[Chimera-users] Cross eyed stereo pair generated by default

[Oliver Clarke]

Hi Elaine,

Thanks - I am aware of this option, but there seems to be a bug in it -
neither the wall eye nor cross eye modes in camera generate true stereo
pairs - they are flat, with no depth after superposition.

For example, the following image was generated using save as stereo pair
(cross eye):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvzd7avxdit81ie/1bl8_stereo_save.png?dl=0

And the same view via camera mode cross eye stereo:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/32wc1vdk18xe0ig/1bl8_stereo_camera.png?dl=0

Interestingly, this is not the case if I save two separate images using
camera mode right eye and camera mode left eye and then assemble them into
a pair myself, so it seems to be specifically a bug pertaining to the
stereo pair camera mode.

Cheers,
Oliver.


On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
> While there is not a "stereo pair: walleye” option in the Image Save
> dialog currently, you can set the camera mode to “wall-eye stereo”  (in
> Camera tool or with command “stereo wall”) and then use “same as screen” in
> the Image Save dialog.
>
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/stereo.html>
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/stereo.html>
> <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/print.html#imagemode>
>
> The distinction is that the Image Save “stereo pair” is assembled
> separately from what is shown in the graphics window.
> I hope this helps,
> Elaine
> ----------
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
>
> > On Jul 2, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Oliver Clarke <olibclarke at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’ve noticed that when I save a stereo pair (using File/Save Image/Image
> Type/stereo pair), the resultant stereo pair is suitable for cross-eyed
> viewing.
> >
> > This is great for me, as I can’t do wall eyed stereo, but the default
> for many journals is to provide a wall-eyed stereo pair.
> >
> > Of course it is easy enough to convert by swapping the two halves of the
> pair, but for the sake of convenience, would it be possible to list stereo
> pair (cross eye) and stereo pair (wall eye) as two separate options in this
> dialogue?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Oliver.
>
>
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