Animated Floating Stereogram in Xara3D

[fencepost]

This is no ordinary animation, but a "floating stereogram animation" as a result of Gary Priester's inspiration. Thanks again, Gary http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Gary's got a few tutorials on XaraXone for creating them(can't find the link right now) I decided to take it one step further.

This one is created entirely in Xara3D. It's a great tool for these (either animated or stills)

Be prepared to be amazed (or made really nauseous! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/eek.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

Art

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rams/Float.gif

[Egg Bramhill]

Great stereogram Art. They can become very addictive (and really nauseous, as you say)
Egg

[fencepost]

Thanks, Egg. Now that I can make these, as well as the hidden image stereograms, I may never design anything else http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Just having WAY TOO much fun!

A

[simsmj]

Hi Art,
I like to play with stereograms too, now and again, though I tend to use crossed-over style, because it suits my eyes better. Yours works well on both styles of looking. I keep forgetting that Xara3D can be used for creating stereo pairs of its 3D objects.

I have put both crossed over and parallel looking versions of a stereopair of the armillary sphere that I have been working on recently, here (crossed-over) and here (parallel)



Mike

[fencepost]

Beautiful, Mike! What spacing do you use between your objects? Also, what angle of rotation?

Thanks, Art

[simsmj]

Art, all I do is paste an image from X3D to XaraX, then rotate the X3D object 2 or 3 degrees to the right horizontally, and then paste its image to the right of the first one in XaraX. This is the arrangement for viewing with crossed eyes, which is the method I can use very easily. For parallel viewing, I just swap the two images around.

As for separation, I've never really thought about it, it doesn't seem critical for x-eyes, at least for me, and I think for p-eyes the separation between equivalent points in the two images should probably not exceed the inter-pupillary distance between the eyes of the viewer, say, 6 or 7 cm, or 2.5in. The attached image is an animation I made earlier, and I applied the method above to make it a stereo 3d image. It is a composite of two stereo pairs for both types of viewing, the left hand pair is for parallel viewers, the right hand pair is for cross-eye viewers.

Mike


http://www.xaracen.pwp.blueyonder.co...0anim%20xp.gif

[Availor]

Mike! Youve just inspired me for an idea!!!! I recieved a job from a company to make them a logo... I'm going to animate it using your technique!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif