Since there isn't a boatload of 3D content available yet, I figured I'd start a thread where we can share the 3D content we've made with each other. Here is a video I made of my friend's salt water fish tank the day I got the phone, and it looks awesome! He insisted on keeping the lights in the room off because the "tank is prettier", but due to the low ambient light, the image is sometimes blurry while the lenses focused, but most of the video is very good.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12198862/VIDEO0003.rar
Sorry, but I had to zip it up because if not, the link would start playing the video directly on the phone and it would buffer a lot.
YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdxqwt8gNI
YouTube link to my Prism Quantum stunt kite in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMsTqohVPx4
YouTube link to a B-52 stealth bomber flyover during the singing of The National Anthem during MNF football (Dolphins vs. Patriots) on 9/12/11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60HNvfeZoM
Enjoy! I'm looking forward to see how everyone is using this feature so far.
why not upload it to yt3d?
vinterchaos said:
why not upload it to yt3d?
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I can....I'm uploading it now. I wanted to offer the option to download the file directly because with a slow connection, the video will buffer a lot. When it's done uploading, I'll add a link for YouTube, too.
Edit: YouTube link added to OP.
great video, watched it on my pc with glasses.. nice fish tank if its yours too
Oh, you saw it with glasses? I'm dying to see what the videos look like that way. When the fish cross the screen, do they pop out at you?
That's my buddy's tank, by the way. He's still setting it up (according to him; I don't know much about salt water tanks) and he plans on adding a lot more fish and live corals. It is a very nice set-up, though.
They pop out a little bit, there is a definite depth to the whole tank with the fish being in front of it though and unlike a lot of the videos I've seen with these glasses the colors look great.. the fish stand out a lot.
I'm getting double image in the YouTube....
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I love reef tanks. So time consuming though.
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rugedraw said:
Since there isn't a boatload of 3D content available yet, I figured I'd start a thread where we can share the 3D content we've made with each other. Here is a video I made of my friend's salt water fish tank the day I got the phone, and it looks awesome! He insisted on keeping the lights in the room off because the "tank is prettier", but due to the low ambient light, the image is sometimes blurry while the lenses focused, but most of the video is very good.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12198862/VIDEO0003.rar
Sorry, but I had to zip it up because if not, the link would start playing the video directly on the phone and it would buffer a lot.
YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdxqwt8gNI
Enjoy! I'm looking forward to see how everyone is using this feature so far.
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That looks awesome man. Tell your buddy nice tank. Salt water tanks are a ***** to keep up too. Peace my fellow Cubano
I played the video through my PS3, and it worked fine. Some of the camera motion resulted in a bit of blur (maybe from the camera trying to hold focus, not sure), but the fish looked good and the tank had some impressive depth. The coral was very cool.
From an artistic standpoint, it seems like less overall motion would result in a better experience. Foreground motion was not a problem (fish), but when the whole scene moved, it was a little blurry.
I found the mpo file format works better for pics on the pc with the red and blue glasses.
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great video, watched it on my pc with glasses.. nice fish tank if its yours too
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what color glases do you need to see the images in 3d on your computer? the red blue, or magenta green, Im guessing the standard red blue, but not sure.
Look at this picture through your phone. Its sooo trippy, the flowers are popping out at you. It takes a few seconds to focus
So when we upload 3D pics/videos we can view them in 3D on a computer or TV with the aid of 3D glasses? Just want clarification on this. And as someone said earlier do we just need red/cyan glasses?
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I'm getting double image in the YouTube....
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The same thing happened to one of my friends, but I don't know why. It works fine on my phone. He said that he went to YouTube via the browser and was able to see it, but using the YouTube app he got double images. Very weird. YouTube app works fine for me with this video.
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I played the video through my PS3, and it worked fine. Some of the camera motion resulted in a bit of blur (maybe from the camera trying to hold focus, not sure), but the fish looked good and the tank had some impressive depth. The coral was very cool.
From an artistic standpoint, it seems like less overall motion would result in a better experience. Foreground motion was not a problem (fish), but when the whole scene moved, it was a little blurry.
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I could not agree with you more. This was the first video I shot with it.....we'll have to keep this in mind in the future. However, as in the OP, the low light in the room was not helping much, either. A fixed position or panning across the tank more slowly would have yielded a much better video.
