This Saturday! Students are invited to use objects from the Morbid Anatomy Library for scanning. If interested in attending this class, please email
morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com.
Creating Stereoscopic 3-D Images of Small Specimens Using a Desktop Scanner:
Workshop with Stereoscopic 3-D Artist Gerald Marks
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM with a short lunch break
Fee: $60
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
*** Class size is limited to 16; please RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com
In
this workshop class you will learn to produce high-quality stereoscopic
images of small objects, using a conventional desktop scanner. Everyone
in the class can expect to leave with at least one 3-D picture, ready
to post on a the web, email, or include in digital slide show, and the
knowledge of how to do the process. With this technique, quite a bit of
magnification is possible, almost rivaling microscope work.
After
scanning, we will work with the images in Adobe Photoshop, using the
same basic approach that the instructor has developed for Stereoscopic
3-D images in general, so you will be learning a professional technique
for working with 3-D image pairs.
We will primarily view and work
with our 3-D images using traditional Anaglyph Red/Blue 3-D glasses but
we can output our scan work to any 3-D viewing system, including all
types of 3-D projection and 3-D Television. 3-D glasses will be
provided.
We will be scanning the objects on a conventional
desktop scanners, such as the Epson Perfection series, and working with
the scans on a laptop, using Adobe Photoshop (any version). All of the
computer work on the instructor's laptop will be projected large, and in
3-D, so that it will be easy to follow.
Bring to Class
The primary thing to bring to class is the object you wish to scan.
Almost anything in your collection from about .25" to about 6" wide
should work, as long as it holds together. (Slime, for example, doesn't
hold together) Natural or man-made objects, such as coins or medals work
great. Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral are all OK, as long as it will
hold still for at least two exposures. Bring additional objects as some
things scan better than others and there may be time to scan more.
Bring a flash drive, or a blank CD, to put your scans on and take home
You
may bring your own laptop, with Photoshop installed, but it is not
required. Bring your own scanner, too, if you like (When transporting a
scanner, remember to "lock" the scanner head!)
Gerald Marks
is an artist working along the border of art and science, specializing
in stereoscopic 3-D since 1973. He may be best known for the 3-D videos
he directed for The Rolling Stones during their Steel Wheels tour. He
has taught at The Cooper Union, The New School for Social Research, and
the School of Visual Arts, where he currently teaches Stereoscopic 3-D
within the MFA program in Computer Art. He was artist in residence at
San Francisco's Exploratorium and a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Media
Lab, where he worked with computer-generated holography. His Professor
Pulfrich's Universe installations are popular features in museums all
over the world, including the Exploratorium, The N. Y. Hall of Science,
and Sony ExploraScience in Beijing & Tokyo. He has done 3-D
consulting, lecturing & design for scientific purposes for The
American Museum of Natural History, the National Institutes of Health,
and Discover Magazine. He has created a large variety of 3-D artwork for
advertising, display, and pharmaceutical use, as well as broadcast
organizations Fox and MTV. He has designed award winning projections and
sets at the N.Y. Public Theater, SOHO Rep, Kaatsbaan International
Dance Center and the Nashville Ballet, where he created stereoscopically
projected sets. He created the 3-D mural in the 28th Street station of
the #6 train in New York City’s subway. He did 3-D imaging of dance
around the New York shoreline as part of an iLAB grant from the iLAND
Foundation for using the arts to raise environmental consciousness.
More
here.
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