User manual - Stereomerger
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1. User manual dc YSW AAG LX O CL Theidizitallstereoscop c photollab er StereoMerger V 1 X User manual Dokument version 0 9 Page I Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual Table of Contents 1 Welcome to StereoMerger rrrrnnrrnnnnnrnnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnernnnnnernnnnerennnevrnnnnennnnnenennnennnnneennnnnennnnnennnnneenen 2 What is E E E 5 a EET a a GREF FO DYA NCF CADNO A CODAU A NEDD FAU RO AN GO NAU Ar GIG A OAN ACTOL 7 3 1 End user license agreement rrrrnrrrnnnnrrrnnnrrrnnnnernnnnerrnnnerrnnnnernnnnernnnunennnnnennnnneennnnnenennnennnnneene 7 3 2 License key registration rrrnrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrrnnnnerennnerrnnnerrnnnnernrnnernnnnerrnnnnenennnennnnneennnnnenennuesnennne 7 4 Main YF IU UNO SG GN UAN GAD DANA OA ATA YES ACC SI DAN DO EN 8 4 1 Copy button errrrnrnrrrnnnnrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnernnnnnrrnnnnernnnnerennnsennnnnenennnennnnneennnnnenennnesennnnenennnenennnesnene 8 4 2 Merge button rrrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnerrnnnnrrnnnnernnnnernnnnernnnnnenennnennnnnennnnnsennnnnenennnennnnnsennnnnenennneennnneene 8 4 3 Batch button oerooroornnvnnvnnvnnernnvnnvnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnennennnnnnnnunnuennennennenneenuenuennennenneeneennennennennenneenueneee 8 4 4 Viewer button srnvnnvnnvrnernnvnnvnnvnnnnnnnnnvnnennennennennnnnnennennennennneneenuennennennenneenuenuennennennenneeneennene 8 kS UPEN DS AO ce HWY TIDY EFO CA WOW DEAU FF NOA DANNAU OD WORD WD UA TU OdNOLS NOU FAU GWD NU W2. 9 1 1 The script name ccccccssecccessccccesececesecccescceeesececeueceeseecceseneceeeueceeeaeceeeuneceesnecees 22 9 1 2 Delete script button rrrrwrrrrnnnrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnerrnnnnernnnnrnnnnnernnnnernnnnennnnnsennnnnenennneenen 22 9 1 3 Export NCFRL DOLLODU air HY O YY A o O NA seere eee seeren OU WW DO AO NN 22 9 1 4 Add filter button rerrrrnnnrrrrnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnrrrnnnnerrnnnerrnnnnernnnnernnnnernnnnnenennnenennneennnnnennnnnesenn 23 9 1 5 Apply script button rerrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnerrnnnnernnnnerrnnnnernnnnennnnnennnnnsennnnnenennnennnnneenene 23 9 1 6 Cancel button rerrrnnnnrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnerrnnnernnnnnrrennnerennnernnnnernnnnnennnnnenennnennnnneennnnnenennnennnnnnene 23 9 1 7 Ok button rerrorrnnnnorrnnnnrrnnnnnerrnnnnerrnnnnerrrnnnerrnnnnnernnnnnerennnnenennnnerennnnenennnnenennnnesennnnesnennne 23 9 2 Filter categorles rn rrrrrrrrrrrerrrrrenrrrrnnrrrennnerrnnnerrnnusernnnnernnnnennnnnnennnnnennnnneennnnnenennnesennne 23 221 vg EE 23 9 2 2 Colour category rnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrrnnnnnrnnnnnernnnnernnnnernnnnnennnnnennnnnnennnnnenennnenennneennnnnennnnneeenn 23 9 2 3 Effects category rrrrmrerrrrnnerrrrnnrrrrnnnrrnnnnnernnnnernnnnernnnnnernnnnernnnneennnnnennnnnenennnsenennnenennneene 23 9 2 4 Anaglyph category rrrrrrnrnrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrrnnnnernnnnernnnnerrnnnnernnnnennnnnnsnnnnnennnnneennnneennnnnenennneenene 23 9 2 5 11 6 EEE 0 EEE OF ATAT eee OCH FACH WG A fi OCH
3. 9 2 4 Script controls The script controls sf re 90 contains a dropdown list with the available scripts an edit button and an apply button When you choose a script you can choose to either edit it or apply it to the current image When you apply a script the result 1s not automatically saved How to create and edit scripts are covered in a different chapter Please note that the selected script will be applied to all images you load To turn off this you must choose No script from the list 8 2 5 Redo button The redo button will reload the original left and right images so that you can redo or undo the scripts you have applied to it Page 19 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo Croan Y LO dL 181 User manual Note that the button is only available as long as the original images lies in the same path as they did when you merged the stereoimage 9 2 6 File controls Finally we have the file controls These are the browser button save as button and save button The save button saves the current image over the previous version So 1f you have applied a script to this 1mage the result will overwrite the original The save as button lets you choose a new name for the image you are saving The browser button opens or closes the file browser See next paragraph 8 3 File browser The file browser is a powerful tool It can be opened up in three ways either by pressing the browser button hit b on
