Archive of stereogram programs as included with the book "Create Stereograms on Your PC".

DOS programs, mixture of shareware and freeware, no demos or limited versions, documentation included for most. The ZIP-archive has subdirectories. Maintain the directory structure when unzipping.

This is a fractal generating program that includes an excellent option for making 3D random dot stereograms, using one fractal (usually fairly complex) as the background and another (fairly simple) as the hidden image. The possibilities are infinite and the results can be very beautiful. Fractint also provides for making stereo pairs and anaglyphs (and yes, "2 1/2-D" transformations) from a single fractal. The software is an old 16 bit DOS command-line program that takes some practice to learn, but it works beautifully. Requires DOS, but also works with Windows™ 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT or XP.

For more information, see http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/FRACTINT.html

OneEyeStereo is a free (for non-commercial use) 3D Stereo Photo Viewer that runs in any Flash enabled browser on any platform. In addition to traditional stereo displays like anaglyph or side by side views, the applet smoothly ani­mates your photos to create the illusion of depth without the need for glasses or special viewing techniques.

Please note that you need an HTTP server for OneEyeStereo.

OneEyeStereo was programmed by Volker "Bill" Schülbe. For more information, see http://www.proggies2go.org/pages/oesdemo/oesdemo.html

Wiggle is a client-side JavaScript program for aligning stereoscopic image sets and a Flash applet for viewing them. Authoring WiggleSets requires only a JavaScript browser, and a browser with Flash plugin (6+) is all that is needed to view the output.

For more information, see http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=109131

AnaBuilder is a freeware program for the creation of anaglyph-type stereoscopic photographs. By shifting two views of the same scene, AnaBuilder builds an image that is stereoscopic when viewed through Red/Cyan glasses. The program makes it possible to readjust the two views manually or fully automatically! Adjusted pairs can also be saved.

AnaBuilder (Windows) also allows stereo-morphing to convert a 2D photo into a 3D photo, or to modify the depht of an existing 3D photo, as well as a 2D -> 3D -> Stereo conversion tool.

A MacOS-Version is also available.

Created by Etienne Monneret from France. For more information, see http://anabuilder.free.fr/welcomeEN.html

Stereomerger (shareware) is a 3D-photo viewer, editor and batch processor.

It can help you to View and convert Stereo JPEG- and MPO-files, Transfer the images from your camera(s) , Automatically find the matching stereo pairs you have taken, Merge files together to create stereo-files, Adjust the stereo window, colors, brightness, lens-distortion, Add frames, text, effects, Remove noise, sharpen the image, soften the image, Convert them to which ever format you like, and much more. Stereomerger requires Windows with Java 1.4.2 - or Apple Mac OSX 10.x with Java 1.4.2. Both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Stereomerger is copyright Geir Øyvind Vælidalo. For more information, see http://www.stereomerger.com/mw/index.php/Welcome_to_Stereomerger

The Stereoscope Applet is a solution to present stereoscopic images on the net without to use plug-ins! 

The images can be viewed with every JAVA 1.1 capable browser under whatever operating system you want! So you will get much
more surfers looking at your gallery.

The Stereoscope Applet was created by Andreas Petersik, Germany. For more information, see http://www.stereofoto.de/sapplet

Bino plays stereoscopic videos, also known as 3D videos.

For more information, see http://www.nongnu.org/bino

KMovisto is a molecule viewer for using in quantum chemistry. You are able to import GAUSSIAN 94 and GAUSSIAN 98 files (obtained from UNIX or MS Windows systems) or XYZ files and view your results in several view modes or edit the molecule geometry. Especially the 3D view modes (anaglyph or stereo pair) make it possible to enjoy stereoscopic impressions of the molecular structure - so this is what KMovisto makes a real 3D molecule viewer.

KMovisto was written by Mario Hoverath, Cologne, Germany. For more information, see http://mitglied.lycos.de/PageOfMH/index.html

Here's a link to the mplayer page: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

It is a command line video player but is possibly the most popular on Linux because of its capacity to play almost any anything, especially if you count GUIs that use it as a base such as gnome-mplayer and smplayer.

