So I was wondering, if you took a 3D pic with the EVO 3D, and set that pic as your background, will it still be in 3D? I know they said the Sense won't be in 3D so does that mean the phones background pic won't be either,just gallery pics? I've tries searching for an answer but haven't found one, maybe someone here knows a little more??
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From what I've read it should display 3D in portrait. So, I would think they'd be smart enough to put this feature in, but if they don't, some super smattering dev will.
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If the phone can display 3D in portrait mode (which would be a feat, considering what I've read about how parallax barrier works), you still have the issue of capturing a portrait 3D image. Look at how the lenses are positioned on the back of the phone. They are designed to capture the same perspective of the scene as each of your eyes does. If the phones is in portrait orientation, the captured image would be equivalent to what you see with your head tilted 90 degrees. I don't think that would have the desired effect.
So you'd probably have to capture the image in landscape to get the proper 3D effect, and then either crop it or stretch it across multiple home screens rather than rotate it for portrait viewing. But then there's the issue of the effective resolution of 3D content, which based on my research would be half the horizontal resolution (every other horizontal pixel is seen by each eye). The UI elements would need to be rendered at 270x960, with every horizontal pixel replicated for each eye. That may not be very noticeable for true 3D or dynamic content, but I'm betting static content will definitely look less clear or sharp.
Yes, I've thought a lot about this.
kzibart said:
If the phone can display 3D in portrait mode (which would be a feat, considering what I've read about how parallax barrier works), you still have the issue of capturing a portrait 3D image. Look at how the lenses are positioned on the back of the phone. They are designed to capture the same perspective of the scene as each of your eyes does. If the phones is in portrait orientation, the captured image would be equivalent to what you see with your head tilted 90 degrees. I don't think that would have the desired effect.
So you'd probably have to capture the image in landscape to get the proper 3D effect, and then either crop it or stretch it across multiple home screens rather than rotate it for portrait viewing. But then there's the issue of the effective resolution of 3D content, which based on my research would be half the horizontal resolution (every other horizontal pixel is seen by each eye). The UI elements would need to be rendered at 270x960, with every horizontal pixel replicated for each eye. That may not be very noticeable for true 3D or dynamic content, but I'm betting static content will definitely look less clear or sharp.
Yes, I've thought a lot about this.
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Wallpapers aren't portrait. They are more landscape
Now will it work, I have no idea. I'm still betting the screen only does 3D in landscape. Hopefully we'll get a good surprise!
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Wallpapers aren't portrait. They are more landscape
Now will it work, I have no idea. I'm still betting the screen only does 3D in landscape. Hopefully we'll get a good surprise!
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yes, wallpaper are landscape but is portrait for home. Unless you use home in landscape mode.
My guess is that 3d pics will be saved with a different file extension that will not be available to be used as a wallpaper. No proof, just a hunch.
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My guess is that 3d pics will be saved with a different file extension that will not be available to be used as a wallpaper. No proof, just a hunch.
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like in a 3D mkv video, left and right images are different files, i think 3D images will can be saved in a two different JPEG, and a live wallpaper will can join Left and Right images to make a 3D effect.
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Sorry if this has already been asked but anyone know if the phone has 960x540 resolution after the parallax barrier? I'm not sure if the 960x540 is the actual screen resolution and with the parallax barrier it would half either the vertical or horizontal. So viewable screen res (since u cant exactly turn off the parallax barrier) would be either 480x540 or 960x275 per eye?
This could be a potential problem for web page viewing if the page can only be displayed at 480x540 or 960x275 depending on how they align the barrier.
I remember reading that the 3D is software controlled, so the parallax barrier (which is like a fine lcd gauze) can be switched on and off in software.
So in 3D on mode the resolution will be 480X540, and off will be the full 960x540.
I am willing to be corrected on this by somebody more knowledgable!
From my understanding the parallax barrier is a static physical filter.
Based on my experience with the 3ds, which also uses a parallax barrier at 800×240 effectively 400×240 per eye, when you turn off the 3d effect it is still displaying 2 images but both images are from the same view point. The parallax barrier is still working but since both eyes are seeing the same 400x240 image you do not get the 3d effect nor the full resolution of the screen.