4. Ah 24 9 3 Basic filter functionality rocorrronrrrnnnrrrnnnnrrnnnnrrrnnnerrnnnnerennnerrnnnnernnnnernnnnennnnnnenennnennnnneeenn 24 9 3 1 Open collaps button r rrrrnnnrrnnnnrrrnnnnernnnnrrnnnnnrrnnnnernnnnerrnnnnernnnnernnnnevnnnneennnnnenennneenene 24 JE BAG EEE 24 9 3 3 Activation checkboxes rrrrnnrrrennnnerrnnnnerrnnnnerrnnnnerrrnnnerrnnnneernnnnnerennnnenennnnenennnnenennnneene 24 DS POPUP REE 24 9 3 5 Order and delete buttons rrrrrnrrrrnnnrrrrnnnrrrrnnnnrrrnnnnerrrnnnerrnnnnerennnnerennnnenennnnesrnnnneseennnn 24 TESE EEE 25 Je EL EN 25 9 6 Duplicate script rrrnnnnrrnnnnrrnnnnnrrnnnnernnnnernnnnnernnnnerrnnnevnnnnnenennnennnnnsennnnnenennnennnnnsennnnnenennneeenne 25 Page 3 User manual Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 1 Welcome to StereoMeraer Thank you for your interest in StereoMerger Making this software took the better part of a year A lot of thought have been put into it Many things had to be learned many things had to be done redone and rethought There has been many challenges to overcome Especially the juggling between this my daywork family and friends I am ever so gratefull to my lovely wife who accepted this project Even though I ve been a professional software developer for 10 years and a hobby developer for the 10 years before that this 1s my first real personal public software release I am very excited and I hope you will find th
5. You can then easily copy and move files back and forth between them Lets say you want to print a collection of the best stereoimages you have You can the let the right browser point to c create a new folder called toPrint and then direct the right browser to the newly created folder c toPrint You can now quickly go through several directories on the left side browser view the images you might think is good enough and copy only the best ones to the right side browser With the keyboard shortcuts you can even close the browsers and use the whole screen to view the images By pressing space and backspace you can flip through the image available in the current directory Then when you find a really good stereoimage fit for print hit the c key to copy 1t to the new folder Page 21 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 9 Scripts User manual Scripts is the most complex part of StereoMerger but still 1t shouldn t be too hard to understand To open up the the script editor select a script from the script selector and press the edit script button ee Edit script The script editor contains a seroma Advanced anaglyphexampe O wW Active Popup E mM 52 controller line at the top and the rest p of the window 1s used to display the filters that makes up the script G DERE At the top you ll find Popup 52 The script name m a ake Delete script button a Export script button m i Add f
6. lens some ghosting will appear Half colour anaglyph The half colour anaglyph 1s a compromize between gray and colour anaglyph Keeps some colour information while trying to minimize ghosting Page 18 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual Left Right Left This view displays the left 1mage on both sides of the right This way you can use both parallell viewing and cross viewing Optimized anaglyph Optimized anaglyph is somewhat similar to Analux 3D and gives in most cases the same good result Which 1s better You decide Parallell view Parallell view is the second most popular free viewing method There are many viewing aids available for parallell viewing so it is very popular on both screen and paper This is the format used by Holmes Card viewers Loreo and others In fact the standard stereo format uses this format and it is also the natural format for cameras with beamsplitters True anaglyph This is the mother of all anaglyph types The two images are turned into a pure red and pure blue image and then merged together into one very purple image Viewed with red and blue anaglyph glasses this gives a near ghost free result 8 2 3 Background colour The little coloured button between the view format dropdown list and the script selector let you choose the background colour When pressed 1t opens up a colour chooser Just select the colour you want and presto you have a new background colour
7. make your own views by using scripts Scripts can easily be applied and the result can be saved This is the editor part The viewer also have a DD RO Goon s sonisem seere gu ie lle Ea a nice dual file browser which san p we will cover a little bit later The viewer window consists of three parts from top to bottom 1 The view 2 Controls 3 File browser The view covers most of the windows and have mainly two display modes Single and dual mode Changing this mode 1s done automatically and depends on which type of stereo format you are using The background colour can easily be changed Single mode In single mode the image is centered when smaller than the visible part of the window If the image 1s bigger then you will see scrollbars To see other parts of the image you can either use the scrollbars or use the mouse to drag the image around Anaglyphs are typically shown 1n this mode Page 16 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 8 1 2 User manual Dual mode In dual mode the view is split in two Left and right image are centered on each sides so when the image is smaller than the visible part of the window they are separated as shown below Cross view and parallell view are shown in this mode If the image 1s bigger than the visible part of the window you will see scrollbars To see other parts of the image you can either use the scrollbars or use the mouse to drag the