And here's a link to a copy of the video filter section of the mplayer manual which covers software 3D support (search for stereo3d): http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html#VIDEO FILTERS

Here's a link to the section on the same page covering hardware 3d support through opengl (search for stereo=<value>): http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html#VIDEO OUTPUT DRIVERS (MPLAYER ONLY)

Plascolin is a Linux X11 tool to create and to view anaglyph stereo images or to display the left and right image on separate output devices (e.g. projectors).

Plasolin was written by Joerg Schrammel, Duisburg, Germany. For more information, see http://www.schrammel.org/stereo-plascolin.php

SIV (Stereoscopic Image Viewer) is capable of displaying JPS stereo images and MPO stereo images in different stereo modes. It was tried in fullscreen/windowed mode with anaglyphic and quad buffered stereo mode.

Main features in the 1.0 version are quad buffered stereo and vr920 headtracking.

SIV - created by Jürgen Löb - needs to be compiled. More information is available from http://www.mygnu.de/index.php/siv-a-stereoscopic-jps-viewer-for-linux

This script takes a folder of .MPO files, extracts left and right images, and assembles them into pairs suitable for cross-eye, side-by-side and over-under (View Magic) use.

The script seems to run fine on Linux and Mac. The shell is specified as "bash", but most should work as well. The script output files are easy to size in Open Office Draw. This script and Open Office Draw are a simple solution for anyone with a Mac or Linux to enjoy stereo photos from this fine Fuji camera.

Split MPO was written by Dr. Michael Pitchford.

This QuickLook plugin enables a Fuji W3 3D MPO format image to be viewed by default in the finder and other applications using QuickLook on Mac OSX 10.5 or later. QuickLook isn't available for systems below 10.5

For more information, see http://www.alienrat.net/software/mpo.quicklook.html

StereoPress helps you to make a stereo photo from your stereo pair. It is an application for Power Macintosh. Very easily, you can get an black & white anaglyph stereo image, color anaglyph stereo image or interleave stereo format.

Via the author's web-page, you can also download a program to create stereo movies on the Mac. Japanese Versions are also available.

Created by Shuji Ono from Japan. For more information, see http://www2.pair.com/~shuono/tools/stereo_tool_e.shtml

This version just work with the 3D-MPO and 3D-AVI stereoscopic files that were taken by FUJIFILM FinePix REAL 3D W1 camera.

Created by Junji Ikeda from Japan. For more information, see http://web.me.com/ijunji/Challenge!_REAL_3D_and_Mac_E/StereoSplicer.html

This software for creating your 3D slide show runs on Windows computers. It can make 3D images for anaglyphs or for interleave images or for dual projectors from your Left & Right stereo images taken by your digital cameras or scanner, and it can sync wav sounds. All order of your slides show and sounds are indicated by 'order.txt' file at the same folder of this software.

If you have two PC-projectors and dual VGA video card, you will be able to have 3D projection by using dual screen mode of this program.

Requires Windows™ 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT or XP.

Created by Takashi Sekitani from Japan. For more information, see http://www.stereoeye.jp/software/3dsp_e.html

A wonderful free program to make black & white as well as color anaglyphs and interlaced images for LC-shutter glasses. Requires Windows™ 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT or XP.

Created by Takashi Sekitani from Japan. For more information, see http://www.stereoeye.jp/software/index_e.html

This is a fractal generating program that includes an excellent option for making 3D random dot stereograms, using one fractal (usually fairly complex) as the background and another (fairly simple) as the hidden image. The possibilities are infinite and the results can be very beautiful. Fractint also provides for making stereo pairs and anaglyphs (and yes, "2 1/2-D" transformations) from a single fractal. The software is an old 16 bit DOS command-line program that takes some practice to learn, but it works beautifully. Requires DOS, but also works with Windows™ 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT or XP.

For more information, see http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/FRACTINT.html

This software is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Frank Di Marzio, PhD who came up with the formula and Michael K. Davis who tweaked the formula and assisted me in building this software.

For more information, see http://www.clintonrocksmith.com/3d-stereoscopic-software.html

A software for building (stereoscopic) videos from a set of still pictures with various effects as zoom, pan and transitions. StereoMovieBuilder can generate standard AVI files, WMV files or Quicktime movie files. Input images can be in the JPEG or PNG format and videos. Input images can be monoscopic or stereoscopic (side by side images). SMB uses scripts written in a simple format for adding special effects like Ken Burns and transitions. StereoMovieBuilder can resize the pictures, transpose a stereo picture and generate various stereo format (anaglyph, half-frame, interlaced, ...) StereoMovieBuilder will run on any PC with Microsoft Windows 98/Me, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7.

