Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1660

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >I'm a staunch believer in 2D/3D conversions. If I can *imagine* depth in 
> >a flat picture, then a human/computer collaboration could do the same.
> >Michael Kaplan  >Professor of Architecture
> 
> I am too!  I was skeptical until I saw a stunning image of Merilyn Monroe
> (sp?)  My first reaction to this classic image was "I did not know that
> this picture was shot in 3d".  Well, it was not! 
> 
Yes, but I guarantee you beyond all shadow of a doubt it was NOT created by
feeding a computer a flat image of Marilyn, clicking on a button saying "Make
3D" and returning a few minutes later to collect a perfectly three-dimensional
image. It was made by a human operator, who from his human experience can
recognize which pixels are Marilyn and which are not, and using the computer can
carefully alter the image in minute little ways to create the second-eye view.
The computer is the TOOL of the human operator. It cannot by itself
differentiate the pixels that form Marilyn's bosom from the ones that form her
waist, let alone decide how much further toward the viewer they should be
thrust.



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