Image selection for various media

[P3D Adam L. Beckerman <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. T says:
>Note that what works well for the web does not necessarily work well for
>other presentation media.
[snip]
>As a result, stereo photographers that work in different media often pick
>different pictures to present, based on how effective each picture is for
>the given medium.   As Adam continues to build up his stereo collection, I
>am sure he will do the same.

You are absolutely correct.  I don't have a large pool to choose from for these 
images, so you are seeing the pick of the print litter.  As is obvious, some 
of these aren't that great on the web.  Maybe I'll experiment and take a not-so-
good print pair and scan them and see what they look like on the web.  This 
fact is very unfortunate as I'm sure we'd all like to share our best images using 
whatever media we prefer or choose (be it slide/print viewer, projector, the web, 
or other) without losing any of the stereo effect or image quality.  How can we 
even begin to create consistency across this variety of media?  I think that if 
both a standard and the technology were there, this would be simple.  However, 
this seems extremely difficult due to the variety of mounts, the variety of 
mounting techniques and results, the variety of scanning equipment and settings, 
the variety of web browers, resolutions, # of colors displayed, viewers, and the list 
goes on and on....  I guess sharing images over any medium desired without 
loss of quality or stereo effect would only be possible in a Stereotopia.

And I really shouldn't have to experiment like this to the point that when I see a 
print pair that only looks ok, I can also immediately recognize that it would look 
great on the web or in projection.  It should all be the same so that the stereo 
effect achieved (on whatever medium) relies solely on the photographic aspects 
of the pair, not the enhancements or limitations of the chosen medium.

FWIW,

Adam (another stereo dreamer)


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