Created by Pierre Meindre from France. For more information, see http://www.stereoscopie.fr/tech/SMB.php?l=EN

StereoMovie Maker functions both as a versatile stereo movie editor and stereo movie player. Uses AVI movie format. It is supportive and friendly to most stereo viewing methods (Freeviewing [Parallel-eyed or Cross-eyed], Anaglyphic [color anaglyphs or grayscale anaglyphs], Liquid Crystal Shutter Glasses [Interlacing or Page Flipping]). Runs on all versions of Windows (up to Windows 7). Japanese Version is also available.

For more information, see http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stvmkr/index.html

Since version 3, StereoPhoto Maker can automatically batch-align hundreds of images and mount them to the "window". This is especially useful for users of twin digital camera rigs.

StereoPhoto Maker is the best freeware Stereo-Photo Editing program around and functions both as a versatile stereo image editor and stereo image viewer. It is supportive and friendly to most stereo viewing methods (Freeviewing [Parallel-eyed or Cross-eyed], Anaglyphic [color anaglyphs or grayscale anaglyphs], Liquid Crystal Shutter Glasses [Interlacing or Page Fliping]). Positon, Angle, Size and Darkness of the left-right image can be adjusted very easily. Other functions: Zoom In/Out (operated with mouse wheel), Left-Right Image swap, Trimming, Resize, Print etc.... Runs on all versions of Windows (up to Windows 7) and PowerPC and Intel Macs (with emulation or virtual-machine software).
Japanese, German and French Versions are also available. Multi-core processors are now also supported for faster image processing in the batch mounting mode.

StereoPhoto Maker also supports reading and writing Multi-Picture Format (MPO) images, as created by the FujiFilm FinePix Real3D W1 and W3 Digital Stereo Cameras.

Please note that StereoPhoto Maker is provided for non-commercial use only!

For more information, see http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/

3DP Stereo Slideshow is a stand alone program to show stereo .jps files (and optionally twin image .jpg files). Views can be shown as crosseye, parallel, mono or anaglyph. Image files are displayed in alphabetical order from the program directory. Stereo Slideshow supports multiple monitors for presenting right/left views on separate display devices.

3DP Stereo Slideshow system requires a later version of Microsoft Windows with the Microsoft .Net Framework.

3DP Stereo Slideshow is free for individual non-commercial or educational use. Other uses requires purchase of 3DP Slideshow Pro which includes licensed rights for including 3DP Slideshow with your own work. Registration enables additional functionality through a key and notification of any updates.

For more information, see http://www.ghiweb.com/3DPImaging/StereoSlideshow/

StereoWorks is an easy to use yet powerful and intuitive tool to create 3D reconstruction surfaces from stereoscopic SEM images. The software is self-installing and requires no extra hardware to work.

The software allows the user to make detailed elevation maps from a pair of SEM images and obtain data such as height, area and roughness irrespective of the magnification.

This package also includes a powerful set of image editing tools, providing the user the ability to correct aberrations and a unique built-in texture analyzer, making it easy to obtain, for example, a quantitative phase analysis of microscopic images in few steps.

For more information, see http://www.lycosoftware.com/SW/Sw.html

The Woolly Anaglyph Maker will enable you to rotate a picture, zoom in or out, change problem colours and much more.

For more information, see http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/wam.htm

Great Freeware program to make color and black & white anaglpyhs. Images can be saved as TIFF or JPG. Requires Windows™ 95, 98, 2000, Me or NT. Program is in French, but can also be started with english menues.

Z-Anaglyph was written by Georges Rosset, Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, see http://z-graphix.com/anaglyph/zanag_en.htm

Most 3D-Cameras use "odd" film formats (other than "standard" 24x36 mm). Did you ever have trouble with your valuable 3D-film being returned cut from the processing lab?
Download this graphics-file, import into your favorite graphics program and print on your color or b&w printer. Make sure to print 80 mm wide by 35 mm high.