Image Tool, Stereogram

http://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/3d/pc-programs.html

Newsgroups: alt.3d
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 04:12:28 GMT

The number of requests for programs to generate SIRDS seems to have grown lately, so here is the collection of programs I have found for generating stereograms on a PC. There are also other programs available for the Macintosh and other platforms, many of which were available from the katz FTP site mentioned below.

SIRDS Programs Available --- Last Update 94.10.05

A summary of SIRDS ( Single Image Random Dot Stereogram ) and SIS ( Single Image Stereogram ) generating programs for the PC. If you discover any errors or omissions, please send corrections and your opinions to peterj@netcom.com for inclusion in future updates.

The list is not in any particular order.

1           TDL        1.0     Three Dimensional Laboratory
2           RDS        2.0     Random Dot Stereograms
3           PERSPECT   1.0     Perspectus
4           PGRAM      1.00+   Propagram
5           SIRDSANI           SIRDS Animator
6           Crumbler           Crumbler
7           HIDIMG     3.0     Hide Image
8           RDSDRAW            RandomSterio-DRAW
9           SHIMMER            Shimmer
10          MINDIMG2           Mind Image
11          SIRDVIEW           SIRD View
12          Stareogram 3.21    Stareogramme Generator
13          YASM               Yet Another SIRDS Maker
14          ASG                AutoStereoGram
15          3DRANDOT           3D Randot
16          Stereolusions      Stereolusions
17          Raysis     1.0     Raysis
18          RANDOT     1.0     Randot
19          Xpgs-2.0b          XPGS
20          RDSGEN             RDSGEN

Program:            TDL  ( Three Dimensional Laboratory)
FTP site:           SimTel/msdos/graphics/tdl09.zip
OS:                 Windows
Bump Format:        self-contained paint program, BMP and TDD (proprietary)
Output Format:      Printer, BMP, proprietary format [only 16 colors]
Panel Format:       BMP 16 col
Panel Colors:       16 color

Layers:             256
Back color:         Black

Comments:           Nice random color generation scheme
                    Nice object creation system
                    16 color images OK for random dots, limiting otherwise
                    Importing panel colors is limited to current 16 color
                    palette.

Shareware:          Cannot save work unless registered.
                    US$25 to register.
Source Available:   No

Author:             Evolving Software
                    7819 Windwood Way
                    Parker, CO 80134

Program:            RDS 2.0
FTP site:           garbo.uwasa.fi:/windows/graphics/rds200.zip
OS:                 Windows
Bump Format:        BMP
Output Format:      BMP
Panel Format:       BMP
Random pattern:     user specified parameters
Number of Layers:
Back color:         White
Comments:
     colors get changed from panel to final image due to palette problem
     problems with 24 bit BMP
     Simple and easy to use, one of my favorites

Shareware crippled?  No
Source Available:    Yes, PASCAL

Author: Dan Wischik   jdw1005@phx.cam.ac.uk

Program:             PERSPECT     Perspectus 1.0
FTP site:            garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/science/perspect.zip
OS:                  DOS
Bump Format:         proprietary
Output Format:       none
Panel Format:        random only

Layers:              16
Back color:          black
Comments:            Nice drawing program
                     No import/export

Shareware:           US $5
Source Available:    ?

Author:
Alan Meiss
2626 Parkwood Drive
Speedway, IN  46224

Internet email: ameiss@gn.ecn.purdue.edu

Program:            PGRAM.EXE    Propagrams

FTP site:           wuarchive.wustl.edu
                    pub\MSDOS_UPLOADS\stereograms\pgplus-*.zip

OS:                 DOS
Bump Format:        PCX
Output Format:      PCX
Panel Format:       random or PCX
Panel Colors:       selectable palettes for random dots

Layers:             256
Comments:           320x200 without registration, 1024x768 with reg
                    Hard to evaluate in low resolution/one plane
Shareware:          $25
Source Available:   no

Authors:
         Matt Witzman & Wayne Pafko
         Cedar Lake Software
         PO BOX 201103
         Bloomington, MN,  55420-1103

pafk0001@gold.tc.umn.edu,
witz0004@gold.tc.umn.edu,

Program:             SIRDSANI

FTP site:            katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc

OS:                  DOS
Bump Format:         X3D 2.0, Wavefront, or BMP
Output Format:       BMP or PS
Panel Format:        BMP
Random pattern:      user specified parameters
Number of Layers:
Back color:
Comments:
     Creates animated SIRDS by rotating object.
     Crashes regularly on this system.

