Top 10 3D iPhonegraphy Apps
3D iPhoneography is a fast growing area and one that many people enjoy. There are several good 3D iPhone photo apps in the app store but they are hard to find. All require that you use the cheap cardboard cyan and red 3D glasses of two decades ago to view the images effectively.
Although most developers talk about how easy it is to take a good 3D shot with your iPhone, we would say that you will need to practice and be patient. The best way to start out is by taking very simple images on a plain background, avoid ‘busy’ images. The reason we say this, is because you will, in most cases, need to take two images, one left and one right – between taking each of the images you need to move the iPhone to the right slightly, then take the second shot. It’s the ‘gap’ between these two images that creates the depth in order to create the 3D image. If you have a very busy subject it makes it harder to line up.
There are not nearly enough good 3D camera apps in the app store and this is definitely an area that needs more investment, come on developers. Our top 10 3D iPhoneography apps here has been defined by actual sales and critique.
3D Camera
In order to get a successful image with 3D camera you need to take left and right photos of a subject – this sounds quite a lot easier than it is but with practice a good 3D result can be achieved. You can filter the image with either grey or color anaglyph and use the paper red/cyan 3D glasses to view.
Photo 3D
Create 3d images on your iPhone! This app allows you to take 2 consecutive pictures (one for the left eye and one for the right eye) and combine them to create a 3D image. In preview mode, use the arrows to align images to create a perfect stereoscopic image.
Camera 3D Pro
Simple enough to use but the instruction text could be more clear. There’s a built in tutorial video that will sort out any issues you have though.
Free but in-app expansion pack of $2.99/£3.99
Easy 3D Camera
This application supports the following methods. - Stereo Photograph(cross-Eyed) - Stereo Photograph(parallel eyes) - Anaglyph(Red-Cyan 3D Pictures) - Wobble 3d Photograph
3-D Camera
Simply point-n-shoot a scene that you like and the app converts the image into a 3-D at the touch of a button. You can also import the pictures clicked on another camera and import them into this app to view them in 3-D.
3D-VJU
With 3D-VJU you can take anaglyph images with your camera, or you can make a 3D illusions out of images from you photo library. Pick ANY image from your library and 3D-VJU will add third dimension to it.
Penki
Penki Tutorial from Dentsu London on Vimeo.
Something slightly different but based upon the same lines. This app is quite unique and definitely worth checking out. View the view above.
US$0.99/Download
UK£0.69/Download
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Stereogram – Photos with depth
Stereogram makes taking pseudo 3D photos easy. Use it to capture things you don’t want to forget. The extra sense of depth brings your polaroids to life. Stereo photography mimics your own binocular vision. It’s like taking a picture of what your left eye sees and then taking one of what your right eye sees. Once the two photos are combined, the illusion of depth is created.
ImageAMMO
Another app with a slightly different 3D slant, but very interesting nonetheless. ImageAMMO presents your images to the world in a unique, dramatic, and interactive way. View your whole collection of photos all in one simple to use app. Use it as an inventive sales or education tool, product image display, or amazing slideshow.
Using your existing photo library, ImageAMMO for iOS will generate and animate 3D shapes. You can interact with the display naturally by simply touching your screen. Tap a picture to bring it forward for a closer look. Touch and drag to spin the shape. Use 2 fingers to flick left or right through batches of pictures.
3D Gallery X
This app allows you to effectively ‘walk through’ galleries in real time – but these galleries include your own photographs. Interesting concept, the 3D virtual galleries have space for 6500 images plus there’s also multexturing, animated textures and lightmaps.
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
One Comment
Pierce
Hi,
Great article! Know if any of these (or any other) app’s be used to take a 3d snapshot of a persons body – I just really need to outlines (silhouette) because I’m trying to create something.
Thks
Pierce