Re: [photo-3d] Stereo image web presentation

[Paul Talbot <list_post@xxxxxxxxx>]

"David W. Kesner" wrote:

> So just how wide do you think is good?

For parallel viewing, it is probably a good idea to keep
them at a size that permits the use of common viewing aids
(like a lorgnette).  Admittedly that gets tricky with all
the different screen resolutions/monitor sizes.  I would
probably target 800x600 on a 15" monitor as the platform,
and keep the image Holmes (or cabinet) format compatible
on that setup; I don't know how many pixels that works out
to be.

At 800x600, my browser's scroll bar appears to be 16 pixels
wide.  But I haven't done a test to confirm there is no other
"overhead" in the browser window width.  (When viweing your
triplet on yahoogroups there appears to be some white space
to the left of the image.)  You could experiment with image
widths in the 740-760 pixel range (up to 784 if you want to
squeeze every last image pixel you can onto the screen, and
want to test a handful of browsers for compatibility).  Don't
forget to leave space for the user to move the mouse pointer
out of the way so it isn't floating above or below the 3D
image!

Including .jps and/or stereoscope format, as Gary Nored does
at his http://www.3dgary.com site can really add a lot of
flexibility for all the visitors who use various different
equipment or software.  I'm not up on all the details, but
I think the consensus is that stereoscope gets the nod over
jps.  But I'm sure others can give you better info than I
can (and there should be some good advice in the arcives).

Paul Talbot