of 3-D STUFF
http://www.concentric.net/~3dstereo


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