Methods for computing color anaglyphs

David F. McAllister; Ya Zhou; Sophia Sullivan

doi:10.1117/12.837163

24 February 2010 Methods for computing color anaglyphs

David F. McAllister, Ya Zhou, Sophia Sullivan

Proceedings Volume 7524, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXI; 75240S (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837163
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2010, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A new computation technique is presented for calculating pixel colors in anaglyph images. The method depends upon knowing the RGB spectral distributions of the display device and the transmission functions of the filters in the viewing glasses. It requires the solution of a nonlinear least-squares program for each pixel in a stereo pair and is based on minimizing color distances in the CIEL*a*b* uniform color space. The method is compared with several techniques for computing anaglyphs including approximation in CIE space using the Euclidean and Uniform metrics, the Photoshop method and its variants, and a method proposed by Peter Wimmer. We also discuss the methods of desaturation and gamma correction for reducing retinal rivalry.

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David F. McAllister, Ya Zhou, and Sophia Sullivan "Methods for computing color anaglyphs", Proc. SPIE 7524, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXI, 75240S (24 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837163

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