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I found the mpo file format works better for pics on the pc with the red and blue glasses.
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I haven't been able to mess with the glasses yet on a true 3D panel, but I'll keep that in mind.
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So when we upload 3D pics/videos we can view them in 3D on a computer or TV with the aid of 3D glasses? Just want clarification on this. And as someone said earlier do we just need red/cyan glasses?
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Yup......I'm pretty sure the ones you need are red/blue. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to chime in.
I view videos on youtube with left eye on the left, then view like a stereogram so your eyes relax
for mpo files I load them into Sterephoto maker (freeware) where I can view in the same way as videos or I can save them out as jpeg or jps and view in the same way. This software also allows you to view with any type of coloured glasses (orange/blue, cyan/red, cyan/green etc)
Personally, I feel if you can view a stereogram then you can view these files off the phone with no glasses
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Yup......I'm pretty sure the ones you need are red/blue. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to chime in.
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press the 3D button at the bottom and choose what type of 3D you want, glasses (not just red/cyan) or no glasses (side by side with left on left, side by side cross-eyed, left on top, right on top)
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Look at this picture through your phone. Its sooo trippy, the flowers are popping out at you. It takes a few seconds to focus
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I couldn't get it to focus right. I think the pic was taken to close, maybe. I tried taking some 3D pics of some of the live corals in my boy's fish tank, but I would have to get really close and the pics came out kinda like this one.
I originally read somewhere that even with glasses you can't view 3D content on a non 3D monitor.
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press the 3D button at the bottom and choose what type of 3D you want, glasses (not just red/cyan) or no glasses (side by side with left on left, side by side cross-eyed, left on top, right on top)
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I don't see those options on the YouTube app, but using the browser they are there. Good to know! I always thought the "3D" was an icon and not a functional button.
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Someone who has the device, please verify. I have not seen a conclusive answer to if it can show 3d in portrait or not. Most say no, some say yes. Someone with the phone can test this quickly.
If it doesn't show 3d in portrait, what does it do when trying to view a 3d photo in portrait?
Thanks.
EDIT: several users confirm below that the screen does indeed show 3d in the portrait orientation, albeit with mixed results.
Do bot have the device but I can assure that you cannot. Parralax barrier can only do one orientation.
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Someone who has the device, please verify. I have not seen a conclusive answer to if it can show 3d in portrait or not. Most say no, some say yes. Someone with the phone can test this quickly.
If it doesn't show 3d in portrait, what does it do when trying to view a 3d photo in portrait?
Thanks.
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Taking a portrait picture would be pointless for 3D since the cameras would be on top of eachother and the file itself wouldn't work in portrait.
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Do bot have the device but I can assure that you cannot. Parralax barrier can only do one orientation.
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huh?
i have the phone and you can see 3D in portrait
not that well, but it does it
rotate it to landscape and simply looks better
I'm not asking about taking a picture, only viewing it. And I only ask about a photo cause it's easy and direct yes or no. What I really want to know is if the screen can show 3d in portrait. I've assumed that it cannot. But xHausx thought it could as well as GSM Arena said it could.
I know the theories. Just want someone with the phone to do this one test to prove it.
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huh?
i have the phone and you can see 3D in portrait
not that well, but it does it
rotate it to landscape and simply looks better
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So the screen definitely shows 3d in portrait?
Sweetness.
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So the screen definitely shows 3d in portrait?
Sweetness.
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actually its not that bad in portrait,for some reason it takes a bit longer for my eyes to register the 3D lol
but after a minute it'll look fine in portrait,but of course the pic is smaller
when u landscape it, it goes full screen and then its easier to see
But if defiinately shows in portrait. I havent taken any pics yets, im using the 15 standard 3d pics that came with the phone
I have the device, and while it does show a 3d picture in portrait mode, it is not in 3d, its eschewed and weird. when you turn it to landscape the photo becomes 3d.
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I have the device, and while it does show a 3d picture in portrait mode, it is not in 3d, its eschewed and weird. when you turn it to landscape the photo becomes 3d.
