Stereograms

[lkroll]

Just found this free gem and have already shared it on the other forums that I frequent. Thought it would fit better here (but came close to posting it on the software thread). These guys also make some cool programs like the best mosaic program I've seen (not free though; just judging on the results from their website).

http://www.aolej.com/free.html#StereoCreator

ref img (that I generated): http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3...noshellsq0.jpg

[lkroll]

Well, I guess I will embed (compression noise and all) an embedded version here. Here's the target that I faked a depthmap for.

[lkroll]

Still no comments, but I wanted to share this one with you all since I've found the best method ever in creating one of these. This time I used a GIMP Magic Eye plugin to create this one. Even better then any other plugin that I've tried to date.

[Mining Art]

I can see the first, but can not tell what it is. The second example is a trike. I downloaded some mesh and texture just the other day.

[Chain]

Personally I'm no huge fan of the "magic-eye" stereograms like this. They are only good for annoying people who can't see them

If what you really want is the best 3D effect and full color without 3D equipment I suggest making (cross-eyed) stereo pairs of images. THE BEST free program out there to do this is http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/ (remember that aligning the images is key). It's fun to take two photos and then turn them into a stereo ("3D") image

Here's some I shot myself when learning this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1117660...7601319639528/

And here's one rendered with 3D software: http://chain.deviantart.com/art/Remo...ogram-58613684