Im just curious if out of 3d mode (for example 2d web browsing) the phone will be able to use the full 960x540 resolution while sending 2 480x540 images, one to each eye.
that does it, I'm officially confused about it now.
My assumption knowing nothing about the technology behind it is the resolution they quote is the effective resolution in 2d, if it was half that a lot of ppl would b pissed
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I'm just taking a guess here but it's probably qHD total with each eye seeing half of the pixels. From what I've seen with the cross eyed 3d pictures your mind will automatically put them together so it should looks like a normal qHD screen.
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I posed this same question over at Android Central a few days ago and was informed (presumably correctly) that the parallax barrier was dynamic, meaning 2D resolution was full qHD.
That's interesting, i thought about alternating the pixels (odd pixels to 1 eye and even to the other) but when i tired it with some text on the 3ds it looked like garbage. I didn't even think about alternating the frames.
oh well looks like we will just have to wait and see. I wonder how the 3d phones that are out now get around the parallax barrier in 2d
I think the evo 3D will most likely employ the kind of parallax barrier that can be turned off, meaning 2D will be completely normal qHD. If not, surely some of the people who've had hands on experience with it would have noticed it and mentioned it by now.
I was originally concerned about the halving of the horizontal pixels for 3D content, but since each eye sees different images, it's hard to really call it half resolution. Once your brain blends the two images together, hopefully it will be hard to notice any loss in horizontal resolution. Especially in dynamic content, like movies or animations.
Funny, when I look at a Nintendo 3DS, and switch off 3D, the resolution improves significantly. I'd say it goes to full 2D resolution, without combining images from different eyes. I closed my right eye and it didn't change anything. If you leave one eye closed and switch between 2D and 3D you can see the difference.
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Funny, when I look at a Nintendo 3DS, and switch off 3D, the resolution improves significantly. I'd say it goes to full 2D resolution, without combining images from different eyes. I closed my right eye and it didn't change anything. If you leave one eye closed and switch between 2D and 3D you can see the difference.
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well duh. Your getting half the image lol. Once you open the other eye your brain puts them together and you then have full resolution...
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well duh. Your getting half the image lol. Once you open the other eye your brain puts them together and you then have full resolution...
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Parallax barrier stereo displays are always half res (horizontally) when the effect is on. So ScrapMaker's point that the resolution improves when switching off the 3D effect is correct. He is not saying that the resolution improves when using both eyes while the effect is on, which it does not.
The EVO 3D likely uses the same display technology as the Optimus 3D and Nintendo 3DS, where the parallax barrier is switched off in 2D mode (and therefore no loss of horizontal resolution). Basically the display is two LCD panels sandwiched together, the front panel being the normal RGB array, the back panel being a series of switchable vertical strips. When on, the parallax barrier directs the light so the each eye is limited to odd or even columns. The display is probably made by Sharp since they've owned the patents on this arrangement for some time now.
Is that parallax barrier visible at all when its turned off? Could it possibly affect sharpness/brightness/viewing angle of the screen?
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The EVO 3D likely uses the same display technology as the Optimus 3D and Nintendo 3DS, where the parallax barrier is switched off in 2D mode (and therefore no loss of horizontal resolution). Basically the display is two LCD panels sandwiched together, the front panel being the normal RGB array, the back panel being a series of switchable vertical strips. When on, the parallax barrier directs the light so the each eye is limited to odd or even columns. The display is probably made by Sharp since they've owned the patents on this arrangement for some time now.
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It has been confirmed that the 3D effect works in both landscape and portrait, which I don't think either of those other two support. I suppose the parallax barrier could just switch orientation along with the content being displayed. But I thought the RGB array needed to be physically aligned the same direction as the parallax barrier lines. I'd love to see how they pulled that off.
peachpuff, I've had the same concerns over loss of fidelity in 2D due to the parallax barrier layer (even when off). Let's hope there is no noticeable degradation.
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It has been confirmed that the 3D effect works in both landscape and portrait, which I don't think either of those other two support. I suppose the parallax barrier could just switch orientation along with the content being displayed. But I thought the RGB array needed to be physically aligned the same direction as the parallax barrier lines. I'd love to see how they pulled that off.
