Two Thumbs Up in Downtown Los Angeles

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Nov 022012
 
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Two thumbs up for the Silver Streak, a Foothill Transit bus option for getting to downtown Los Angeles from out here in east LA County. Basically, I have no complaints, and the fare is right, at less than 5 bucks for a round-trip.
I marked my 3D Bloggie mirror with a piece of tape that shows where the top of my head needs to be when doing talking head vlogs, and that seems to work:
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My Adobe Premiere stereoscopic template was a slam dunk with 14 cuts, but I kept it simple with a global setting on the parallax and the floating window. If it ain’t broke, why fix it?

Watch this video in 2D or stereoscopic 3D by clicking on the “3D” button under the video and selecting your options, e.g., “Turn off 3D”.
Detailed instructions and help via YouTube: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=1680728&topic=1683835

Interlace Mask in Premiere or After Effects

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Oct 312012
 
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Here’s the interlace mask at work in Premiere. You can see it in 3D, because I have polarized filters taped over my 3D Bloggie lenses… although I didn’t have the camera lined up properly with the 3D TV, so you can see some ghosting. I’ll work that out on the next one. :)
You can easily create an interlace mask in a program like StereoPhoto Maker by importing a black frame and a white frame, then exporting it as an interlaced file. Export as BMP (or whatever else works) to retain the interlace lines. Get it to work in Premiere (or After Effects) by using the Set Matte effect or filter.

Watch this video in 2D or stereoscopic 3D by clicking on the “3D” button under the video and selecting your options, e.g., “Turn off 3D”.
Detailed instructions and help via YouTube: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=1680728&topic=1683835

Bigger Is Better

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Oct 192012
 
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Hopefully, the boys and the girls will like my pale gray-royal blue, ghost-free border in this one.

Now, I’m putting my 3D Bloggie camera on a bigger, heavier tripod, placing it on a cookie sheet, then sliding it across a soft piece of cloth.
More weight should make a smoother dolly or pan motion.
A perfectly cubic 2.8% to 3.8% stereoscopic net deviation was used throughout the slides.
I used .5% positive parallax, so I can watch it on a 40 foot wide screen and never have to diverge my eyes.

Good Vibrations?

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Oct 182012
 
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Here’s my 3D Bloggie camera doing some dolly-slides on a cookie sheet via a small tripod. Do I need to practice my slide, or am I going to need wheels?
A perfectly cubic 2.8% to 3.8% stereoscopic net deviation was used throughout the slides.
I used .5% positive parallax, so I can watch it on a 40 foot wide screen and not have to diverge my eyes.
A slightly-keystoned, ghost-free border that the chicks really dig was also added.

You Are Grounded!

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Oct 172012
 
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If you want that perfectly cubic stereoscopic 3D illusion (and you know you do), then the ground (or floor) is your best friend. The closest point on the ground becomes the designated near point.
The Bloggie 3D camera, however, with its less-than-one-inch separation between left and right lenses, has to get so close to the ground in this case, that it’s a strange-looking perspective, unless you are filming shoes or cats or something. :) If you have a 3D rig with a wider stereo base, then you can get much higher up off the ground into a more-normal position.
This clip is uncut, and the edges of the door jam violate the stereoscopic formula in a couple of places (I was shooting out the door. :) .
I am still trying to figure out how to get a smooth pan without getting involved in a science project, i.e., by making a dolly or something. I put the camera on a Gorillapod, which has magnetic feet, attached that to a metal cookie sheet, then slid it across a piece of cloth.
Some of the sounds you are hearing are air-conditioners, since it’s 97 degrees outside (on the 17th of October).
I’m using .5% positive parallax, again, so I can watch it on a 40 foot wide screen and not have to diverge my eyes.
Also, I used my ghost-free, keystoned border, because the chicks really dig it. ;/

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