[photo-3d] Re: Spicer corners

["John Goodman" <jgood@xxxxxxxx>]

Dr Dave wrote:

> Simply scan a larger area to include some of the mount and
> then "doctor" it in an image editing program.  ...it will
> take some additional editing before the final product is
> available. However, if you use a program that allows macros,
> you can always write one to do this. 

This I what I've been doing, except for the macros. My 
Photoshop chops are fairly basic, so this kind of work isn't yet 
routine. But it's fun adjusting the position of the layer with a 
rounded corner mask, at 50% opacity, above the scanned 
image layer. Zoomed in, I can see where the mask edges are in 
relation to the inner edges of the chips and make sure the 
"fuzz" is clipped away. The final sharp-edged result has little 
black corners with the inner radii, which works nicely for 
Depthcharged viewing. If you like stereo views with rounded 
corners...  :-)  Now I have to make custom Photoshop masks 
for all the different Spicer mounts I'm using.  :-)

As an aside, rounded corner mounts seem ideally suited to 
Revere and Wollensak cameras (and others?) that have the 
inner corners of the chip frames chamfered. These little 
unexposed triangles make it easy to locate the dividing line 
between chips when cutting them apart, but can intrude when 
using mounts with square inner corners.

John Goodman