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Do you have a source for that info? Not that I'm saying you're a liar. I just wanna be sure because if that is true, that's awesome!
Is that parallax barrier visible at all when its turned off? Could it possibly affect sharpness/brightness/viewing angle of the screen?
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If it's like the 3DS, it doesn't affect the image because the parallax barrier is between the RGB panel and the backlight. Unlike the older style parallax barriers which act like a lenticular lens and were attached to the front of the LCD panel, those were permanently in 3D mode.
However, since the Sharp screens use directed light, rather than a mask, the viewing angles of the RGB elements would have to be fairly narrow in order to cull the opposite eye's frame. But I remember seeing an LCD panel with a dynamically variable viewing angle at CES a few years back, so maybe that technology comes into play here too. Otherwise the viewing angle would suffer in 2D mode. Anyhow, pure conjecture on my part, I'm looking forward to playing with the new EVO next month and hopefully a comprehensive teardown of all the new tech in there.
It has been confirmed that the 3D effect works in both landscape and portrait
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Haven't heard about that, but that would be impressive. I'd like to see an option for the UI to be rendered stereo.
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Do you have a source for that info? Not that I'm saying you're a liar. I just wanna be sure because if that is true, that's awesome!
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Well, someone over at Android Central who was fortunate enough to get some hands-on time with one said it did support 3D in portrait. But I just looked up that post again and see that they've edited it and are now not entirely certain any longer that it does. Here's the post:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/evo-3d/76619-bragging-ive-played-any-questions-7.html#post825368
But then there's this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12381693&#post12381693
And the one at the end of that thread as well. Those people seem certain that it supports 3D in portrait due to others' hands-on accounts. I think there is sufficient evidence to suggest it does support it, since most of the nay-sayers are people like us assuming they are wrong due to presumed limitations in the technology.
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Well, someone over at Android Central who was fortunate enough to get some hands-on time with one said it did support 3D in portrait. But I just looked up that post again and see that they've edited it and are now not entirely certain any longer that it does. Here's the post:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/evo-3d/76619-bragging-ive-played-any-questions-7.html#post825368
But then there's this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12381693&#post12381693
And the one at the end of that thread as well. Those people seem certain that it supports 3D in portrait due to others' hands-on accounts. I think there is sufficient evidence to suggest it does support it, since most of the nay-sayers are people like us assuming they are wrong due to presumed limitations in the technology.
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I can see the 3D effect being supported in portrait with the tech stated abobe, but not the ability to take pics in portrait due to the arrangement of the camera.
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I used a 3ds yesterday and I have to say that I wasn't impressed. ANY slight shift in the screen cause the whole image to distort and breaking the 3d image my brain put together (if that makes any sense). And the 3D pictures looked like they were taken through a sock. I just hope the EVO 3d is better (I'm assuming it will be) because I had a headache for a good hour last night with that thing.
What would you like to see/think would be cool/only possible with the Evo 3D?
1. Dual focus images: Not sure how well this would work or how well the effect would even be perceived, but independently focus each camera when taking a 2D image (obviously requires someone to figure out how to use both cameras in 2D mode). Possibly result in a easy Tilt Shift photo.
2. 10mp image: Doubt this one is even possible really, but stitching an image from each camera together.
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What would you like to see/think would be cool/only possible with the Evo 3D?
1. Dual focus images: Not sure how well this would work or how well the effect would even be perceived, but independently focus each camera when taking a 2D image (obviously requires someone to figure out how to use both cameras in 2D mode). Possibly result in a easy Tilt Shift photo.
2. 10mp image: Doubt this one is even possible really, but stitching an image from each camera together.
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#2 won't work.
5mp+5mp doesn't = 10mp
10mp would be like taking the first 5mp shot and attaching the 2nd 5mp shot by a corner to one of the corners of the first shot.
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111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
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xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
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Assuming the boxes with the 1's in them are 5mp each, a 10mp box would be made by making lines enclosing the 2 other boxes - where the X's are.
With the 2x5mp cameras, you'd only have 1/2 the data necessary to create a 10mp picture.