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i thought that at first,but i stared at it longer, its DEFINATELY in 3D in portrait, i have 20/20 vision
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for some reason it takes a bit longer for my eyes to register the 3D
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That's likely because your brain is going through the motions of imagining that both of your eyes are stacked on top of eachother...seriously. It is physically impossible to have an actual 3D viewing experience in portrait...perhaps your brain is interpreting it and getting some depth information out of it...kinda...but it is not intended to be viewed that way.
...though I do think think an orientation agnostic parallax barrier technology could be developed and made relatively inexpensive eventually. I know nothing about the parallax barrier technology, though as a high end specialty screen printer in a former life I'm very familiar with lenticular printing and I imagine it's the same idea...I also imagine that the barrier is a black-n-white LCD type technology oriented at angles....and I don't see why they couldn't have multiple angles...though that would probably add thickness....but once the resolution of the screen gets high enough it would probably not be too noticeable....
...or I'm way the fnck off...
I like saywhat's take on the matter!
Others please confirm. I'm getting geeked for 3d ui possibilities now
We should just rename this entire General forum to "Confirmation Bias Central" until everyone gets the damned phone in their hands...christ.
I too thought that paralax barriers only worked in one orientation, but the portrait orientation definitely looks 3d. 3d UI sounds sweet, I would suggest a default UI orientation of landscape - I know I almost always have my phone in landscape anyway
ps - I am on my EVO 3d right now.
Sorry daneurysm, but yes, I am using the forum to ask a question to those who have a device already. I'm just not sure Jesus cares enough about this for you to drag Him into it.
I think that's 2 who say definitely parallax 3d works in portrait. One or two more confirm and I'll change the op title maybe. HTC is stupid for not explaining this clearly.
Its taking my eyes forever to adjust to the 3D effects.... lmao
R.I.P corneas
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Sorry daneurysm, but yes, I am using the forum to ask a question to those who have a device already. I'm just not sure Jesus cares enough about this for you to drag Him into it.
I think that's 2 who say definitely parallax 3d works in portrait. One or two more confirm and I'll change the op title maybe. HTC is stupid for not explaining this clearly.
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Amen to that, lol.
HTC was not clear at all and I have heard conflicting theories from all across the board...though I am suspicious that HTC not commenting directly on it would suggest that they don't want to say it can't be in 3D for 90% of the things you use your phone for.
I don't see it being impossible, in fact quite the opposite as I explained above...though I figure we would have heard about this specifically if it was "3D however you hold it" technology.
I hope it is 3D all the way around, but, logic is pointing in the opposite direction....don't underestimate your brain's ability to overestimate it's input stimuli, it's fascinatingly good at 'filling in the details', especially visually.
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i have 20/20 vision
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For now.
Maybe it does 3d in portrait with 2 parallax barriers and switches between them. And perhaps they didn't advertise it because portrait 3d is even more eye straining? Idk, but it's cool if it can do it.
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Maybe it does 3d in portrait with 2 parallax barriers and switches between them. And perhaps they didn't advertise it because portrait 3d is even more eye straining? Idk, but it's cool if it can do it.
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I don't see how or why that would be impossible to do...and like I said before (and I should google it...maybe later...not now) I know nothing of this technology, but I imagine it's like old black-n-white LCD technology with each strip at an angle...or two, one on each side for alternating lines....but perhaps they could do a matrix and trigger it like a dot-matrix LCD, one for horizontal and one for vertical depending on orientation....though that also changes the angles...I wonder if the supposedly limited viewing angle has something to do with this in any way.
...don't concern me, I look at my phone dead-on...like everybody...and I don't treat it like a home theater either...
The 2D -> 3D button is only for the camera, right? Is it going to be possible to completely turn off the 3D effect? I'm sure the novelty will wear off and I'd rather the battery life.
OK, maybe i have bad eyes, and according to the optometrist i do Anyway, point being, i seem to have absolutely no trouble seeing the 3d effect and i can see it from, not a wide angle range, but i dont have to be in the "magical" spot. Even all the photos and videos i took look great. Far better than the ones that came on the phone as samples. Lastly, the 3d content on youtube was awesome and very easily viewed to me. I am one to get motion sick easily and for some reason, i have no issues with this device. Like i said, maybe iim the exception, but i'm 110% satisfied with the device and the "gimmic" 3d
Yeah I think the 3d mode is pretty good. All though at extreme angles it will mess with your eyes.
