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P3D Re: Anaglyphs: why red/blue and not red/green?
- From: Tony Alderson <aifxtony@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: P3D Re: Anaglyphs: why red/blue and not red/green?
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:49:37 -0600
(digest 3503):
>Why are most of the anaglyphs today
printed or displayed in red/blue and not in red/green like in former
times?<
Well, I have an opinion about this, based on my own experience and
predjudice. Not that I have any documentation.
I think red/blue has always been around; maybe Ray Zone can chip in.
But as I saw it, the thing that biased the market in favor of red/blue
(really, red/cyan) was the color anaglyph TV craze of the early 1980s.
When the fad faded, due to the inherent disappointments of NTSC
anaglyph, there was a huge stock of red/cyan glasses left over. (Many
were destroyed, and some fierce animosities against 3D born, but that's
another story.) Anyway, at the same time, largely thanks to the
aforementioned Zone, the 3D comic was reborn. For a long time, it was
economically impossible to use anything but the red/cyan "surplus." By
the time it was used up, there had been a preconception built that
continues today. And certainly, it is still driven by the appeal of
color anaglyph.
Of course, red/green anaglyph is still around, especially, it seems, in
Europe. Some of the best anaglyphs ever made have been done with
red/green, especially if you value extinction and stereo effect.
Tony Alderson
aifxtony@xxxxxxx
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