http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: 3d - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:18:12 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/sony-hdr-td10-stereo-3d-camcorder-for-sale#post-73473 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:19:57 +0000 Matt 73473@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a 2 month old new open box sony hdr-td10 full hd, 3d camcorder for sale. I thought i would use it a bunch, but it turns out for me there is nothing interesting for me to film when it is freezing and snowing outside. There is 0 imperfections on the unit, the lens has never been touched. Opened and only used to test the 3d viewing on the lcd screen. Has all original accessories, box, manuals and software along with warranty cards (still under manufacturers 1 year warranty). I paid $1500 for the unit. If interested please make me an offer I live in Algonquin, IL. Zip Code 60102. I have a verified/confirmed paypal account to make the transaction with. Thanks.</p> <p><img alt="Unit Powered On" src="http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/442convt/Sony%20HDR-TD10/DSC00051.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></p> <p><img alt="Top" src="http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/442convt/Sony%20HDR-TD10/DSC00049.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></p> <p><img alt="Body" src="http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/442convt/Sony%20HDR-TD10/DSC00048.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></p> <p><img alt="Lens" src="http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i452/442convt/Sony%20HDR-TD10/DSC00053.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jackson-on-the-hobbit#post-72118 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:33:02 +0000 doublehamm 72118@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>48 Red Epics?  Pshhhh, I have over 190 collecting dust in my closet at home.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jackson-on-the-hobbit#post-72116 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:45:23 +0000 Charles Schultz 72116@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Wow, I can understand the camera envy going on. I wonder when they are finished if they would let us have a couple to play around with and keep? Cool video and very informative.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jackson-on-the-hobbit#post-72111 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:08:55 +0000 SargeHero 72111@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>How AWESOME!!. Those weren't cameras, they look more like some kind of mechanical monsters :-). Excellent behind the scenes, thanks for sharing Earl. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jackson-on-the-hobbit#post-72110 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:11:01 +0000 EarlC 72110@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>For all those curious about The Hobbit, using the RED cameras (LOTS of them) in a 3D production and green screen stuff, check out <a href="http://movies.msn.com/paralleluniverse/peter-jackson-reveals-elijah-wood-in-hobbit/story/feature/">this update from Peter Jackson</a>. I found it quite interesting and informative. Sure gets the jealousy thing going regarding equipment. Awesome link shared via MSN.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/latest-3d-video-summer-flowers-2011#post-71665 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:32:50 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 71665@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qBrn6LgQQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qBrn6LgQQ</a></p> <p>Here is my latest 3D video, sort of a musical montage with some effects provided by the latest version of Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD. I used an Easy3D camera (aka Rollei aka 3DinLife 820) that I got for $76 (US dollars) from Think Geek a couple of months ago. Questions and comments are welcome, I hope you enjoy the video :)</p> <p>Ryan</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/control-3ds-max-virtual-camera-with-iphone-ipad#post-71635 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:19:23 +0000 grinner 71635@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I'm having a hard time understanding how this could be beneficial.</p> <p>How/why would you use this?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/control-3ds-max-virtual-camera-with-iphone-ipad#post-71615 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:10:43 +0000 Krama 71615@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>An interesting <strong>iPhone / iPad app</strong> has been launched through iTunes<br /> App store. With iDevCam you can control the virtual camera inside 3ds<br /> Max! You can move, rotate and drive your virtual camera by simply move,<br /> rotate or drive your iPhone / iPad.</p> <p>No more need of a multi-dollar equipment to control your 3D virtual camera.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.krama.tv/idevcam-iphone-ipad-app-that-controls-the-3ds-max-camera/">Read more about iDevCam </a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68399 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:28:10 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 68399@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>@psuedosafari For some reason the 3D player didn't embed in the forum, so if you click on the video it will take you to YouTube where there will be a 3D button right below the video so you can choose which viewing method you want. I think the default for the 3D player is anaglyph (red/blue) I would say most people would want to view it with colored glasses or on a 3D monitor. So I guess the short answer to your question is no.