In Polly Cove, just outside of West Dover, Nova Scotia there is a granite boulder with a petroglyph carving of a pattern similar to a Celtic swirl. The carving is located near the top of the hill to the left of the old foundation.
I thought it would be interesting to make a 3D reconstruction of the petroglyph carving using image analysis software. The software works by comparing parallax (change in viewpoint) from a series of images and generates a series of 3D points. In order to use the Bundler SfM photogrammetry software I took a series of 10 photos of the double spiral pattern. To improve the accuracy of the experiment I used a slide bar to shift the camera by 1 centimeter for each photo.
There is a double spiral petroglyph on a granite boulder in Polly Cove.
The petroglyph is located near the top of the rock.
Autodesk Maya 2013 now includes a new 2D / 3D fractal system that can create fun and exciting fractal shapes like a mandelbox or mandelbulb right in your Maya viewport. The system works by using a Maya fluid effects "fluid container" to support rendering the fractal voxels with either a volume render or a hard surface render. You can also create fractal textures in the Hypershade.
Maya 2013 allows you to create complex fractal shapes using a fluid container.
This is a stereoscopic phantogram conversion of Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Vase With Twelve Sunflowers". It should be viewed with Red / Cyan anaglyph 3D glasses at a 45 degree angle.
This computer generated image was created in Autodesk Maya using a technique called camera projection. I started by creating 3D geometry that approximated the shape of each element in Vincent van Gogh's painting. Then each object in the painting was extracted using rotoscoping into separate 2D texture maps. The textures were then projection mapped onto the 3D geometry. A stereo camera rig was used in Maya to render the left and right image pairs. I processed the left and right images using Apple Shake, Adobe Photoshop and StereoPhotoMaker. I used SPM to colour correct the anaglyph image to reduce colour ghosting.
These are Stereoscopic 3D Phantogram images. They should be viewed with Red / Cyan Anaglyph 3D glasses. The images are designed to be viewed on a device like a tablet computer where the screen is set flat on a table and the viewer is looking down at the screen at a 45 degree angle. You can click to enlarge the images.
Chess Board
This is a stereoscopic phantogram image of a chess match. The chess board photos were captured using a 6cm stereo base with a Canon D60 DSLR Camera on a Jasper Engineering slide bar. I processed the image pairs in Adobe Photoshop and StereoPhotoMaker.
Canon D60 Camera
This is a stereoscopic phantogram image of a Canon D60 camera resting on a grassy lawn. The photos were captured using a Canon Powershot SD780IS camera on a Jasper Engineering slide bar. I processed the image pairs in Adobe Photoshop and StereoPhotoMaker.
Recently I got a message from Barry Rothstein on the Phantogram user group announcing an exciting contest for stereoscopic 3D photography enthusiasts.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: in the "First Annual Inter-Gallactic Phantogram Competition and Exhibit". Entry deadline is May 15, 2012. I'll shortly start announcing this on the 3-D sites, and I invite you to spread the news. I've lined up two out of three judges, stereographers Achim Bahr, and Terry Wilson. Categories will be: 1) Nature; 2) Live Subject; 3) Still Life; and 4) CGI. Images will be judged on iPads, and are to be submitted in RGB .JPG files. The iPad's native resolution is 1024x768 pixels, and images can be submitted either in vertical or horizontal orientation. Submitting images denotes a willingness to have them posted online, and to be exhibited in print or digital form. There will be prizes for winners, these will be announced soon, as hopefully I'll be able to line up a few sponsors.
Over the last weekend I got out my photography gear and started taking several new stereoscopic 3D Phantogram images to prepare for the contest. Red / Cyan 3D glasses are required to view the photos.
Carved Whalebone Scrimshaw Phantogram
Checkmate Ends the Game Phantogram
Chess Match Phantogram
This is a stereoscopic phantogram image of a PSION Series 5 PDA
This is a stereoscopic phantogram image of a strawberry dessert.
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