3D Photos and Videos - Take, Edit and Present 3D Photos and Videos

Subjects the text covers:

• A trip into the past: The world of stereo cameras, stereo cards and stereoscopes
• How to view a photo with 3D effect? All there is to know about parallel- and cross view, Google Cardboard, prism glasses, red-cyan-glasses, shutter glasses and 3D polarization
• How to take photos with 3D effect? Many hints for motive selection, picture composition, base distance, focal length and camera orientation
• Analog and hybrid 3D photography: How to take 3D pictures with an analog camera and how to edit them. Much useful knowledge about scanning, 3D photo editors and more
• Digital 3D photography with compact camera, twin-set, smartphone, RaspiCam and Action Cam
• Shooting techniques and image optimization: focus stacking, high-dynamic-range imaging (HDR), how to handle distortion and moving objects
• 3D panorama, 360° shots and virtual reality
• Presentation of 3D photos and videos with computer, Internet and beamer: all you need to know about FFmpeg, polarization filter applications, shutter techniques, VR-goggles, 3D picture galleries, YouTube in the 3D modus, etc.
• Image based 3D modeling: From 2D photo via 3D model to the 3D printed object

This book is for you if you plan to realize your own projects related to 3D photography. It will make you a pro by teaching the important skills needed to take, edit and present 3D photos and videos that will evoke the “Wow”-Effect.

If you aspire to realize your own project related to 3D photography this book will provide all relevant skills. You will master taking 3D photos and videos, edit and present these and the results will make the viewers say “Wow!”