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stereoscopy
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ster·e·os·co·py (str-sk-p)
n.
An optical technique by which two images of the same object are blended into one, giving a three-dimensional appearance to the single image.

stereoscopy 
The science dealing with the perception of three-dimensional effects and of producing them. See stereopsis.


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Some of the subjects covered are: Brief History, Methodology and Equipment, How to Create Good Stereoscopic Images, The Stereo Window--The Key to Good 3D Photography, Making Stereo Pictures in Photoshop--Part One Anaglyphs and Part Two Side-by Side, Stereocards and Stereoslides Based on Film, Converting 2D to 3D Images and Making 3D Movies.
Across the Sea of Time," written by Andrew Gellis, tells the story of an eleven-year-old Russian boy's trip to the United States to see a world he has only experienced through the stereocard pictures sent to his family by an ancestor who had moved to America at the turn of the century.
The text is a historical roadmap of the techniques leading to the development of 3D photography from stereocards, anaglyphs, and holograms to 3D computer imagery and virtual reality.
 
 
 
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