“Number 2 in 3D” Anaglyph-a-GIF by @aforgrave
I was quite taken aback with the introductory video for the #Prisoner106 Week One: Assimilation Week. That getup of that Number 2 (@ds106Number2, on Twitter) was wearing and the odd behaviour Number 2 was displaying jumped right out of the screen and and gave me an immediate dose of that old #ds106 affliction of mine, GIF-eye-tis. Throw in a long absence from making 3D Anaglyphs (something I really got into last summer) and it was time to dust off the old 3D glasses and see if I could remember how I made things happen last year.
As it turns out, I started a series of Tutorials last summer for making Anaglyphs and Anaglyph-a-GIFs (I’m having to refer back to my terms from last summer — the badges are down a ways now in my sidebar) but it seems I only got as far as the 2nd tutorial of 5. Something called end-of-summer (or August, judging by the date of the last Tutorial) must have gotten in the way. Fortunately, a short bit of experimentation had me back in the saddle and crafting a 3D Anaglyph-a-GIF in no time. The result is up above!
- Part 1: Anaglyph Tutorial, Part 1 – Selecting the Image
- Part 2: Anaglyph Tutorial, Part 2 – Separating the Foreground and the Background
I’ve checked back and see that I was about to embark next on Part 3, which is the real key, the colour separation step.
- Next: Step 3: Colour Filtering (link to follow)
- Then: Step 4: Positioning the Layers to Simulate Depth (link to follow)
- Then: Step 5: Extending the Technique to make an Anaglyph-a-GIF (link to follow)
Since Tutorial posts link separately into the Assignment Bank, I will leave off here and pick up with Part 3 in a subsequent post. I’ve already got some static frames captured from Number 2 to explain the process. Onward with the Learning!
I think this one qualifies for multiple assignments, which is good, as I understand from Number 2 that the electricity to my bungalow in The Village gets shut off if I don’t earn enough Credit Units throughout the week.
I’m tagging it for the following:
Those tutorials are so detailed! A lot of effort and work. As a possible user – THANK YOU!
Another bar you have raised as far as creating tutorials…..no wonder you ran out of summer.
Of course, there’s always something that comes along to interrupt this flow or that. The remaining three parts, however, should go more quickly. It could be that I might get by with two.