8. rcs mran setup you used when taking the images This 1s important for two things 1 The final images will be rotated correctly 2 The image matching mechanism do a better job with Single camera no rotation ei Single camera turned 90 CW As you can see by the illustration to the right StereoMerger supports most combinations Be snge camera tues 9 co Page 10 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 6 1 2 Source directories Here you must choose the directories on the computer where you have the left and right images For single camera setups there only one directory 6 1 3 Destination directory This part tells StereoMerger where to put the final stereo images and how to name them The names of the new files can be built up using different codes These codes will be replaced with information fetched from the source when the files are to be saved File name examples Lets say we have two matching 1mages from two cameras The camera s clocks are a little bit out of sync The images are of my wife s birthday 806 _ Help i information taken from the source i 5 To do O The filename of the resulting files can be buildt up by es To do this certain tags will be recognised and replaced with the Left image IMG 0540 jpg Time of capture 2006 04 04 18 40 02 Right image IMG_0531 jpg Time of capture 2006 04 04 18 40 23 ae L Will be replaced by the left file na
9. script Cancel Ends the whole process NB Note that there is no way to go back to redo skipped or already processed images at this point This will probably change in a future release Page 13 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 7 Batch processing User manual Sometimes one might want to do the same thing to several images It could be that one want to resize images for web maybe add a copyright message or perhaps make anaglyphs StereoMerger has a batch processor that will help you do these sort of things To start the batch process click the batch process button Jin the main menu Settings Before you start the batch job you must tell StereoMerger which images to process how to process them and where to put the result oa OG Convert images Convert Irnages Images to process HEE 20050112_Stereophoto_001 jpg v HEN 20050112 Stereophoto 002 To the left you have a file ere photo 002300 browser This is where you locate BES the images to process MU 20050112 Test 002 jpa 20050112 Stereophoto 002 jpg pau And to the right you see the list where the 1mages to process are NN ee listed a EE Senn eon Se In both lists you can select M vn multiple images by using standard HEN key combinations like shift left mouse button Ctrl left mouse button or shift arrow up down on Windows On OSX
10. the keyboard or by dragging the divider line The divider line is the thin line with three dots on it Uned UU DDU Uad UU UU EU EU C Prasiel t GtereaMeroner manes esu ul Fil ng tp T Soe 175 00 BxH640 x 740 liia 7 murga ld UU SETITE Baul eM SETJE The divider line can be dragged up and down to give more or less space to the file browser When open you see a drop down list showing the current directory on top and below that you see a list with the images 1n this directory MA tor kt ll 124 00 BH 640 x 240 lm Orginal ell gg Skript Ingen skript ad ED UDD NE EE Prosjekt StereoMerger images resuilt fal 200501 12 Test 001 jpg IPEG Image 2MB 12 01 05 14 53 El a CE 200501127 Test 002 jps IPS File 1 ME 12 01 05 14 54 wb E BR 20050 12 Test 002 jps JPS File 2 ME 12 01 05 14 54 4 Images are displayed with small thumbnails name type size and date A little red S in the upper left corner of the thumbnail indicates that the image 1s a stereo image The drop down is editable with full cut and paste support and it contains a history of the previous used directories for easy retrieval To navigate in the browser you can either use the mouse or the regular arrow keys Space backspace let s you view the next previous image in the directory The browser do not need to be open to use space backspace Page 20 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V l
11. you use similar Key combinations When you have selected images to process you can add them to the list by pressing the Add button or by hitting c on the keyboard You can also add whole directories StereoMerger then traverse through all subdirectories beneath that directory to find images You can remove images from that list if you want to by selecting them and press the remove button or hitting x on the keyboard The destionation directory 1s where the resulting 1mages will be stored The resulting fileset will be stored 1n a flat structure in the selected path and the filenames will be kept unthouched per default Page 14 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo wc aY a Lo dL 181 User manual Finally you can select which script to apply to the images Scripts are covered in it s own chapter When you have chosed all the files destination and script you can hit the Start process button You will now get to the same preview window as in the last step of the merge process Page 15 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 9 Viewer Editor User manual 6 1 The view 8 1 1 The viewer can be opened up by pressing the Viewer button on the main menu You can also drag jpg and jps images over the main menu to open up the viewer 606 StereoMerger Showing 20050112_Stereophoto_012 jpg The viewer can display stereoimages 1n most of the known formats and you can
