A couple of weeks ago, The Straits Times published an issue with 3D images complete with 3D glasses. That got me interested in this project. I did a bit more research on the web and found a couple of visual artists who started shooting 3D portraits and published a book. All that was needed was a rig they constructed to mount 2 cameras at a distance equal to the human eyes. The software used was just Aperture and a compositing software called Nuke.

In theory it didn’t sound too complicated, just having the cameras’ shutter synced. But if the subject is still life, perhaps syncing is not the main problem. I’m not sure if the flashed were gelled to get the red/green effect or just using photoshop filters to do it. Or Nuke just does that for you. I gotta try this. Anyone interested to join me?

Here’s the link to their project called Stereo Portrait Project.

One Response to “SHOOTING 3D IMAGES”

1. huang says:

   17/06/2010 at 12:09 pm

   This can be done old school. Same camera set-up, but for viewing just place images side by side and cross eyes.