Technical talk aside...
I think it would be cool to invert the 3-d...
To take a picture of someone's head and "pop it inside out" so that their nose was the furthest point AWAY from you, rather than the closest.
I don't know if this would be as simple as swapping the two images or not - so the right displays on the left and the left displays on the right.
Nothing like playing with someone's mind by inverting the way they think the world is and showing it to them =D
Kalah, 5mp+5mp does indeed equal 10mp. Your way of thinking is a little skewed though. The pictures would come up essentially the same way the 3d pictures will be displayed on the phone normally (ignore the - signs, they are just for formatting since the site will delete extra spaces):
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111+222222=121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
The picture doesn't show a larger area, just a higher pixel density. The problem is this will only work for distant photos as they are taken from just slightly different angles.
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Kalah, 5mp+5mp does indeed equal 10mp. Your way of thinking is a little skewed though. The pictures would come up essentially the same way the 3d pictures will be displayed on the phone normally (ignore the - signs, they are just for formatting since the site will delete extra spaces):
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111+222222=121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
111111-222222- 121212121212
The picture doesn't show a larger area, just a higher pixel density. The problem is this will only work for distant photos as they are taken from just slightly different angles.
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Alright... Kindof.
You can get 10mp across, but your vertical resolution wouldn't increase. You'd get some really wide pictures.
To double the size of a photo, you have to quadruple the pixels... Not double them.
I'd love to see some great high quality 3D Augmented Reality apps that incorporate 3D. I'm sure there would be good money interactive 3D AR. I know it's cheesy and all, but those little pet games are very popular (personally not a fan). One thing that I would find absolutely fantastic is an app that allows you to draw or create cool 3D shapes in AR. When you close out of the app, all your drawings save and when you open it again you can continue creating awesome stuff and building an alternate digital reality splattered with your creativity. And it would be vital to add in a feature so you can add friends so you can share your world with them.
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What would you like to see/think would be cool/only possible with the Evo 3D?
1. Dual focus images: Not sure how well this would work or how well the effect would even be perceived, but independently focus each camera when taking a 2D image (obviously requires someone to figure out how to use both cameras in 2D mode). Possibly result in a easy Tilt Shift photo.
2. 10mp image: Doubt this one is even possible really, but stitching an image from each camera together.
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1) both images are offset as they are taken from different points, wouldn't work
2) again, different angles of the same image, wouldn't work
Kalash said:
Technical talk aside...
I think it would be cool to invert the 3-d...
To take a picture of someone's head and "pop it inside out" so that their nose was the furthest point AWAY from you, rather than the closest.
I don't know if this would be as simple as swapping the two images or not - so the right displays on the left and the left displays on the right.
Nothing like playing with someone's mind by inverting the way they think the world is and showing it to them =D
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turn the phone upside down
or, open the mpo file in something like "stereophoto maker" (freeware), press "x" (swaps images round) and save the new mpo file back to the phone. (am sure there will be an app to do this eventually)
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I'd love to see some great high quality 3D Augmented Reality apps that incorporate 3D.
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Wikitude 3D world browser already announced for Optimus 3D a month or 2 ago http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/wik...-first-3d-augmented-reality-browser-50003709/
Should be easy enough to do for Evo 3D
Kalash said:
#2 won't work.
5mp+5mp doesn't = 10mp
10mp would be like taking the first 5mp shot and attaching the 2nd 5mp shot by a corner to one of the corners of the first shot.
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111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
111111111 |xxxxxxxxxx
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xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
xxxxxxxxx |1111111111|
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Assuming the boxes with the 1's in them are 5mp each, a 10mp box would be made by making lines enclosing the 2 other boxes - where the X's are.
With the 2x5mp cameras, you'd only have 1/2 the data necessary to create a 10mp picture.
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Seriously if people were this helpful and informative on xda it will have more members than facebook.
You sir, will have your thanks button clicked
Kalash said:
Alright... Kindof.
You can get 10mp across, but your vertical resolution wouldn't increase. You'd get some really wide pictures.
To double the size of a photo, you have to quadruple the pixels... Not double them.