12. ADU NA 8 GE CA EE OE 3 JE EE 9 IL 6000 EEE 9 6 Merge stereo p alrS mrrrrnnnnnnnnrrnnnnnrnnnnnernnnnernnnunernnnnennnnnenennneennnnnennnnnnennnneennnnnennnnneennnneennnnneneenene 10 SEE 10 GL Lane BEE Ud iY T CRAD EEEE CUD CF OFN Yd ANDY N NUN CWN DN CYN CO 10 6 1 2 Source CirectOries ccceccesccsecseccsccsccsccsccuccescescesccsccsscuccescescessesccuscuscescescesceeseeseuseueeens 11 6 1 3 Destination directory rnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnrrnnnnernnnnnrrnnnnernnnnernnnnernnnnnennnnnennnnneennnneenennnenennneenene 11 File name examples rorrnnrnnorrrnnnnerrrnnnnerrrnnnnerrrnnnnerernnnnernrnnnnenernnnnenennnnnenernnnnenennnnnenennnnnenennnnnesennnnnenennnnnesennnnnesennnnnesennnnneseennnne 11 ERR EEE 11 Oo FO Y EE 11 6 1 6 Image comparation opt1ions u u dseveeseeeeeeeveeeee eee e eee eee nens eee seere eee eee renser iini 11 Image comparation sensitivity 0 ceccccccsseecccesseeccccuseececeueeececeaeeeccesuseecceeaeeececsueeececsueseceseuaeeceesaaseceesaeeceesunecessueeeceeeuaeceeeqees 11 Compare shooting times cc ceecccccssseccccasecceceseccecsseeceeaeeecceeueseeceeaeeeecesaeseeeesueeeceesaeseeeeeaeseceesaeeeceesuesecceeuueeccesueneceeeaeneeeeeqees 11 Compare exposure times ccccesecccccssseccccessecceceeseccecueseccecueeccesueeeceesueeeeesaeeeeeesseeeccesueeeceesueseceesuaneceesuaeeceesuueecceeueneceesunaeceeeaees 12 Compare camera model rrrrrnnnnnnrrnnnnnnrrnnnnnnrrnnnnnnrrennnnnerennnneernnnnnnennnnnnnenen
13. ality 9 3 1 9 3 2 9 3 3 9 3 4 9 3 5 All filters have some basic functionality Each filter have controllers for this at the top Lens distortion fr Active Popup EG 52 Below this line the filters own settings are displayed unless the filter 1s collapsed of course or it simply do not have any controls At the top from left to right we have Open collaps button Opens or collapses the filter Since some filters are guite verbose collapsing them will g1ve a better overview of the script Note that some filters have no info or controls so opening them will reveal nothing Filter name Simply the name of the filter Activation checkboxes In StereoMerger there are two different types of filters Those who always must be applied to the whole image active Those who can be applied to a single side lu 7 The first one enables disables the execution of this filter in this script The latter type let you disable enable the execution of this filter for each of the two sides Popup This is an important feature Enabling this will if the script 1s executed from outside the script editor open up a dialogue popup displaying the settings for the filter The dialogue have a preview button so all changes you do can be previewed before you continue the rest of the script execution Popups are nice to use for filters with text or some sort of manual adjustments Order and delete buttons The last three buttons l
14. an StereoMerger main menu It consists of five buttons Starting from the top left c wa Lay naa AC ky we have UNS 0 ETE uc ced Luc LED Copy button Easy file transfer from camera memory card to computer Merge button A Automatic image matching J merging and processing function Licensed to Hans Martin Thomassen Lukerstuen hansadimannstuen no Batch button Batch processing of stereoscopic images Viewer button On screen viewing and editing 4 5 Super3DStation A Super3DStation compatible full resolution viewer with full stereo jpg support For more info about Super3DStation visit http www 3dgv com NB StereoMerger have no association with 3D Good Vision Language support Down to the left you ll find a language selector Currently only Norwegian and English 1s available Please contact me 1f you want to translate to another language No programming skills needed Page 8 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 5 Copy files This is the copy dialogue It can be opened up in two ways Copy files Il By pressing the copy button in the main panel wo e y P 2 py P a Cooy fjes 2 By plugging in the camera or card reader This um TIGERGUTT should work fine in most cases as long as the camera 18 ude Eoee in Mass storage mode or similar I e not P7P ea a The dialogue provides some basic copy and archiving sinc mo
15. e deleted Undelete by pressing it again Page 12 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 6 3 Preview After the match process you will come to the preview window This 1s the final step in the match and merge process StereoMerger Image 1 of 61 Here you will see the first two pairs put together as a stereo image If you selected a script in the setting dialogue the script will D gt e E Zoom 15 00 Size 4096 x 1536 4096 x 1536 a already be applied eee Fe Filename Volumes Toern Prosjekt StereoMerger images result 20050112_Test_001 jpg If you somehow are 1 ere es On NN ae not happy with the result you can change edit test and create scripts until you are Bells and whistles Directly beneath the image you find four zoom buttons Fit to screen Full size Zoom in Zoom out size information and a histogram button These are for view purposes only and have no influence on the final image Below that you have the script selector edit script button and apply script button Under those you find a editable filename field that shows where the result file will be stored Finally you have these four buttons Ok and save Saves the current image loads the next one and applies the selected script Ok and save all Applies the selected script on all the remaining images before saving them Skip this will Skips the current image load next image and applies the selected
16. et you view images using most of the known viewing methods From the viewer editor you can easily create test and execute scripts The results can then be saved 1f you wish This 1s also the place for creating single stereoimages In addition to the regular viewer StereoMerger also have a full resolution Super3 DStation compatible viewer with full stereo jpeg support And of course you can now convert your strangely formatted S3DS images to the standard stereo jpeg All in all StereoMerger simplifies and minimizes the amount of work regarding stereoscopic images A typical process for making standard JPS stereoscopic images consist of these steps 1 Taking the pictures Not supported 2 Transferring pictures to computer oemi automated 3 Finding matching pairs Automated 4 Setting up pairs side by side Automated 5 Adjusting stereo window alignment crop and more Automated 6 Adjusting brightness colour and more Automated 7 Save new images Automated Of course the automated parts can be done manually for total control Without StereoMerger this can still be a fun and interesting job for those who know they way around photo editors But even for those it s quite time consuming After having manually processed hundreds of pictures things are starting to become routine Boring routine I tell you this 1s not the way to spend your weekends and afternoons Add anaglyphs to the equation and the work amount grows exponen
17. ets you rearrange the order of execution by moving this script up or down in the list or by simply deleting it Page 24 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo sw O LO dU User manual 9 4 Create new script To create a new script you simply choose Add new script in the script selector and then the edit script button Give the script a new name and the next time you press the ok button it will be saved Import Script To create a import a script you simply choose mport in the script selector and then a file selector will be displayed Simply choose the script to import and press the mport script button If there are a script with the same name the imported script will get a number appended Duplicate script To duplicate a script you can simply export it and import it Page 25 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual Page 26 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo
18. g Page 9 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 6 Merae stereo pairs 6 1 1 If you have a dual cam rig a k a twin cam or a single camera with a slide bar or simply uses the cha cha method you have to mount the 1mages side by side StereoMerger can do that almost completely automatically for you By pressing the merge button in the main menu you start the merge process Merge stereo pairs m Note This function is not necessary for images taken with beamsplitters Fa FE L Merge oalrs Note 2 To manually create stereo images use lidt the viewer editor Camera setup se ee Two cameras no rotation Source Left directory prosjekt StereoMergerVimages left a 6 1 Se ttin gs Right directary 2 Prosjekt StereoM erg er images right E Destination StereoMerger can automatically find MED matching stereo images apply scripts to the oaa NN _ new images and create automatic file yn names But before 1t can do that you must seer ll provide StereoMerger with the correct Image comp senstty Max D un settings 7 Compare shooting times Max aitt 200 seconds Compare exposure times Max diff Ya Compare 180 values Compare camera modek That is a simple task and most of the time cancel And mage pars you use the same settings so there s not really rrr that much to do Camera set up The first thing you have to do is find the camera GEHE