Shareware:

Author:
                      Platonic Software
                      17 Florence Avenue,
                      Harehills,
                      Leeds, LS9 7AL,
                      United Kingdom.
                      Telephone: 0532 408866

Email :             gareth@h1.ph.man.ac.uk
                    peterc@v2.ph.man.ac.uk

Program:             Crumbler
FTP site:            katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                  DOS
Bump Format:         TGA  uncompressed
Output Format:       TGA  4096 x 9999+  true color
Panel Format:        TGA or random
Random pattern:      yes
Number of Layers:    16+ Million
Back color:          black
Comments:            batch oriented
                     many options available
                     Includes Triceratops image
                     Includes a 3DStudio material library with image
                     maps to use 3ds object with CRUMBLER.
                     Documentation on using .MLI files.

Shareware:           Free
Source Available:

Author:
                    Carlo Moretti
                    V. R. Medri 2050
                    Gattolino Cesena (FO)
                    I 47020 Italy

e-mail: sis2g19@ganimede.csr.unibo.it
or      einn93_5@cobra.csr.unibo.it

Program:              HIDIMG 3.0
FTP site:             katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
                      SimTel/msdos/graphics/hidimg30.zip
OS:                   DOS
Bump Format:          BMP 16 or 256 color  max size 4096 x avail.mem
Output Format:        BMP 16 or 256 color    "
Panel Format:         BMP 16 or 256 color    "
Random pattern:       Any BMP you can make
Number of Layers:     max 16 or 256, based on BMP type
Back color:           black
Comments:             Comes with several built-in input and pattern
                      files.  Has a height-analyze feature which helps
                      input file creation.  Color alteration features.
                      Alter Z-scaling and Repeat distances.  View in
                      Normal or Inverted mode.  Read in color maps like
                      those in FRACTINT.  HIDIMG is a file-to-file
                      converter, so large, high resolution, multi-color
                      images can be made for your printer.  I use
                      the Windows driver for my DeskJet500C.  Those
                      pictures look great.  <comments from author>

Shareware:            US$ 25 to register. Not crippled.
Source Available:     No.

Author:             John
                    1451 Mecaslin St NW #8303
                    Atlanta, GA 30309-2288
                    (404) 875-4384
                    gt2346a@prism.gatech.edu

Program:                    RDSDRAW    RandomSterio-DRAW

FTP site:                   katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                TGA
Output Format:              TGA
Panel Format:               random 2-16 colors
Layers:                     16
Back color:                 black

Comments:                   3-D Image editor included

Shareware crippled?         freeware  DM 10 donation requested
Source Available:           ?

Author:
                Johannes Schmid
                Rudliebstr, 50
                81925 Mnchen
                Germany

SHIMMER

Reads MINDIMG RLE files and shimmers them to make them easier to see.
It uses a different algorithm to generate the RDS which does not seem
to be as good as others, generating fewer planes and leaving "echoes".
Personally, the shimmering is distracting and hard to watch but the authors
claim that it can help those who have difficulty seeing the images.