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68395 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:21:29 +0000 pseudosafari 68395@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>3DMOVIEMAN thanks for the info.  Just so I'm clear, it's not meant to be viewed in that side by side mode, then, right?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68382 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:38:44 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 68382@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>@doublehamm Yes I often view side by side images cross eyed as well. It's a shame you're not putting that Panasonic 3D camera to use, there isn't nearly enough 3D content out there.</p> <p>@IanJamesSmith The half side by side images are displayed (by the YT3D player or 3DTV) as full width (16:9) after being processed by the player. Magix MEP17+HD can import, sync, align and combine two HD videos into a side by side 3D video suitable for upload to YouTube or display on a 3D television. I prefer the ease of using a pre made 3D camera but a two camera rig can yield very nice results. Your friend Arthur understood something few video makers do these days, it's not equipment, it's inspiration ;)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68380 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:52:35 +0000 Ian James Smith 68380@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I am assuming '3Dmovieman', that this uses the 'Magix' alternative system with two portrait-format side-by-side images being viewed. I have the software, and have pondered the implications of the 'blurb'. In fact, I have located two identical camcorders for sale locally and am preparing to make an 'offer-they-can't refuse', bearing in mind that the original 'retails' were at least fifty-percent higher than the international market would have thought acceptable. (A common problem in New Zealand). I have made my own costing, based upon a realistic appraisal of what the camcorders would be worth to me, which with no 'returns' (they are sale-price items but unpacked and unused), and other considerations, is one third of the original retail, bought as a 'pair'. </p> <p> I understand that the system you are using, is that least likely to stuff-up camcorder definition. I don't like the anaglyphic principle, and as for red/blue glasses, forget it. It's the aspect-ratio which is the problem with these side-by-side images. I first considered 'Stereo-3D' in the 1970's. Couldn't afford a second 'Bolex' Reflex in 16mm, (especially when I could barely afford to 'feed' the one I already used), but I did succeed in making the 'glasses', with two polarising lenses from sheet material, one eye using vertically oriented polarisation, the other eye 'horizontal'. Then the scheme became side-tracked and the glasses were finally used at the odd party, placed over the blinkers of someone who had, perhaps, had 'one-too-many', whereby they could be persuaded into thinking they really were 'seeing-things'. A friend of mine won international awards, including one at Cannes, for features consisting of frame-by-frame recording of the growth of various crystals under polarised light. They were shot with the only cine-camera I think, he ever owned, a little French 'Pathe' 8mm purchased just after WW2; a brand which no one else would 'touch' apparently. In Arthur's hands, it produced sheer 'magic'. So much for 'conventional wisdom'.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68378 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:02:49 +0000 doublehamm 68378@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You can also view a smaller window of it playing from a bit of a distance and cross your eyes ;)  I have a panasonic 3D camera, don't use the 3D as much as I thought I would though. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68377 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:38:48 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 68377@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The side by side images are different views from the two lenses of a 3d camera, if you look closely you'll notice each of the images is slightly different. What YouTube does is combine the 2 images into 1 stereoscopic picture via their 3d player. The YT3D player outputs the picture in various 3d formats such as anaglyph (red/blue) or line polarized (for 3D polarized monitors that use REALD glasses). When you initially upload to YouTube their encoder takes a still image for the video which is going to be of the side by side images before they are processed by the player. If anything isn't clear let me know ;)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68375 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:40:39 +0000 pseudosafari 68375@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>can someone explain to me what the side by side images are?  i don't see how that's 3D.  when i click on the video, it takes me to Youtube where it's the traditional 3D that requires glasses.  I watched that, and I liked it.  but ocassionally I see these side by side images claiming to be 3D and I don't understand that.  how am i supposed to watch those?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68332 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:08:48 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 68332@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I actually took great care to make sure all the images were properly aligned together and so far the response to the 3D has been very positive. There is however a small percentage of the population that just can't see 3D (I think the term is stereo blind) Thanks for watching though, I'm sorry the 3D didn't work for you. For anyone else who doesn't have 3D glasses or can't see 3D images you can press the 3D button below the video and click the option to turn the 3D off, then you can still enjoy the video in regular 2D.