Aug 162011
 

It has been suggested that my “Better Luck Next Time, Cartoon Man!” clip
demonstrates a perceived distortion of stereoscopic volume of the Cartoon Man’s
head between the two camera shots. The head itself is disproportionately “large”, of
course, but that is not the argument. The argument is that the change from the
medium closeup to the closeup creates two different amounts of roundness.
Both camera shots have a net deviation (NetD) of close to 3.3% (my “optimum”).
In this version, I have animated the floating window. My goal is to trick the
viewer into feeling like they are changing relative positions in z-space, which
theoretically might eliminate any perception of different amounts of character
volume.
Does it work?
If you want to compare this version to the other version, it is here:
http://rogermaddy.com/?p=916

Thanks,
Roger Maddy
Blog: http://rogermaddy.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogermaddy

Aug 152011
 

This 21 second 3D motion picture shows a big-headed cartoon man trying to take a
nap on his bed.
I used two camera shots (a medium closeup and a closeup) to help illustrate my
goal of maintaining a constant amount of stereoscopic net deviation (depth) of
close to 3.33% (1/30).
Both of the shots were captured straight down from above the big-headed cartoon
man’s bed.
My suggestion to the big-headed cartoon man is to try a thinner pillow or use no
pillow at all. Propping my head up too high on a pillow usually gives me a
neck-ache, and sleeping or napping is usually impossible. Also, laying on my side
seems to help.

Better luck next time, cartoon man! :)

Thanks,
Roger Maddy
Blog: http://rogermaddy.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogermaddy