Re: Report on 3D Photomaster

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 
>From: P3D  H a r o l d B a i z e writes:
>
>............. I discovered that I can use the 3D Photomaster and =
>my=20
>VR Surfer glasses at the same time, and that the 3D Photomaster glasses=20
>will work with DepthCharge when it displays interlaced images.=20
>
>The glasses are lighter, more comfortable, and better suited to eyeglass =
>wearing=20
>than the VR Surfer glasses. Could VRex come out with a new model?=20

****  It's unfortunate that the VR Surfer glasses are designed so poorly. It
doesn't take much to be better. Supposedly they have designed a better
style, but I haven't heard anything about them going into production yet.

>
>On the software front 3D Photomaster seems to be an add-on or plug-in =
>addition=20
>to an existing image manipulation package called Photo EZ. It does not =
>provide for =20
>anaglyphic, dual image stereo, or JPS formats, only interlaced. =
>Nonetheless it=20
>handles interlaced images well. It has the most intuitive interface for =
>adjusting the=20
>stereo window and correcting vertical alignment. Both 3D Photomaster and =
>
>the recently released 3D Stereo Image Factory from SOFTreat allow the=20
>user to see the interlaced image before saving it to the hard disk, but =
>the=20
>3D Photomaster (Photo EZ?) is better than the cross hair adjustment=20
>interface of Stereo Image Factory, and both are more advanced than=20
>VRex's MUX-IT.=20

******  Perhaps it's appropriate to note here that it's not *necessary* to
use the cross-hair adjustment tool in 3DSIF. The program was designed with
multiple function pathways. There are several adjustment routes available,
so you can use whichever you like best. I find it easiest to load images
into 3D Stereo Image Factory(tm) and go immediately into either interlaced
or page flipped or anaglyph display. Then I use the arrow keys to make
adjustments by looking at the images *without* LCS or anaglyph glasses. This
allows an easy intuitive correction to the vertical alignment before getting
my eyeballs twisted. Then I put glasses on to adjust the window and the
image is ready for saving.  I think that this method is far more direct than
using the cross-hairs method but others might prefer using crosshairs. I
like having options... :-)

Larry Berlin

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