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68331 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:46:06 +0000 Moab Man 68331@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>This is the first time I have looked at one of these "3D" videos. I can say I do not like it. Makes my head and eyes hurt. Some of the images lend themselves very well to the 3D effect. Others are more 2D and the switching of my eyes between what appears 2D to what appears 3D does not feel good.</p> <p> </p> <p>Neat to see but I will not be watching any more of these.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3d-video-japanese-garden#post-68323 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:00:11 +0000 3DMOVIEMAN 68323@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Here is the latest stereoscopic 3D video I put up on YouTube. It's a montage of some still I took @ the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden in Springfield Missouri USA. The camera was a Sony 3D Bloggie and the video was edited with Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus HD. Questions &amp; comments are welcome (you will probably get a faster response if you ask on YouTube) Have fun watching ;)</p> <p>Ryan</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG_GE3iENUo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG_GE3iENUo</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67960 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:51:38 +0000 Ian James Smith 67960@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The name of the 'young-lady' has come back to me, Rachel Wilson. The film was called 'The 108-year-old Chief', with reference to a Vanuatu chief 'Johnston Kowia', who was fighting to preserve the traditions and culture of his tribe in the face of 'progress', (yes, the usual kind, busloads of 'loopies', cameras intrusively thrust into faces, and the inevitable corruption of traditional values).</p> <p>The production was assisted by equipment/software developed by 'Taylormade Productions' in Dunedin, which may strike a 'vibe' with some, as the organisation to the forefront in animating America's Cup Yachting, international golf, and other sports, to make them more comprehensible for general TV presentation. Rachel's video, has only been seen in limited release, so-far, and I have not seen it myself, but I intend to.</p> <p> Interesting, possibly, are the 'rules' of presentation which are still being evolved. I understand that the queaziness and nausea which attended earlier 3D screenings in the 1950's and 60's were due to most viewers being unable to come-to-terms with one or two matters to do with the physiology of how we see the world around us. The principle problems, apparently, are the screen margins and especially images projected so as to be apparently on a plane forward of the screen. Those images being cut-off arbitarily cannot be resolved by many viewers, leading to feelings of disorientation similar to motion-sickness. That's what appeals to me about the medium, it's in the process of development, so at the moment, my 'two-cents-worth' is as valid as anyone else's. That will 'pass', however when the tertiary education sector wades into the situation and sets up a monolith of 'rules' about 3D. Then, as always, most the fun and sense-of-achievement will be gone-from-it.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67932 Thu, 12 May 2011 15:08:11 +0000 pseudosafari 67932@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>sony apparently is big on 3d--not that this even up-converts 2d dvd's to 3d...not sure how well that works, but this still looks impressive.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3o3KHi5xc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3o3KHi5xc</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67931 Thu, 12 May 2011 14:56:26 +0000 Ian James Smith 67931@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Just a sidelight on the subject of 3D. There was quite a stir lately on the announcement that a high-profile Hollywood producer intended to make a 3D video of a lost-tribe in the Amazon jungle. Sadly, it's all been done before. A young lady, (sorry I forget her christian-name for the moment, so I haven't included it), resident of Wanaka in Central Otago, New Zealand, has already done a similar job in Vanuatu, and done it very well, by all accounts, using two camcorders on a special 'custom' mount. The 'Fox' Natural History Unit in Dunedin, New Zealand, has been routinely shooting in 3D for twelve years, and recently our newspapers featured an article by one of its most successful cameramen, Max Quinn. I was not intending to be disparaging of what Hollywood produces, necessarily. Tastes, in movies, have long been perverted by the attitudes of modern society. What Hollywood, and most other sources, produce as a means of 'getting bums onto seats' is what keeps the industry going, but an enviroment dictated in-the-main by ticket-sales and TV-ratings is never going to be able to keep its head above water, unless it concentrates on the slickly sensational to keep the attention, during commercial breaks of those with short attention spans and a temptation to surf-off to other channels. That tends to make most of the material over-hyped, over-stated, and concentrating on the trite-and-trivial, not the real 'meat' of the subject. 'Nero offered the citizens of Rome, similar 'spectacles' in his day, and look where it got him. Sooner or later we are going to have to offer viewers something more than ever ratchetting-upwards visual sensation, (the ever-more-mindless 'explosions', for example), or the industry is likely to implode, as viewers become over-saturated by the visual experience. Frantic cutting and over-amplified audio, is not the answer; 'quality' possibly could-be. Stereo 3D, on its own, is not the answer, either. It wasn't in the 1950's, and it's unlikely to be in the future, unless other qualities of film/TV undergo an overhaul, as well.