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From: nathan@Virginia.EDU (Nathan Pearson)
Subject: Re: 3D fish - improvements appreciated
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DR J (me90drj@brunel.ac.uk) wrote:
: Todd D. McCartney (toddm@twain.ucs.umass.edu) wrote:
: : 	How do you guys go about creating these 3-d images..

: Take an image, repeat it with differing horizontal gaps and, hey presto!

: E.g. Take one .sig  ()_()
:                      (_)

: Add a few more and you get

:      ()_()     ()_()     ()_()     ()_()     ()_()     ()_()     ()_()
: ()_() (_)()_()  (_()_()   (()_()    ()_()    ()_()    ()_()    ()_())
:  (_)      (_)      (_)      (_)      (_)      (_)      (_)      (_)

: (looks clearer in 3d - not much of a picture, but it'll do for a cold and
:  rainy Tuesday morning!)


: : .. any faq's yet?

Yep, there is one.
Request a 3d FAQ in the alt.3d newsgroup.  It also has C code to
generate ASCII Sirts (Text Steriograms [3d art])

Hope this helps!

: None that I know of, but I'm new to this. Happy to contribute if anyone
: wants to write one. Better E-mail me though, I'm off on my Easter holiday!

:                                                          DR J

:  _____________________________________________________________________

:                 .....            .....
:              ,,$$$$$$$$$,      ,$$$$$$$$$$,
:             ;$'      '$$$$:   ;$'      '$$$$:
:             $:         $$$$:  $:         $$$$:         It's much
:              $       o_)$$$:   $      o_) $$$:         easier when
:              ;$,    _/\ &&:'   ;$,   _/\  &&:'         you can surf
:                '     /( &&&      '    /(  &&&          in three
:                    \_&&&&'         \_&&&&'             dimensions!
:                   &&&&.           &&&&.
:             &&&&&&&:       &&&&&&&&:
:  _____________________________________________________________________

Hey DR J, I love this 3d picture!  Could you do one of my .sig cat? ;)

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