How to adjust your 3D pictures (and help your eyes) - HTC EVO 3D

I found this over at (therootofallevo.com) source link is here, sorry if it has been mentioned here before.
By Fernando Gonzalez
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Obviously one of the biggest aspects of the Evo 3D is the 3D capabilities. Some love it, some hate it, some just don’t care, and some enjoy it but just don’t use it often. Whichever side you’re on, I think we can all agree that sometimes the 3D content can strain your eyes a bit. Some people it’s more than just a strain, it can flat out cause a serious headache. From my personal experience, most 3D content on Youtube looks great and doesn’t bother me at all. Watching actual 3D movies looks incredible. Most of the 3D videos I’ve taken look great too and don’t bother me at all. However, the pictures can be a different story. I notice the pictures don’t align too well. When they don’t align right, that’s when the eyes start to strain. The more unaligned they are, the more your eyes will strain. Want to test it out? Take a picture in 3D, and move the Evo left to right, you’ll see the alignment of the two pictures. You’ll notice the closer together the pictures are aligned, the easier it is on your eyes…
WELL.. there’s an option with the 3D pictures that a LOT of people don’t know about —-
Adjust 3D alignment
I can tell you how much better it is on your eyes after adjusting (huge difference), but nothing is better than seeing for yourself first hand. So here’s a quick guide. It’s extremely easy,
1) Open up your camera (in 3D of course ) and take a picture..
2) Go to the gallery on the bottom left of the camera app
Here’s the demo picture I’m going to use: Notice how insanely unaligned the two picture are. This is the type of picture that REALLY strains the eyes bad. I can’t look at it for more than 2 seconds…
3) Tap the screen and select the icon that looks like a wand with sparkels:
(btw, I think the image tearing is because of the 3D effect)
4) You’ll get this popup and select Adjust 3D alignment
5) Now you’ll get this screen:
The left and right tabs is what allows you to adjust the two images taken. If you tilt the screen over you’ll be able to see both the images. Now here’s the trick. I’ll try and explain this without being confusing.. Because of how the images are taken, its impossible to get everything on both images to align perfect. So the key is to figure out whats your focus point of the picture. In my demo picture, its the box. So you adjust the image until the two images are aligned as best you can on the focus point, the box. You’ll notice outside of the focus point, like the monitor base and the black rag to the right, aren’t aligned that well compared to the box. But that’s fine, because again the focus point of the image is the box. So as long as you align the focus point the image will not only look much better, but it will be a million times better on your eyes
Here’s how my demo picture looked before the adjustment, then after..
While I think HTC really should have done a better job with the Evo 3D being able to automatically adjust the images, the fact that they threw this option in there is something to be very happy about. It’s a great option that can bring the fun back to 3D for those that get headaches and strained eyes. So what do you all think? Has it helped at all? If so, will you be taking more 3D pictures?

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Wow probably the most helpful post ever lol. Thanks.
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Im glad it helped you out I was looking for info on a tripod since my hands shake so much and found this so since it helped me I knew it would help others here.

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I have tinkered with this a bit and the only problem I have with it (although it does make for easier focus) is it leaves an overlap look to the sides of the screen where you adjust the pics from their native locations.

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Thanks!
Wow, this really helped with a few of the pix I've taken that were hard to focus on!
One other tip that I've found useful when adjusting this setting is to close one eye. I found that my eyes were trying to focus on the main object (the box in your example) and it made it hard to tell when the pictures were actually aligned. By closing one eye and tilting the screen in such a way that both pictures were visible, I was able to align them much quicker.
-Mark