</p> <p> There is excellent entertainment/education to be had on TV. I am currently watching a British Natural History BBC series 'Life', on local 'Prime' TV, and it is outstanding in 'Hi-Def'. BBC Bristol and BBC East Anglia, over the years, have produced some magnificent stuff documentary-wise dating right back to the series 'The Flight of the Condor' in the 1970's without irritating over-sensationalised presentation. When the 'commercial' imperative takes over and the needs of the market-place take centre-stage, we tend to get the crap that we deserve. To take such stuff, then add 3D to it, inappropriately in most cases, does not rescue it from its own ineptitude, it simply adds a further layer of irritation to the viewing experience. The solution, I feel, is to make better, more worthwhile, features/programmes, then to investigate whether adding 3D to the 'mix' will enhance them yet further. (For all that, I cannot wait to have my own 'play' with the technology).</p> <p>PS: One feature I would definitely like to have seen in 3D, is 'March of the Penguins', but seeing it was filmed in-part, through an Antarctic winter, I cannot see much chance of that happening somehow.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67908 Wed, 11 May 2011 21:59:33 +0000 composite1 67908@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Event,</p> <p>Yeah the oldschool stereoscopic anaglyph 3D tech actually goes back to the late 19th and early 20th Centuries (sans the red &amp; blue glasses.) One of the major reason 'homemade' 3D flicks as you said, 'creates a vacuum effect' is because all too often the care and attention to making the effect work properly isn't attended to and the story no doubt wasn't anything to write home about as well. </p> <p>Ian hit it on the head with his critique on current Hollywood offerings. The one thing to keep in mind concerning H-Wood and 3D is; they aren't concerned about art, they are looking for gimmicks to get butts into theater seats and to buy Blu-Ray / DVD's. That's it. Until those who make 3D films and videos come to understand that the medium they're using needs to be a part of their work not an accessory, we're going to continue to see a continuing stream of crap flowing onto big and small screens. IMAX for example is excellent for showing grand vistas and making 'bigger than life' scenes (see 'Dark Knight'.) </p> <p>Using IMAX to shoot a lowbudget teen horror flick isn't even considered because other than the cost, it's just not suited for the genre. 3D on the other hand is a lot cheaper to make (unless you're doing a stadium-load of 3D CGI rendering) so now everyone capable of making a 3D film is jumping on the bandwagon. So what will change all this is when some filmmaker whips out a flick into the mainstream that incorporates 3D into the story to where without it the film would be something completely different... and make it popular. When that happens, H-wood will scramble to do the same thing. Until then, don't forget your waders....</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67902 Wed, 11 May 2011 18:32:13 +0000 Eventvideoguy 67902@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When it is shot is real 3D and not converted, it is definitely "Neato."</p> <p>But homemade 3D still uses the red and blue glasses which is just like the 50s.  It sucks.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67896 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:33:57 +0000 Ian James Smith 67896@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>'A good question, 'Sargehero' and one which I have often asked myself, although I have every intention of trying it when time permits, to try and ascertain what all the fuss is about. As one correspondent pointed out it is twice as much of everything, time, cost, trouble and general angst, so why bother for the sake of fleeting novelty? It has all been tried before and 'bombed', and here's the reason why, I feel. </p> <p> What we demand of the ways we fill our leisure-time, is to be entertained, not 'novelty' per se. It may be a sobering thought, but a film which is a 'bummer', which is to say falls below a benchmark which across the industry is not as high as it ought to be, is in no way enhanced by presentation in 3D. The novelty quickly fades, and having done so, if the video/film is not worth the trouble of viewing anyway, then there is nothing worthwhile that 3D brings to the equation. I detest the 4:3 format, have since the early 1970's when I began shooting with anamorphics on 8 and 16mm film-stock, but I would rather watch an outstanding film in the 4:3 format (with the classics, there is usually no option), than a glitzy and totally contrived, animated waste-of-time which most people currently equate with '3D'. What is coming from the major studios, especially in the US, is NOT 3D as I conceive it; it is a computer-generated pastiche, landscapes packed with cutesy, wisecracking and rather irritating small furry animals. These are the modern-day equivalent of yesterday's 'cartoons' courtesy of ever more sophisticated computer-generated on-screen objects and techniques. All very clever on a superficial level, and possibly a genre in its own right, but 3D worthy of being taken seriously, I think not. 'REAL' 3D filmed by two camcorders/cameras side-by-side, might well be worth viewing for more than the ephemeral novelty of the experience, but only if the production also satisfies certain criteria as 'eetertainment' as well.