I agree, 3d is very easy to see for me. It looks amazing too
I thought the same thing.
I played with a ds3d and hated it. Knowing that this phone had similar tech made me question its quality and ease on my eyes.
Well i can say now that the 3d is very good! Just got done watching green Hornet 3d and my eyes feel fine. I did fine myself loosing the 3d at times but I think that's cause I was looking at it for so long.
Pictures are a little harder to tune in and are harsher on the eyes, but the 3d affect is amazing! This phone is definitely a win in my book.
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bothers the heck out of my eyes, I find it too bothersome to hold it in the correct spot.
now...I think its cool for short recordings and pics, but theres no way im watching a whole 3d movie on it.
had to take aspirin after about 8 minutes of green hornet.
or maybe its just cause I think that movie stinks
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bothers the heck out of my eyes, I find it too bothersome to hold it in the correct spot.
now...I think its cool for short recordings and pics, but theres no way im watching a whole 3d movie on it.
had to take aspirin after about 8 minutes of green hornet.
or maybe its just cause I think that movie stinks
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Agreed, Worst Seth Rogan film ever. Hurts my eyes too.
Now the 3D effect, is bad ass! Yes you have to have it at the correct angle but with a Kickstand case, no problemo.
Last time I got my eyes checked, about 3 years ago, I had 20/15 vision so I would say that my sight is pretty good. The 3D effect is good but I find, at least for me, that the window is extremely narrow. It really has to be in the prefect position, otherwise it's nauseating.
I find it amazing. U just have to hold it still
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Had no idea it would be this good
sand1303 said:
I find it amazing. U just have to hold it still
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I must admit the 3D is much better than I expected, especially after reading the early reviews. I'm fortunate in that I haven't had the eye fatigue or headaches reported by some. But as far as the 3D effect it is very good, even the pictures I've taken; and practice makes perfect. As mentioned above, holding the phone still in important.
The YouTube videos are awesome. I upgraded from the 4G to the 3D for the new processor and Sense 3.0; 3D was really not much of interest yet that is all I've been playing with since I got the phone yesterday.
At a price of $199 after rebates, why would anyone in there right mind complain about a feature you do not have to use anyway. It is amazing that this thing has 3d along with all of it's other top specs of any device and still came in at the price point it did.
The only thing they might have done different if they did not add the 3d in would have been to up the camera to 8mp but even then, it would probably be the same camera we have now but just shoot larger pictures so who cares.
I also bet all the people who screamed gimmick are starring at there phone right now trying to find anything in 3d to view.......
Although right now, I am starring at my phone fighting with myself if I should push the button to upgrade my software or wait to see if they root the non-updated software!
Anyway, 3d is a win on this device! Don't know how much better they could have made it and cannot understand how any reviewer can complain about the way it was implemented.....
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I agree, 3d is very easy to see for me. It looks amazing too
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I have amazing vision according to my doctor but the 3d hurts my eyes. I also have to be holding it just the right distance away to see it. Too close and it looks 2d.
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...effing awesome...I pulled up a sport 3D clip on youtube and damn this thing is insane. I had a Samsung LED 3D TV at home and already loving 3D, but now with my E3D, i can have 3D on the road...time to convert my 3D movies to watch on this bad boy!!!
<3 the 3D feature as well.
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Me too!
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glad some people like it. The 3D I see on my phone is really out of focus and gives me a headache. My eyes take a long time to adjust back to real life after I have been looking at my phone for a minute too
EniGmA1987 said:
glad some people like it. The 3D I see on my phone is really out of focus and gives me a headache. My eyes take a long time to adjust back to real life after I have been looking at my phone for a minute too
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yea i feel ya... im messing around with it to see if there are a few settings to Adjust the screen to MY liking... cause it kinda sucks when i hand the phone to people and they are like "WOW THATS INSANE" and standing there trying to focus saying "... yea i know"
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yea i feel ya... im messing around with it to see if there are a few settings to Adjust the screen to MY liking... cause it kinda sucks when i hand the phone to people and they are like "WOW THATS INSANE" and standing there trying to focus saying "... yea i know"
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Lololol ...totally done that a million times by now. The girlfriend won't even look at the screen anymore. some people have gone so far as to hand it back the instant they see the screen like its cursed or something.
