FINALLY! 3D

In the following 2 tutorials I will show you one of many ways we can make an image 3D. I want to mention how this thing started because it is important. Friend, Kevin Good, showed off some fun 3D footage he was playing with that was show it 3D and was interesting but I did not bite. Mark Vohwinkel and Ali Black began showing me the versions of experimentation they were playing with, still not biting. Then Mark asked me for some advice on how I would filter an image for use with the cyan/red 3D glasses. OK now the challenge, I nibble...that evening when poking around the "rabbit hole" I got sucked in. I admit it, thanks to these 3 I am down the hole and right now not even looking for a way out. Thanks for the journey.
As we explore new ways to make images more and more compelling we discover things like this that hope to get people to think outside the box and explore...think about where HDR started and where it is now. It had its 15 minutes of super fame and then started to find a place in the subtle ways we make images more and more interesting. Enjoy and Experiment.



Send me your experiments and questions: chrisalvanas@me.com
See more 3D images here: lightyearimnaging

3D - stereoscopy???

Image of a madman and a madwoman? Maybe. Mark and Allie stand responsible for my dive into the rabbit hole of 3D. I cannot and do not really want to come out right now. As a matter of fact with some of the CS5 previews I have seen, this may be a solid direction, who knows? At least for now it offers a number of very cool possibilities on what once was a 2D space. Where it stops - no one knows. I will be posting a video tutorial on the technique I am using for this effect. There are folks like Mark and Allie that are taking a more "traditional" approach in that they are experimenting with real stereoscopic photography. Me I just prefer to fake it - after all what is "real" anymore. (ha) More to come...
***by the way - all of this 3D stuff needs to be viewed with the magenta/green glasses.

You can see samples of my fakery here...3D

THE "D" IN 3D AND THE "D" IN HDR MEET

Thought I might share some 3D fun with those out there watching that have the magenta/green glasses. Try this link for all of the recent tries but here is one for you now...

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BEEN A WHILE - I KNOW BUT...

I know it has been a while since the last post but I will do my best to make it up to you with a cool new push to the world of 3D. Sounds odd I know but after some convincing it started to shoe some cool possibilities especially with the technique I have discovered. I will not only share this technique with you but will also provide a link to the newest 3D images I have been working on. Stay tuned for my next post and in the meantime you could get a pair of magent/grenn style 3D glasses, nothing fancy just the cardboard style will work. This way when I post the images and you are ready to embark and give the technique a try, you can see the results. After all if you cannot then what is the point.
Cheers

PHOTOSHOP FLIGHT CHECK

This image comes to us all from Jim Hooper, a great friend that gave me the idea to create a check list for those times when killing your computer seems like a good idea when running Photoshop. Here are some things that may keep you from killing your machine... it was created in hopes that it would be saved and kept as a quick reference for those times of need, that is why it is business card size. Enjoy.

Color Range_Masking.mov

Simpler ways to use select by color range that make use of a better preview.

INSIGHTS

I see no reason for recording the obvious.
Edward Weston

T-SHIRT WAR! BEHIND THE SCENES!

Thanks Again Jefe

T-SHIRT WAR!! (stop-motion music video)

Thanks Jefe...

HDR WORKSHOP - PENN CAMERA/CDIA

Info...

Next one on April 18th... register