As technology progresses, so do our standards of entertainment. As high-definition becomes our primary canvas for entertainment, even newer technologies are on the horizon. Though 3D has long been available and displayed in movie theaters, it's just now being adopted as a standard format for photos and movies. Though seemingly daunting, the task of constructing 3D images with a digital camera or camcorder is not terribly difficult, and can yield some amazing results.
Capture
3D pictures, or stereograms, are essentially pictures with combined information: information from your left eye and information from your right eye, with both pictures gently skewing each other and tinted a separate color. In order for the images to appear 3D, special glasses with colors matching those on the image must be worn. In order to take a 3D picture, you must actually take two pictures. So, in beginning, take a picture of your scene from a fixed position, then, carefully, take a second picture after shifting about three inches (or the average distance between two human eyes) to your right or left. It is absolutely essential that the heights and angles of the two pictures are the same.
Creation
After importing the pictures to your computer, you have two options: you can either use a specialized program (for example, 3D Journal) to meld the pictures into a single 3D image, or you can do it yourself, manually, using any basic picture editing software. Simply open the first picture (it doesn't matter which angle) and give it a red hue. Following this, cut and paste the second picture and overlay it on the first, making sure to add some translucence so as not to block out the first image. Now, simply tint the second image with blue and save the file as a single image. Voila, you've created a stereogram that will appear 3-dimensional when viewed with red and blue 3D glasses.
Video
Though much more difficult, it is indeed possible to capture 3D video at home. However, it requires not one, but two camcorders, preferably of the same model with the same settings. Using a clamp, wires, or even tape, attach the two camcorders together at the sides and record your scene with both cameras recording simultaneously. When finished capturing, simply import the video into an applicable video editing program and repeat the same steps used to create the 3D still image.
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