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Again, you don't really understand what "megapixels" means. It is already width x height in the picture. Example: 1000 px x 1000 px = 1,000,000 px or 1MP
If you double one dimension, you double the MP of a photo. I didn't say you made it "twice as big." Yes, I agree that when people say twice as big they usually mean twice the height and twice the width, which is really 4x as big.
on to a different camera idea i just thought about.....
you know when you try to take a picture inside of a moving subject and it always blurs due to lights and ****. wonder if you could make an app that fires the cameras a split second from each other and you can choose one of the better pics
Kalash said:
Alright... Kindof.
You can get 10mp across, but your vertical resolution wouldn't increase. You'd get some really wide pictures.
To double the size of a photo, you have to quadruple the pixels... Not double them.
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You could also do something like this (ignore "-" sign):
11111 - 22222 - 1*1*1*1*1*
11111 - 22222 - *2*2*2*2*2
11111 + 22222 = 1*1*1*1*1* -where each "*" is a virtual pixel value, which is
11111 - 22222 - *2*2*2*2*2 -approximated by taking some sort of average
11111 - 22222 - 1*1*1*1*1* -between the neighboring (left right bottom)
---------------- *2*2*2*2*2 -top) actual pixel values.
---------------- 1*1*1*1*1*
---------------- *2*2*2*2*2
---------------- 1*1*1*1*1*
---------------- *2*2*2*2*2
simplest approximation would be * = (right + left +top + bottom)/4.
Using two camera for 2d shoot can have only benefit in focus and sharpness, because 80% of picture is same on bouth cameras
The 3D is nice and all, but the dual camera seems like it ought to have real potential:
1) HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos
2) Accurate? distance measuring
3) 3D model generation
4) Facial security for lock screen - 3D based, so can't be faked with a photo
5) "Corrected" 2D photos - use the differences between dual photos to filter out artifacts? Better low light photos / night vision?
6) Action shooting (alternate cameras for faster snap shotting?)
7) "Hand" lock screen? (take a 3D photo of your hand, to unlock your phone?)
Just throwing stuff out there I haven't a clue on how to actually create any of those, or even if they're possible.
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on to a different camera idea i just thought about.....
you know when you try to take a picture inside of a moving subject and it always blurs due to lights and ****. wonder if you could make an app that fires the cameras a split second from each other and you can choose one of the better pics
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Try fast burst camera from the market. Doesn't use both camera's but takes pictures quite fast.
New idea?
i thought creating 3D icons... and use the 3D cam. to create a wallpaper of the image the camera see in 3D in combination i think that looks cool.
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2...-to-use-your-camera-as-your-iphone-wallpaper/ example
I would like to have some image effects on the 3D pictures... kinda like HDR and Vintage or Black and white 3D pics.
3D Video Chat!
We already have 3D video recording so something like live video chat does not seem like too much of a leap. Most video chat programs don't support the front camera of the Evo4g let alone the Evo3D. Having a program that specifically targets the Evo3D for 3D video chat would be an amazing feature to compliment this awesome phone.
Cheers!
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We already have 3D video recording so something like live video chat does not seem like too much of a leap. Most video chat programs don't support the front camera of the Evo4g let alone the Evo3D. Having a program that specifically targets the Evo3D for 3D video chat would be an amazing feature to compliment this awesome phone.
Cheers!
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What video chat apps don't support the 3D's front camera? Yahoo, Tango, Fring, Skype, and Qik all do, that only leaves Oovoo. Plus the front camera won't do 3D, it wouldn't be video chat, you could stream live in 3D though.
Find the difference between two 3D pictures
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3d drawing/spin art.
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I just had a few questions about my new Evo 3D... I've been looking on the forum. but haven't found anything... So I thought I'd Ask..
Isn't Sense 3.0 supposed to support landscape mode on the UI? (is there an option to enable this? - 2.1, I think Supported this on my OG E4G.
Is the 3D camera/video supposed to constantly auto focus over and over? i can see maybe it needs to due to the 2 cameras. but it kinda gets annoying, when trying to take a pic.. haha.