This guy at work just started yelling and nearly fell over...
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Lololol ...totally done that a million times by now. The girlfriend won't even look at the screen anymore. some people have gone so far as to hand it back the instant they see the screen like its cursed or something.
This guy at work just started yelling and nearly fell over...
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lol.. ahh gramps... thinking every new tech toy is possessed...
Videos are easier for noobs, pics take learning.. I always focus on background images and not foreground first
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i keep having to tell people to hold it still and just look at it. you would think it is a hot potatoe when people get it in there hands. twisting it and teetering it all different directions. all u have to do is hold it still and let your eyes focus.
it is kinda like those puzzles that popped out at you when they were popular back in the day. once u stopped trying to look at it so hard it just all the sudden would appear
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i keep having to tell people to hold it still and just look at it. you would think it is a hot potatoe when people get it in there hands. twisting it and teetering it all different directions. all u have to do is hold it still and let your eyes focus.
it is kinda like those puzzles that popped out at you when they were popular back in the day. once u stopped trying to look at it so hard it just all the sudden would appear
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I think your referring to Magic Eye.
I love the 3D also. Phone is a beast. I paid 400 for mine and love everybit of it. Had the G2x I prefer the E3D
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I think your referring to Magic Eye.
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yes, magic eye pictures, that was the **** when i was in high school. how fast can u see this one? took me about 3 eye wipes
http://www.magiceye3ds.com/pictures.aspx
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glad some people like it. The 3D I see on my phone is really out of focus and gives me a headache. My eyes take a long time to adjust back to real life after I have been looking at my phone for a minute too
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I had some issues at first too. I figured out I was doing a lot of things wrong.
First, Don't hold it too close, about a foot/foot and a half is good. Six inches is kinda weird looking.
Second, I kept reading move the screen back and forth till it pops, this is half right. You need to move it slowly and stop when it looks alright then blink a few times if you need too.
And in the gallery when looking at pics wait a second before you try to move it. Once you find a sweet spot if you keep the phone steady if should stay alright.
This phone really should of had a tutorial for using the screen, with like simple shapes and stuff like that.
The trick about 3D I found is that don't watch those cheaply made clips...make sure you watch the high quality one, I found one clip on Youtube that is a show-off type of clip for me to my friends. Search for "GoPro 3D: Highlight Reel 2011" is the name of it. Also, when watching 3D content, make sure you are in 4G speed because 3D requires high bandwidth to carry through.
Showed the above youtube clip to my coworkers and one of them said "iPhone 4 sucks!" and he's a Mac lover. lol
I know i just love taking pictures of myself in 3d for my bf
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I know i just love taking pictures of myself in 3d for my bf
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Yeah see, I thought that this kind of phone would revolutionize sexting!
I've seen some videos that are converted wrong, in most online videos and all the vids and pics the 3d takes I hold the phone with the top/left side slightly further away than the right, i have seen a video that it looked weird until i held it with the bottom/right side farther away. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXecWt6ldM4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
OK, dumb question: Why don't 3D vids on youtube work for me anymore? I bookmarked a few to show friends, but when I play them now, it's as if I'm viewing it on a computer or a non-3D phone. Clearly, I've somehow selected something on youtube that makes it not work anymore. Can anyone help an idiot figure out what he did???
NM, figured it out. Apparently, you gotta use the youtube app, not the browser. Carry on.....
The 3d images and videos on my phone doesnt really work all the time. The two images dont really line up properly. It seems like the phone is having convergence issues or something. The images look somewhat 3D but there is a lot of double images and ghosting. Nothing like when I got it out of the box. The 3d effect was perfect. Sometimes a hard reset will tame it, even tried a factory reset but the problem keeps coming back. Does anyone else have this issue?
i too have this issue.
My hypothesis, is that it cant or didnt auto focus correctly
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Also i have the "out of box" software. these OTAs might have fixed some 3D rendering software
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The 3d images and videos on my phone doesnt really work all the time. The two images dont really line up properly. It seems like the phone is having convergence issues or something. The images look somewhat 3D but there is a lot of double images and ghosting. Nothing like when I got it out of the box. The 3d effect was perfect. Sometimes a hard reset will tame it, even tried a factory reset but the problem keeps coming back. Does anyone else have this issue?