19. idalo Srereomerger User manual More options are available through a context menu This menu can be opened up by gh or ctrltmouseclick OSX on a file in the browser PD amp 00 sessa x 1596 hd Oroma M DEDE DOGG Volumes Toem Prasjekt StereoMerger images result sal a m e Er of r SVEITS MUS TD Much 3 3 Open ENE 20050112 Stereophoto 0 Load as left image 2MB 112 05 5 5 Load as right image OP FF 20050112_Stereophoto_0 EE TT fa R Toggle splitmode T SEL 20050112 Stereophoto 0 ggle sp 1 ME I LAUS 5 5 Delete Del I 2 er i me F mm IO HeHAH New folder Sort by b As you can see you can use this to create a new stereoimage by loading left and right 1mage via the context menu Redo is the same as the redo button previously covered Most of the other options should be easy to understand except the Toggle split mode 8 31 Split mode Toggle split mode will open up a second browser like this hk Hh Fn er bee 5 Cross view zz Script 110 script zl mw E E Cr Proasjekt StereoMerger images wesult PE 20050112_Test_001 jps WM 20050112 Test_002 jps IPS File MEN 20050112 Test 001 jps Ja BE 20050112 Test 002 jps IPS File PE BEER 200501 17 Test 002 jps JPS File PYM 20050117 Test 003 jp5 IPS File IPS File IPS File JPS File These dual browsers can point to different directories
20. ilter button coour C Apply script button Lo Cancel button Ok button 9 1 Controller line 9 1 1 9 1 2 9 1 3 The script name The script name can be changed anytime It is advicable to use a descriptive name so that it is easy to find it later Delete script button The delete script button j will delete this script permanently A confirmation box will appear Export script button The export script button q will let you save this script to a file This can be used simply as a backup or it could be e mailed to your friends or maybe even published on the internet So if you have made a killer script you can now share it with everybody Page 22 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 9 1 4 9 1 7 User manual Add filter button The add filter button jg will open up a little menu with five filter categories Filters are applied top to bottom and when you add a new filter it will be added at the bottom Apply script button The apply script button n simply applies the script to the image Note that the script is applied to the image as it was when you loaded it This means that if you have made a script that shrinks the image by half and you applies it twice the result is still just a sized image and not a 1 4 It is also worth mentioning that filters are applied top to bottom and when you add a new filter it will be added at the bottom Cancel butto
21. image around 8 2 Controls 8 2 1 8 2 2 The controls consists of six main parts o Zoom Org 640 x 240 FE G BO 500 Size 640 x 240 faa 1 Original E Script wii From left you have the zoom controls view format background colour script controls side swap button redo button and file controls Zoom controls The zoom controls are used to basicly zoom in and out on the image They hav no effect on the result and are just for viewing purposes From left to right we have Sama DON 54096 1535 ba Fit to window button Full size 10090 button Zoom in button Zoom out button Zoom ratio Orginal and new size e Show hide histogram button View format By default StereoMerger supports most known viewing formats Other formats can easily be supported by using scripts as the selected script Will Ae 3 Analux 3D anaglyph be applied to the images you load This will of course not change the 4 Colour anagyeh G Cross view 6 Gray anaglyph original Image Shift 1 Half colour anaglyph Shift 2 Left Right Left Shift 3 Optimized anaglyph Shift 4 Parallell wiew When it comes to anaglyphs only red and blue anaglyphs are supported lm mwn This is because it 1s supperior to other colour combinations in terms of ghosting and colour Page 17 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual leakage However if you really want any o
22. is software to your liking If you have any comments wishes or good ideas don t be afraid to contact me Best regards Page 4 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 2 What is StereoMerger StereoMerger runs on both Windows and Mac OSX using Suns Java technology Digital stereoscopic images or stereo images for short can be captured in many ways Among the most widespread methods are the standard single lens camera using either a slide bar or simply the cha cha method beam splitter and the dual camera rig No matter which method you use the work involving stereoscopic images is usually more than double the work and double the complexity of regular 1mages This is where StereoMerger comes 1n Ok so what is StereoMerger again Well I think it s hard to explain so I have chosen a slogan which explains the eccense It goes like this The digital stereoscopic photo lab It means that StereoMerger can digitally process your sterescopic photos This sounds dandy and all but it doesn t really tell you much right Well as I said I think it s hard to explain what StereoMerger really is It is like explaining a knife without having the word knife Imagine all the things you can do with a knife Cutting slizing dividing smearing scraping chopping hacking peeling etc Just like a knife StereoMerger can do a lot of stuff too with stereoscopic images And just like a knife you can work with a bu