</p> <p> There should be no particular sympathy felt towards the manufacturers and aggressive promoters of such equipment, (which is bound to be expensive), just to entice users, once again, into yet another cycle of 'buying-and-replacement'. It will, however, appeal, I would say, to those who have an 'image' to project to the rest of humanity, and especially life's 'have-nots'. What I have seen of 3D during in-store demos, has failed to move me, I am afraid. Everything hard-edged, right into the far-distance with no differential focus, is a 'turn-off' in any medium. I'd need more than that, in order to persuade me to part with my hard-earned 'dollar'.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67711 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:08:45 +0000 Don 67711@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I see 3-d become HUGE for gamers and CAD projects on the computer, but more of a fad as far as movies go....</p> <p>Just one more thing for manufacturers to try to sell gear with.. but before I drop cash on a new tv, it better meet two requirements... the 2d image quality better not be compromised, and it will have to cost about the same as the 2d tv's.... </p> <p>just like when buying a camera, slrs do video and video cams do stills, but if I'm only buying ONE camera, it damn well better do BOTH WELL.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67706 Thu, 05 May 2011 12:44:57 +0000 composite1 67706@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><em>"... why is 3D so popular this days?"</em></p> <p>Sarge,</p> <p>The thing I got from my research and interviewing people working in 3D today is; it's another option to offer viewers/audiences, it's a new tech challenge and it allows you the filmmaker to have an extra means of showing your work. As Jeff Cools said in my article, 'you have two movies for the price of one for sale'. Meaning, when your 3D version has its run, you can still offer the 2D version because you already have everything in place to put it out. Then too Grinner does have a point, when it's done well 3D is pretty cool.</p> <p>But I'm like you, I went to see 'TRON: Legacy' in 3D and it was funky for about 30 minutes then I was switching between glasses/no glasses. Not to mention, there were only a smaller than expected number of scenes where it was advantageous to even have the 3D effect present. Really, they could have just shot it in 4k or better and it would have been just as awesome looking. Except for 'AVATAR', I really haven't heard of or seen a 3D flick yet where the effect was truly integral to the story. </p> <p>Though I plan on eventually making a 3D film, I'm down with PJ about 'twice the work, twice the gear, twice the storage and twice the money'! But, just like all the rest of the stuff I've done all that will be factored in before I do it. Just like I said in the article, 3D's here to stay, but 2D's not going anywhere anytime soon.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67701 Thu, 05 May 2011 09:06:04 +0000 PJ McConnell 67701@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I do have to agree with Grinner though, it is neato</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67700 Thu, 05 May 2011 09:05:08 +0000 PJ McConnell 67700@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>3D will stick around, but not the glasses kind and not the kind now that jumps out of the screen. I think 3D will develop into a much less noticeable form. Until then it is just a fad that 30% of the population like 40% doesn't like and 30% of the population doesn't care (my own guesses, don't quote me on that lol). I think videomaker is going a little overboard since almost all of the last 5 issues have been going nuts over 3D cameras, gear, and editing. It makes me sick and makes me stop reading the magazine when I see those articles. </p> <p>I agree, it is twice the work, twice the storage, twice the money, and twice the distraction to the viewer.</p> <p>Until it is more subtle, it won't catch on.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67690 Thu, 05 May 2011 05:52:00 +0000 shippocaio 67690@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Sarge, i am with you.</p> <p>Since i have a monocular vision, i can't see 3D. Not in the real world, not in the movie theaters. When i put  3D glasses on, i just see 2D, instead of the 'double' lines.</p> <p>But i do think it is going to stick around, specially because TV companies dont have anything else to develop. We already have internet tv, HD tv, LED tv, so what else are they going to make? They need to sell technology. </p> <p>But yeah, it sucks for us, the ones who can't perceive 3D.</p> <p>PS.: I 'see' 3D in a different way than everybody else does. I basically use contours, relative size, and overlapping of objects to 'see' which objects are closer and which ones are the farthest. And that doesn't stop me from being a photographer! :)</p> <p>-----------------------------</p> <p>Caio</p> <p><a href="http://www.cpphotography.tk" rel="nofollow">http://www.cpphotography.tk</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-dont-get-it-what-does-3d-has#post-67663 Wed, 04 May 2011 12:30:25 +0000 pseudosafari 67663@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Some thought HD was just the latest and greatest, and wouldn't last.  I remember a local video store telling me they wouldn't carry Bluray discs because it was a fad.  Do you think 3D and HD are different in that respect?  Will 3D last?  My gut tells me no--3D has come and gone many times over the years, although this latest incarnation (from what I can see) is far superior than previous ones.  I also don't see as many 3D movies coming out now as came out a year ago (let's see what summer brings, though).  I'd have to go with "it's just the latest fad" but we'll see.</p> <p>and, yeah, it does look neato.  i saw part of Avatar on a 3D TV and was pretty impressed.</p>