Monday, February 13, 2012

STEREOGRANIMATOR


My current obsession? The New York Public Library's
Stereogranimator. I read about it on Design Sponge a couple weeks ago and I have been addicted ever since.

I've always loved the way old stereographs look...and I own several...but I don't have a stereoscope. That's one of those nifty old contraptions that turns the two images into one and makes it look all three dimensional. You know...essentially a Victorian era viewmaster.

But now it doesn't matter thanks to the NYPL's awesome gif maker. They have scanned over 40,000 stereographs that you can choose from. And when you find one that suits your fancy you can turn it into an animated gif which rapidly flashes between the left and right images giving it the intended 3-D effect. Genius!

Here's some of my handiwork...

GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Snow cave, Rocky Mountains, Wasatch Range. Winter 1868.


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
The sleeping faun, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Model of the Mayflower.


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Group of Musicians, Pittsfield, N.H.


GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

Great Sphinx of Gizeh, the Largest Royal Potrait ever Hewn, Egypt

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GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

Glen Iris -- Lake and Indian canoe, Portage, N.Y. 1870.



GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

The little hunter and his sweetheart. 1871.



GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

River scene with an artist sketching.




GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

A hunter.



GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Mrs. Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum series. 1876



GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Interior of One of the Finest Houses in Santiago de Cuba. 1900



GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

Roll-top desk with various mounted animals. September 1918.




GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

River scene with an artist sketching.




GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

Girl on horseback in the beach.




GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index
Moonlight, Niagara River.


4 comments:

  1. these are really cool, even if they do make me feel a bit queasy!

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  2. This is an awesome post! By any chance have you seen Brian May (yes, the guitar player from Queen)'s stereoscope book? If not, perhaps you should check it out here --> http://www.amazon.com/Village-Lost-Found-Brian-May/dp/0711230390

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  3. This is a completely fun use for the old stereographs! Very cool indeed!
    (I've just found your blog through Pinterest.)

    Betty

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