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It's actually good for you, even if you don't read any of its words at all. Looking at the 3D stereogram images in this e-book is more than just fun and fascinating. The floating objects in my final images, often provide a clue to the hidden image.Īnd that in a nutshell is how Stereograms work.Your Kindle is now 3D! Well, at least it is capable of displaying 3D autostereograms, which look like they're popping out of the page at you.

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In the example above, the gold and silver spheres (which I created in a vector drawing software application) both appear to float above the hidden stair step image. Many of my Stereogram images have additional “floating objects” which when viewed with the Stereogram image appear to float on a separate plain above or sometimes beneath the hidden image. The longer you stare at the Stereogram, the more depth you will see between the steps. Images with a lot of texture, such as the one shown here, work better at hiding the image as the distortion to the panel caused by the software is less obvious.Īnd here is the actual Stereogram created using the repeating panels and depth map images shown above.

The second image used by the software is a repeating panel in which the image is repeated and spaced to produce the illusion of depth. The intermediate shades will stair step down either side. In this depth map, when hidden in the Stereogram, the white rectangle in the center will appear to come forward the most from the background. White comes out the most while black goes the farthest back.

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The first is called a “Depth Map” (shown above) and tells the software how to add depth to the image. The software used to create a Stereogram uses two images. The white circles are spaced closer together and so they appear to come forward more than the dark gray circles which appear to be farther apart. The spacing of the image portions, determine whether the image comes forward or backwards.

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Stereograms hide portions of the image in a series of panels. This is what happens when you look at a Stereogram. Eventually your eyes will pull the two images together and it will look like there are three circles and you will have a feeling of space.

If the above suggested methods fail, try this. As you slowly pull away from the screen, relax and let your eyes pick out the image and bring it into focus. Now pull back ever so slowly, again trying to focus on something behind the screen. Gradually, your eyes will focus on the image and your brain will pull it together.Īnother method is to put your nose almost on the image (don’t get too close or you might put a nose print on your screen). For example, if you are viewing these images on the screen, pretend you are focussing on something on the wall behind your monitor. This is not a contest! Try to look beyond the Stereogram and focus your eyes at a distance behind the image. The best advice for viewing Stereograms is RELAX. But sometimes the pressure to see the hidden image is too much and when the image does not immediately leap out at us, we panic and get performance anxiety and then no matter how hard we try, the image will not appear. Most of us can see the hidden image in a Stereogram unless we have a serious problem with our eyesight. This section is for you Stereogram-challenged persons. Many people have seen a Stereogram image but have never had much luck seeing the hidden image. An Independent Monthly Newsmagazine Serving the Community since 1989