This site will give a brief explination of what an anaglyph is and how to make one using Adobe PhotoShop™.

Anaglyph is a picture that looks 3 dimentional when viewed with Red Blue or Red Green glasses. The images can be made from photographs or art work (such as the title for this page). Photographs are normally associated with this process. Normaly two images are required to produce an anaglyphic image. A right and a left image taken about 3 inches apart for close subuject (3 to 20 feet from the camera). Distant subjects the right and left views can be taken further apart and if you have avery distant subject with no forground objects such as over a seinic overlook you can seperate the views upwords of 10 or more feet apart. It is best to take more the one right and left image until you get the hang of it.

"The PROCESS"

• Have your right and left images in a digital form
• Then copy the red channel from the right image
• And then replace red channel of the left image with the right images red channel

The image on right was taken with a two cameras (Canon G1s) mounted side by side. Then composited in PhotoShop™. Santa Barbara, CA Court House 12/0/04

Updated 12/7/04
Michael E. Meagher