Why does the 3D only work in Landscape mode? .. like if I take a pic in 3D, it will only take the pic if I have the phone tilted to landscape. which is crazy to me. Many shots look better from the portrait angle. which is refuses to take pictures that way. my thinking is. if its 3D. wouldn't the orientation not matter? and worse case scenario if it did. so I have a pic that you view sideways. But i'd still have my better angle picture, right?
Other than those issues, I've loved the phone. the 3D is better then I thought it'd be. a lil weird/different to get used to. I love the speed, it restored my texts from my previous phone, and deleting threads took seconds, not hours. that was really nice.
I believe that the screen has to be looked at horizontally because of the 3d technology the screen uses? Kind of like certain types of polarized 3d glasses. The 3d effect isn't the same when you look at the screen when it is vertical.
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Isn't Sense 3.0 supposed to support landscape mode on the UI? (is there an option to enable this? - 2.1, I think Supported this on my OG E4G.
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Why does the 3D only work in Landscape mode? .. like if I take a pic in 3D, it will only take the pic if I have the phone tilted to landscape. which is crazy to me. Many shots look better from the portrait angle. which is refuses to take pictures that way. my thinking is. if its 3D. wouldn't the orientation not matter? and worse case scenario if it did. so I have a pic that you view sideways. But i'd still have my better angle picture, right?
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I'm only 99% sure of this one. I believe the 3D only works in landscape mode because the the cameras need to be in a horizontal fashion to take a 3D picture. The camera's have to be side by side instead of top and bottom.
I suppose if you took the picture in portrait, then were able to turn your phone horizontally without rotating the screen that you'd be able to view a portrait 3D picture, but then your picture would be sideways.
Whatever the case, the cameras need to be side by side. That is the nature of stereoscopic images. Ever seen a Magic Eye picture? Imagine trying to see the hidden image in portrait. Not possible.
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Other than those issues, I've loved the phone. the 3D is better then I thought it'd be. a lil weird/different to get used to. I love the speed, it restored my texts from my previous phone, and deleting threads took seconds, not hours. that was really nice.
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I do like the 3D, but I really only like it when watching movies in 3D (i.e. Green Hornet) and when watching certain YouTube 3D videos. The videos made with higher end 3D camera equipment look really cool. The ones shot from Evo 3D don't look as good to me.
look at the layout of the lenses. If you tilt it on it's side it would be like tilting your head to the side. not to mention the 3D is more a fun gimmick than a primary use feature.
the only way they could take a 3D portrait picture would be if the lenses rotated to keep them horizontal.
the UI does not rotate does not do landscape, the one you were using was a port of either the desire z or shift that allows it due to the hardware keyboard.
i am sure it will be one of the first ports once we get root.
thank you for the replies guys.. i knew it'd be a good idea to ask here..
I did have another question.. I want to put thousands of pictures on my evo. (friends, pets, guitars, live concert pics, funny pics, illusions, etc) .. years ago, when I had my Palm Centro. I found, I was able to compress the images. and keep fairly good quality for that screen.. i was able to drop 2meg pics down to like 37k in filesize .. i was able to fit a couple thousand pictures on the sd card there, and it was somethinge like 300 megs.. it was nice.. i tried to copy those to my Ipod classic. and i guess the Ipod, did'nt like that.. as it re-created the pics bigger. but i can only assume to better fit that screen. so I was bummed out..
anyhow.. I would like to put many pics on my Evo 3D like that, but cut size. though keep relatively decent quality. if i open it on my evo, i'd like it to be full screen and clear... but compressed down from the 900k-2megs that the camera, or even the Evo 4G did..
Does anyone have any recommendations on either what resolution/quality to convert the pics too? / a program to do it? / advice?
I found a tutorial on converting video to work best on the evo. and it says: Set the EVO 3D Width and Height (the EVO 3D supports a maximum of 960 x 540 pixels) .. so that makes sense for video.. but not for pictures.. - but it was this tutorial that got me thinking.. (i also tried last year to find info on optimal pic size for the Evo 4G, and could'nt find anything and gave up looking)
... Dev
DevXen said:
thank you for the replies guys.. i knew it'd be a good idea to ask here..
