P3D Re: Anaglyph colors

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999
>From: "Piero Paravidino" <pieroprv@xxxxxx>
>To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sd-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>I'm experimenting in creating anaglyphs (in grey scale) with Paint Shop Pro
>and I'm having a problem with the colors of the resulting image: the problem
>is that, through the red lens, the blue color (in both video and prints)
>doesn't appear totally black, but just dark grey, so were there are blue
>spots on black background I can see some particulars of both the images from
>the pair. To eliminate this I have to cut the green channel from the
>anaglyph, but it turns to an ugly "magenta and white".
>Can it be a problem with the color of the lens? Is there a way to
>"calibrate" the computer colors on the lenses colors?
>Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
>Piero Paravidino
>pieroprv@xxxxxx
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Simple solution...

Don't *cut* the green channel... Copy the Blue channel to the Green channel
instead. They have to be the same.

Make sure the red channel is uniquely different and doesn't have a ghost of
the other view.

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
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