23. me OP apropriate info R Will be replaced by the right file name DL Will be replaced by the left file date SUR Will be replaced by the right file date SL jpg IMG 0540 jpg DN DR_Agnes jpg 20060404_Agnes jpg aia N3_Birthday_ TL jps 001_Birthday_184002 jpg Mar DR_Agnes_birthday_ N4 jpg 20060404 Agnes birthday 0001 jpg a 6 1 4 Script Under the script section you find the script selector a C Here you can choose create or edit the script that will be applied to the final stereo images This can easily be changed later in the process so do not worry too much about this Scripts are covered in a later chapter 6 1 5 File options The only file option is the possibility to recurse subdirectories 6 1 6 Image comparation options Image comparation sensitivity This should mostly be left at minimum which is the fastest setting and rarely needs to be changed Compare shooting times If the time difference between two images exceeds this number they will not be compared This speeds up the process a lot If you have a dual camera rig make sure the two cameras clocks are synced so you can set the compare shooting times as low as possible Page ll Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 6 2 User manual Compare exposure times If the expure difference between two images are higher in percent than this number they will not be compared Different exposure times are very common when using auto
24. n This will cancel the changes and close the script editor Ok button Pressing the ok button will save the changes close the editor and apply the script 9 2 Filter categories 9 2 1 9 2 2 9 2 3 9 2 4 In StereoMerger there are five basic filter catergories Here comes a short description Image category The image category contains some 14 filters that do image transformations like scale crop adjust rotate flip and more One of these filters can automatically adjust the two images so that they are rotated and correctly aligned to each other Colour category The colour category contains 7 filters that can be used to control the colour brightness and more One of the filters can automatically adjust the colours for you Effects category The effects category contains 9 filters that can remove noise smooth soften sharpen and more There s even a matrix filter so you can create your own filters Anaglyph category The anaglyph category contains six anaglyph filters The most usefull here is by far the colour anaglyph Together with the Channel mixer found in the colour category you can make any type of anaglyph Page 23 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo 9 2 5 User manual Special category The special category contains 12 filters that do not fit in any of the other categories Here you will filters that can draw text borders referance dots fix lensdistortion and more 9 3 Basic filter function
25. nch at a time 1f you like to In it s heart StereoMerger have an easy to use but truly powerful script engine with almost endless possibilities Scripts can be saved and later reused on single stereo images or on batches of them You can even share your scripts with you fellow stereo photographers 1f you wish Scripts can consist of one or more filters Filters is a wide term in StereoMerger since it can be a real filter like a noise filter but also a frame text or a histogram operation Even crop and rotation are called filters StereoMerger has a growing number of filters to choose from and with a little fantasy one can make amazing results These filters can in most cases replace 1mage editors like Photo Shop When you apply a script it will always be applied to the original stereoimage and the filters will be applied in the order the filters are listed in the script If you re not satisfied with the script you can change add remove and or reorder the filters until you re happy with 1t Then when you reapply the script it will be reapplied to the original image and not to the resulting 1mage from the previous run Page 5 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual StereoMerger also have a fast and sturdy engine for finding matching stereo image pairs from sets of single 1mages Completely automated For single and dual cam rig users this should be a very welcomed feature The viewer editor in StereoMerger l