I did have another question.. I want to put thousands of pictures on my evo. (friends, pets, guitars, live concert pics, funny pics, illusions, etc) .. years ago, when I had my Palm Centro. I found, I was able to compress the images. and keep fairly good quality for that screen.. i was able to drop 2meg pics down to like 37k in filesize .. i was able to fit a couple thousand pictures on the sd card there, and it was somethinge like 300 megs.. it was nice.. i tried to copy those to my Ipod classic. and i guess the Ipod, did'nt like that.. as it re-created the pics bigger. but i can only assume to better fit that screen. so I was bummed out..
anyhow.. I would like to put many pics on my Evo 3D like that, but cut size. though keep relatively decent quality. if i open it on my evo, i'd like it to be full screen and clear... but compressed down from the 900k-2megs that the camera, or even the Evo 4G did..
Does anyone have any recommendations on either what resolution/quality to convert the pics too? / a program to do it? / advice?
I found a tutorial on converting video to work best on the evo. and it says: Set the EVO 3D Width and Height (the EVO 3D supports a maximum of 960 x 540 pixels) .. so that makes sense for video.. but not for pictures.. - but it was this tutorial that got me thinking.. (i also tried last year to find info on optimal pic size for the Evo 4G, and could'nt find anything and gave up looking)
... Dev
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Ok, for the photo compression question (if you still have it) I can point you in the right direction, but don't exactly have a solid solution for you. I use Photoshop and that has a feature to compress images. If you have that, great. But it's not worth getting just to compress photos. But the tool is "optimize for web." This strips the photo of all extra bits that won't be necessary. You'd want to be close to that 960x540 resolution too. Maybe try searching for photo optimizing software, possibly something geared to preparing photos for a website. If you find something and it asks how heavily to compress a jpeg on a number scale, usually 8 is a good starting point.
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Ok, for the photo compression question (if you still have it) I can point you in the right direction, but don't exactly have a solid solution for you. I use Photoshop and that has a feature to compress images. If you have that, great. But it's not worth getting just to compress photos. But the tool is "optimize for web." This strips the photo of all extra bits that won't be necessary. You'd want to be close to that 960x540 resolution too. Maybe try searching for photo optimizing software, possibly something geared to preparing photos for a website. If you find something and it asks how heavily to compress a jpeg on a number scale, usually 8 is a good starting point.
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Cool man thanks for the advice.. i'll look into it.
DevXen said:
thank you for the replies guys.. i knew it'd be a good idea to ask here..
I did have another question.. I want to put thousands of pictures on my evo. (friends, pets, guitars, live concert pics, funny pics, illusions, etc) .. years ago, when I had my Palm Centro. I found, I was able to compress the images. and keep fairly good quality for that screen.. i was able to drop 2meg pics down to like 37k in filesize .. i was able to fit a couple thousand pictures on the sd card there, and it was somethinge like 300 megs.. it was nice.. i tried to copy those to my Ipod classic. and i guess the Ipod, did'nt like that.. as it re-created the pics bigger. but i can only assume to better fit that screen. so I was bummed out..
anyhow.. I would like to put many pics on my Evo 3D like that, but cut size. though keep relatively decent quality. if i open it on my evo, i'd like it to be full screen and clear... but compressed down from the 900k-2megs that the camera, or even the Evo 4G did..
Does anyone have any recommendations on either what resolution/quality to convert the pics too? / a program to do it? / advice?
I found a tutorial on converting video to work best on the evo. and it says: Set the EVO 3D Width and Height (the EVO 3D supports a maximum of 960 x 540 pixels) .. so that makes sense for video.. but not for pictures.. - but it was this tutorial that got me thinking.. (i also tried last year to find info on optimal pic size for the Evo 4G, and could'nt find anything and gave up looking)
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If I were you, I'd invest in a 32 GB SD card if you want optimal quality photos. As you probably already know, the more you compress a photo's file size, the more the quality of the picture degrades, especially with the JPEG file format. The JPEG file format, which is used on all the cameras I've played with so far, can compress an image down to a really low file size, but at the same time the picture quality degrades. The JPEG format also suffers from generation loss, meaning every time you decode and encode an image into the JPEG format, you lose quality. Personally, I prefer the PNG format over other formats since it uses lossless compression, but I don't think the EVO 3D's camera has an option to save in that format. The downside of the PNG format is that the file sizes are still larger than the JPEG format, but it's significantly smaller than the RAW format.
