Re: reports on 3D Photomaster?

[P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following got diverted off (I'm working on the archives right
now rather than the mailing list software).

--BW

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|To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|From: P3D WalterOsadciw <osadcil9@xxxxxxx>
|Subject: Re: reports on 3D Photomaster?
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|Walter O's first report on 3D Photomaster...
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|Installation of Presto and EZPhoto was simple enough.  The VGA driver
|provided did not install at all.  The error message said it could not
|identify my VGA card (or monitor?).  However, I was able to drive my
|existing VGA driver into the interlaced mode by setting the resolution
|higher than 800x600 while still keeping it in high color mode.  I believe
|this may depend on the amount of VGA RAM your card has.  So, after poking
|around without reading any help files or manual (because ha! there wasn't
|any!)  I was able to view the sample pictures on the CD.  Looked ok
|(noticeable flicker) although I don't have any experience with any other
|shutter glasses system to compare with.  The sample pictures from the CD
|were interesting but violated the stereo window much more than I would
|expect from 3D professionals :)
|
|After clunking through the layer/inteleave/nudge-nudge/etc. process, I was
|able to create my own 3-d image.  The result is not that good but I blame my
|source data for that.   The only stereo pair that I had to work with was
|from a couple of single-use cameras taped together which were scanned in at
|low resolution and converted to jpeg with too much compression.  If you're
|inclined to peek, its at http://idt.net/~osadcil9/3-d.html
|
|I've already placed an order for a scanner so I can start using some better
|stereo pairs to continue my evaluation.  My own plan is to do a comparison
|to the *other* stereo product, 3D Photo Factory from SOFTreat.  I will post
|results on my web page that show the resulting image using the same source
|stereo pairs along with how much time (including cropping, window
|adjustment, etc) it took to make each.  Stay tuned for my second report...
|
|Walter
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