P3D Re: Mounting Stereo Prints

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 Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Bill Walton wrote: > ... the image being too close or too far from the
window...can be adjusted by moving the images apart or ...together.
 
 In a normal (surface mounted) stereo print how could this be?
...I can see how moving the prints closer together or farther apart will
 adjust the window if they are behind a mask (e.g., Q-Vu), but it
 doesn't seem to work for surface-mounted pairs.  What am I missing? >>

You have missed nothing!  Bill assumed relative cropping, which affects
window size rather than placement of stereo window distance.  As you have
surmised, shifting position of the two prints (without changing cropping)
only changes the chore of fusing, not the window.

When mounting without a Q-Vu, I do this:
1.  Crop first image's width at 3".
2.  Set it on top of second image, freeviewing while you adjust.
3.  Mark it.  Crop the inside edge of 2nd image. (Alternatively, just fasten
the prints overlapping.)  Check in viewer.
4.  Crop top, bottom and final outside edges.  (I sometimes leave the outside
edges un-cropped and find the peripheral 2d areas feel natural;
...sometimes).

When using a Q-Vu, cropping is automatic.  
1. Set one image into it's respective aperture.  Attach it to the MASK.
2. Set the other image (print overlapping behind first image) in it's
aperture while viewing it; adjust to your liking.
3. Fasten image to mask.  Check in viewer.
    --  Almost as easy as an RBT slide.  No?

This is not necessarily the "right way", it's just my way.  Your mileage may
vary.
Robert


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