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i went to a baseball game yesterday and took some pics... i seriously have to cross my eyes to see a solid picture. it seems the 3D camera works well for pics between 3 to 50ft away, anything farther seems to strain your eyes when trying to focus. The players were doubled (with lots of space between them) and focusing before taking the pic isn't that accurate(even in 2D), the samsung galaxy s has much MUCH better focus abilities. Took a pic of the city skyline and it wasn't as crisp as i thought it would be
i hope software updates in the future improve this (ie the camera from the new mytouch)
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i went to a baseball game yesterday and took some pics... i seriously have to cross my eyes to see a solid picture. it seems the 3D camera works well for pics between 3 to 50ft away, anything farther seems to strain your eyes when trying to focus. The players were doubled (with lots of space between them) and focusing before taking the pic isn't that accurate(even in 2D), the samsung galaxy s has much MUCH better focus abilities. Took a pic of the city skyline and it wasn't as crisp as i thought it would be
i hope software updates in the future improve this (ie the camera from the new mytouch)
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Thanks for that. And yeah its software, like you said, so they could easily bump up some goods
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I have all the OTA updates. It's a real problem and I think more people have it than realize. But as long as its a software issue I can hold off on trading it in. My handset is perfect as far as build, so if its not fixed in a few weeks I'll just exchange it as defective.
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Another symptom is that 3D pictures in the gallery don't work in portrait. It just shows the two pictures interlaced together with no 3D effect at all.
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You can adjust the image after you take it. Use the magic wand and align 3d image. Pretty simple.
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I've seen a video on youtube that looked like you describe, but it seemed to be a fluke, most of the other things looked as I'd expect.
Our cameras are fixed and can't adjust for different distances like our eyes can so the 3d effect will be lost of trying to capture somethin far away....
As far as 3d in portrait it works but it wasn't meant to be seen that way
Bussin Caps n 3D
I've notice this also but I call it a bad take on a picture. Just like it was stated above the camera might not have focused correctly. Usually another take does it. And I've noticed that looking at 3D content doesn't strain my eyes like before because I trained my eyes for this this type of media. Now I could see a 3D pic in an instant.
My ''xDU4L C0R3 SH00T3Rx'' shot you down in 3D!
Nah its not a bad take and pictures are being taken properly. I know this because after a hard reset everything shows up fine for a minute or two before reverting back. (3d effect in landscape but not spaced properly so lots of ghosting and double images, no 3d effect AT ALL in portrait just shows two interlaced photos.) I know the 3d isn't optimal in portrait but its not working for me, period.
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I'm wondering if I'm alone on this... Coming from the evo 4g, I am extremely underwhelemed by the quality of the camera on this phone.
It has a hard time not blurring things when you take it's picture, whereas my evo could literally snap a picture of a roller coaster at full speed with ease.
It doesn't expose properly and leaves flares everywhere and washed out areas of the picture, if the whole picture isn't destroyed.
You can forget about low light situations, if it's even at dusk the camera won't be able to see anything without a flash.
And then the camera button... Oh my. When I try to use it (and maybe I just have clumsy hands), I can't hold the phone still and then the half way down to focus feature always screws me up. If I press it all the way down, it doesnt bother focusing, it just takes a picture in whatever focus it has. So, I have to carefully press it halfway down, not move, and then take it after. FRUSTRATION.
Sorry for the vent, but the camera was one of my favorite features on the 4g and this phone has taken it from me... 3d or not.
I love the camera button. Just hold the camera button down to the first click for 2 seconds, let it focus, the fully press it down and keep your hand still. You'll get a good picture if you do this. But if you move your hand while its taking the picture, then of course youll get a blurry picture. That's user error, not camera error.
Read this:
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
Richard_Danger said:
I love the camera button. Just hold the camera button down to the first click for 2 seconds, let it focus, the fully press it down and keep your hand still. You'll get a good picture if you do this. But if you move your hand while its taking the picture, then of course youll get a blurry picture. That's user error, not camera error.
Read this:
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
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Thanks for the article, looks helpful! I can't help my shaky hands though. Maybe I'll design a camera tripod.