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28. sean p auam functionality The top text in the dialogue should be pretty o me n On o self explanatory but the main idea anyhow 1s to easily transfer images from your camera to a directory with a pe sensible name oo The destination directory can easily be built up using a combination of the image dates and an editable text I addition a left and right directory can easily be chosen for each set of images from dual cam rigs I archive my own images like shown in the frame to the right This way it s really easy to sort the image folders chronologically If you have any other needs please send me an e mail geir validalo net and I ll see what I can do images 20060404_My_wifes_birthday left If the destination path do not exists it will be created ee img_056774 jpg No image processing 1s done here The original names right img 043862 jpg img 043863 jpg and image dates are kept 20060516 Beach Barbecue 5 1 Qu I ck I S ts 7 img_056785 jpg img_056786 jpg Quicklists are used several places in StereoMerger Theyconsists of a drop down list and a file browser button Ml img_043890 jpg Nolumes Toern Prosjekt StereoMerger org imagesjleft w A 20060517_National_day The list contains the previous selected paths files for net easy retrieval Paths can be selected from the list typed into ae the field directly or chosen using the file browser right img 043964 jpg img 043965 jp
29. settings on cameras but when the difference 1s too big it can indicate that the images are not a match Compare camera model This one is self explanatory Could be useful in some cases Image comparing 6 2 1 When the settings areas you 000 StereoMerger Matching pairs wanted and you pressed the Find F sex1 sutomaing ot mage pars image pairs button you will get this window As soon as the process starts a Sees you will see the probable matches jrm Beesor2 ressoot am teen appear in this window You can start checking the images for can obvious errors immediately but on km slower machines you better let the SFS i process finish before you do anything Even though StereoMerger s matching algorithm 1s good it s mainly built for speed It s not particularly intelligent and it can and will be wrong sometimes Cornozrinc files Correct errors To correct errors you can use the column with buttons to the right of the pairs The up and down arrows let you flip through the probable matches that StereoMerger found This swap button swaps the left and right images s The folder opens up an image browser so you can search for a better match in case StereoMerger failed to find the correct one The trash can button deletes the image pair Often there can be misfires some single images or something that have no match The same can be done by double clicking the image No source images will b
30. ther anaglyph formats contact me and I ll see what I can do To enable the wanted viewing format keyboard shortcuts can be used By pressing 5 you ll get cross view and shift 3 gives Optimized anaglyph This list 1s sorted alphabetically so 1t will differ in different languages Most formats should be self explanatory but here s a guick description anyway Original Shows the image as it is Above Below Shows one image above the other Analux 3D This 1s a loose implementation of the Analux 3D method by Dr Imre Zsolnai Nagy and Bernardo Galmarini http www freeweb hu conversion3d ANALUX analux htm It gives less ghosting problems than pure colour anaglyph while trying to keep as much as possible of the colour information Colour anaglyph Shows image as a full colour anaglyph Have great colours but heavy ghosting can easily occur Especially with images that contains a lot of red Cross view Cross view shows left image on the right side and vice versa This 1s the preferred free viewing method for most people It requires no means to view For more info see for instance http www stereo3dgallery net abouts 3dc5_ ParCross shtm Gray anaglyph This is probably the mostly used anaglyph It results in a grayish image with very little ghosting Most colour information 1s lost The image is mainly gray since the blue channel 1s copied into the green channel Since parts of the green spectrum is visible through the red
31. tially And maybe you want to put your pictures on the internet so why not resize it and make a cross eyed version too With one script which 1s included ty the way StereoMerger can produce all the best known formats in one go How about that Sounds like a TV shop ad So do you have more knowledge about StereoMerger now I do hope so Page 6 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual 3 First time 3 1 When you start StereoMerger for the first time there are some steps you have to go through End user license agreement The first thing you have to do is to agree to the user license agreement eula If you disagree with the agreement text you can not use the program The eula is some pretty straightforward stuff which basically covers my behind and says that you take the full responsibility when running the program on your computer License key registration After agreeing to the end user license agreement you will be asked to locate your StereoMerger license file If you do not have one you can do one of two things 1 Buy one at http stereomerger validalo net 2 Press cancel and use the unregistered version of StereoMerger The unregistered version 1s fully functional except that you will find the text Unregistered on all the 1mages you view or processes Page 7 Copyright 2007 Geir yvind V lidalo User manual Main menu The first thing you ll SCC 1S the B
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