But then again, you're using a phone camera. If you were using a professional or high end amateur camera, I'm pretty sure things would be different. Basically what I want you to take from this is to try to avoid compressing/decompressing JPEG images often. It degrades the picture quality. I only wish the EVO 3D could save images in PNG format since it uses lossless compression.
I am no dev, so wouldn't even know where to start, but am I mistaken in thinking that it would be possible to create an app that utilizes both cameras while taking pictures and then overlapping them to create a 10 MP file? I am plenty satisfied with the 5 MP 2D as well as 3D pics and movie, just thinking we may be able to get a little more out of this bad boy that we could share on sites like Facebook.
I know that the 3D pics will be flattened on their own to 2D when you try to upload to FB, but it seems that it simply cuts one of the images to create a smaller file and doesn't overlap them.
Thoughts?
Oh...and congrats and thanks to #TeamWin for pwning this beast and all of the devs for their continued help and support!
It wouldn't work the 2 cameras are slightly angled to achieve the 3d effect so if you flattened the image it would be a blurry image
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How about two pics at the same time with different exposure settings.
Automatically merge the two images together for a dynamic photo.
The gallery already lets you convert the 3d into 2d.... It takes both images and does what you're asking.
IMO, it makes the 2d image look blurry after doing so.
I'd rather just get it on my computer and take the left (in focus image it seems to be) as it is more clear.
So is anyone else seeing double image if they dont film their subject in a sweet spot? Seems kind of pointless doesnt it? If I am filming stuff, I would prefer to not tell my subject that they cannot move beyond a certain zone.
Or... is my 3d defective?
edufur said:
So is anyone else seeing double image if they dont film their subject in a sweet spot? Seems kind of pointless doesnt it? If I am filming stuff, I would prefer to not tell my subject that they cannot move beyond a certain zone.
Or... is my 3d defective?
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I only see issues if I am close to something, like a macro shot
Ive had the same problem. Taking 3D pictures of moving objects just doesn't work well.
dcyouknow said:
Ive had the same problem. Taking 3D pictures of moving objects just doesn't work well.
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Without a quick enough shutter speed, taking pictures of moving objects period doesn't work well.
my problem isnt just moving objects. it is anything that is NOT in a certain zone. If the object being filmed is too close or too distant, it doubles (instead of 3d).
With 3d photography, there ARE limitations on distance.
Remember, a camera doesn't work like your eyes which are able to do more than just focus.
A camera lens is FIXED in a specific position and when you change your focal points the fixed position may be either to wide or, when focusing at distance, too narrow.
Movie makers and professional photographers are aware of this and can work around it. Specialized 3d photography actually uses 2 cameras in sync with a rail that separates the cameras based on the focal point.
Here's a simplified example of the rail for home use:
http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/How-to-Build-a-Two-Camera-Rig-for-Wiggle-3D
For what the evo and point and shoot 3d cameras do, it's just fine as long as you know the limitations of distance (both macro and >40ft or so)
Compusmurf said:
For what the evo and point and shoot 3d cameras do, it's just fine as long as you know the limitations of distance (both macro and >40ft or so)
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I appreciate this info... but... my evo 3d is struggling with objects even > 8 feet.
is anyone else experiencing the same issue? should i take it back?
To get as close as possible to a perfect 3D experience for human eyes, a 3D camera needs its two lenses to be the same distance apart as our eyes are. Notice the 3VO's "eyes" are only 1.375" apart. My eyes are closer to 3" apart center to center. What it means is that the near and far extents of the view taken will either be hard to align for focus or impossible and thus ignored by one of our eyes or the other. Far elements won't have as much 3D impact anyway, except in contrast to near elements in the same scene. You'll notice broad distant landscape scenes aren't the choice shots as 3D samples. Pick scenes with foreground (not too close) and background (and even middle ground) elements to shoot, and your shots will turn out fine. Make sure your camera is level though. If you don't then you won't see the 3D effect until you re-create that tilted relationship between your eyes and the viewscreen.