Richard_Danger said:
I love the camera button. Just hold the camera button down to the first click for 2 seconds, let it focus, the fully press it down and keep your hand still. You'll get a good picture if you do this. But if you move your hand while its taking the picture, then of course youll get a blurry picture. That's user error, not camera error.
Read this:
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
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Wow. What a article. That should be posted on all *****ing threads about the cam. Make a thread with that link. I bet we wont get another bad pic *****ing....
Edit-Not directed at you Op, i guess just me *****ing
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Cryt said:
And then the camera button... Oh my. When I try to use it (and maybe I just have clumsy hands), I can't hold the phone still and then the half way down to focus feature always screws me up. If I press it all the way down, it doesnt bother focusing, it just takes a picture in whatever focus it has. So, I have to carefully press it halfway down, not move, and then take it after. FRUSTRATION.
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I have the same issue with camera button. I now ONLY use the screen button and it works much better.
I'm not sure it's a shake issue or not. But when using the camera button the often come out blurry and when using the screen button they are fine.
Adjusting settings does help but the camera still sucks balls. I'll take iPhone 4 cam vs this one any day.
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Richard_Danger said:
I love the camera button. Just hold the camera button down to the first click for 2 seconds, let it focus, the fully press it down and keep your hand still. You'll get a good picture if you do this. But if you move your hand while its taking the picture, then of course youll get a blurry picture. That's user error, not camera error.
Read this:
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
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Thanks a bunch for this. should be stickied
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Richard_Danger said:
I love the camera button. Just hold the camera button down to the first click for 2 seconds, let it focus, the fully press it down and keep your hand still. You'll get a good picture if you do this. But if you move your hand while its taking the picture, then of course youll get a blurry picture. That's user error, not camera error.
Read this:
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/07/evo-3d-getting-the-most-out-of-your-camera-2d-pictures/
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Thanks for the link. Make sure you read to the bottom, that's where he says:
Your new default settings should be: ISO 100, exposure –1, contrast +1, saturation +1, sharpness +1. This is for virtually all good lighting conditions.
Torrentula81 said:
Adjusting settings does help but the camera still sucks balls. I'll take iPhone 4 cam vs this one any day.
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I agree totally! The camera on this phone sucks just like it did on the OG Evo. Who the hell has time to play with all of those settings, taking numerous pictures of the same thing trying to get it right. He is correct we are not professional photographers and if we were we wouldn't be using our phone to do it with. We just want a simple point & shoot camera that gives us good pictures. Even as much as it pains me to say, but like the camera on the iPhone 4. I have taken a bunch of pics & videos with it, inside & out, low light and sunlight and I've always gotten a a great pic/video with auto settings unlike the camera on the OG Evo and Evo 3D. Hell any HTC phone for that matter. They make great phones but they always skimp when it comes to the camera.
beyond882001 said:
Wow. What a article. That should be posted on all *****ing threads about the cam. Make a thread with that link. I bet we wont get another bad pic *****ing....
Edit-Not directed at you Op, i guess just me *****ing
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Sorry, but no amount of software tweaks will overcome a ****ty sensor and lens. I love my Evo 3D, but the camera sucks ass. The pictures in that link look decent only because they're majorly downsized.
ydoucare said:
Sorry, but no amount of software tweaks will overcome a ****ty sensor and lens. I love my Evo 3D, but the camera sucks ass. The pictures in that link look decent only because they're majorly downsized.
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I can post the original sized pictures and for comparison, they look good both ways.
I have to say it's very disingenuous to say that the camera sucks. I have two friends that are professional photographers and they both have been very impressed with the pictures I posted in the article. I looked to them both for advice on this article. Are they perfect? Of curse not. But they are still very good. I dont mean this to be disrespectful, but the problem also seems to be user, not just software. I also want to add that once you change the settings the settings typically stay that way so you don't always have to adjust them. At the end of the day there is a difference between having a bad sensor and having bad software. The EVO 3D is limited to bad software but can be helped by adjusting the settings.
One last thing. I originally posted the pictures in their true size. But thanks to Windows Live not playing nice with WordPress the entire article had to be redone and somehow the size was reduced. I can certainly post the original size later when I get home. I really hope the article helps people out with their picture quality. To those that don't agree, it's fine. Can't make everyone happy lol.
@major thanks for postin the article brosef lol
This post was NOT meant to troll btw! Just trying to shed some light, thank people for their comments, and clarify some stuff.
ONE MORE THING!! Dont use the camera button!! I completely forgot to mention that. But as much as I loved the idea of having a deticated button for the life of me they always come out blurry! I have no idea why. So I just use the onscreen button.
I cant get any good outside shots with the 3vo.... Look at this the first is shot with a sensation the other 3 are taken with my 3vo different settings each time nowhere near as clear focus is off, they are grainy just look plain terrible i literally just walked in from taking these
More taken today
The problem i am having is the when taking pictures, is the picture always looks dimmed after taking the shot. I could take a picture of the beach on a sunny day and it would look in the picture as if was a coudly day.All my outside shots are dimmed. And forget low light shots.I played around with settings nothing seems to matter. Not sure why check out the picture below, this is a picture on the beach bright sunny day out . Any idea's on whats going on here?
See my low lights are amazing i took this in a completely dark room no lights at all
Ryan00 said:
The problem i am having is the when taking pictures, is the picture always looks dimmed after taking the shot. I could take a picture of the beach on a sunny day and it would look in the picture as if was a coudly day.All my outside shots are dimmed. And forget low light shots.I played around with settings nothing seems to matter. Not sure why check out the picture below, this is a picture on the beach bright sunny day out . Any idea's on whats going on here?
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Ryan00 said:
The problem i am having is the when taking pictures, is the picture always looks dimmed after taking the shot. I could take a picture of the beach on a sunny day and it would look in the picture as if was a coudly day.All my outside shots are dimmed. And forget low light shots.I played around with settings nothing seems to matter. Not sure why check out the picture below, this is a picture on the beach bright sunny day out . Any idea's on whats going on here?
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Wow. That's really bad. I'd say part of the problem is the white balance. I think the EVO's white balance problem is really affecting certain images than others. I'll be going down the shore this weekend. I'll take some beach shots. No reason it should look that bad 0_o
I do wonder if there are some cameras that do have bad sensors... I've heard a few people on Android Central get an exchang and the new phone had better quality with no green tint..
mikeyfg said:
See my low lights are amazing i took this in a completely dark room no lights at all
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Holy crap ! this is a good picture for being a a dark room. That would never work or me. I wonder why some people get better pictures then others ?
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See my low lights are amazing i took this in a completely dark room no lights at all
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That does look good. My low light pictures come out really good. There's definitely a software issue going on. But I'm starting to wonder if *possibly* there's some faulty cameras out there.. Ze plot thickens
JerzyIroc said:
I have to say it's very disingenuous to say that the camera sucks. I have two friends that are professional photographers and they both have been very impressed with the pictures I posted in the article. I looked to them both for advice on this article. Are they perfect? Of curse not. But they are still very good. I dont mean this to be disrespectful, but the problem also seems to be user, not just software. I also want to add that once you change the settings the settings typically stay that way so you don't always have to adjust them. At the end of the day there is a difference between having a bad sensor and having bad software. The EVO 3D is limited to bad software but can be helped by adjusting the settings.
One last thing. I originally posted the pictures in their true size. But thanks to Windows Live not playing nice with WordPress the entire article had to be redone and somehow the size was reduced. I can certainly post the original size later when I get home. I really hope the article helps people out with their picture quality. To those that don't agree, it's fine. Can't make everyone happy lol.
@major thanks for postin the article brosef lol
This post was NOT meant to troll btw! Just trying to shed some light, thank people for their comments, and clarify some stuff.
ONE MORE THING!! Dont use the camera button!! I completely forgot to mention that. But as much as I loved the idea of having a deticated button for the life of me they always come out blurry! I have no idea why. So I just use the onscreen button.
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Thanks a bunch for posting that article. Like you said "can't please everybody" Well you sure helped me out. I didn't know jack crap about the settings. Now I got a pretty good idea. I was always just a point and shoot type guy. Never messed with the settings cause I didn't know how they affected the rest of the picture. So thanks again. Anytime someone tries to help out on this site. Actually I think its just the e3d section. Wasn't like this on the hd2 side. You always got some dickhead putting in there 2cents.
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