FTP site:            katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc

Program:             MINDIMG2
FTP site:            katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                  DOS
Bump Format:         RLE  ( documented custom format )
Input Colors:        256
Output Format:       PS only
Output Colors:
Panel Format:        random only
Panel Colors:        2 color

Layers:              256
Back color:
Comments:            lots of sample input data

Author:

Program:                    SIRDVIEW and VIEWSIRD
FTP site:                   katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                PCX  640x480x256
Output Format:              PCX  and compact SRD (viewable with VIEWSIRD)
Panel Format:
Random pattern:
Number of Layers:           256
Back color:
Shareware?                  Freeware
Source Available:
Comments:

Author:                     garyshaw@netcom.com

Program:                    STAR   3.21  Stareogramme
FTP site:                   katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                TGA, TIFF 320x200 max
Output Format:              TGA
Panel Format:               TGA  200x400 max
Random pattern:             yes, variable density
Number of Layers:           variable
Back color:                 black
Shareware?                  Yes, voluntary amount.
Source Available:
Comments:                   Pretty good.
                            batch oriented

Author:                     Yoon Kit Yong
                            yky@doc.ic.ac.uk

Information Systems Engineering Dept.
Electrical Engineering Building,
Imperial College,
London.

Program:                    YASM    Yet Another SIRD Maker
FTP site:                   katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                PCX  256 colors  4 per level
Output Format:              PCX  256 colors
Panel Format:               PCX  256 colors
Random pattern:             yes
Number of Layers:           64
Back color:                 black
Shareware?                  Freeware
Source Available:           ?

Comments:
Batch oriented, no display.
Very slow compared to other programs.
Unlimited input/output size.
Can generate cross-eyed stereograms.

Author: Mitchell Brandsma
        32 Martin Ave,
        Rivervale, WA 6103
        Australia.

Program:                    ASG - AutoStereoGram

FTP site:
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                PCX 640x480x16
Output Format:              PCX B/W
Panel Format:               random only
Layers:                     16
Back color:                 black

Comments:                   custom focus dots may be included

Shareware crippled?         UKL 5
Source Available:           ?

Author:
        Justin J A Smith
        4 Sorrel close
        Royston
        Hertfordshire
        SG8 9TL

Program:                    3DRANDOT
FTP site:                   katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/pc
OS:                         DOS
Bump Format:                640x350x16 GIF or 320x200x16
Input Colors:               16
Output Format:              GIF
Panel Format:               random
Panel Colors:               b/w

Layers:                     16
Back color:                 black

Comments:

Shareware:

Source Available:            C and QBasic source included

Author:

Program:                     Stereolusions
FTP site:                    commercial product
OS:                          Windows
Bump format:                 BMP, WMF
Output format:               Printer, BMP
Max colors:                  16M (24 bit)
Max layers:                  256 (depends on other parameters though)
Back color:                  white
Price:                       $49
Source available:            no
Comments:                    Allows control of color, size, depth.

Author: I/O Software, Inc.
        10970 Arrow Rte #202
        Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
        909-483-5700   FAX 909-483-5710

Program:               Raysis 1.0
FTP Site:  via WWW     http://acacia.ens.fr:8080/home/massimin/index.ang.html
           via ftp     katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/images/RaySis
OS:                    Unix/XWindows
                       C Source can be compiled on various platforms
                       (Has anyone done this on PC?)
Bump format:           SIS     POV-Ray (ray-tracing object descriptions)
Panel format:          ppm
Output format:         ppm
Max colors:
Max layers:
Shareware:             Freeware (non-commercial distribution)

Source Available:      Yes, C source at ftp site.
Comments:              Uses a descriptive language to create shapes
                       which can be rendered using 5 different algorithms.
                       Very flexible. Incredible quality output. Many
                       beautiful examples available at:
                       http://acacia.ens.fr:8080/home/massimin/index.ang.html

Author:                Pascal Massimino
                       Ecole Normale Superieure
                       45 rue d'Ulm
                       75005 PARIS

massimin@ens.ens.fr

Program:            RANDOT 1A
FTP site:           ncftk.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos/windows3/randot1a.zip
OS:                 Windows 3.1
Bump Format:        BMP
Output Format:      BMP or PS
Panel Format:       not available
Panel Colors:       B/W

Layers:             up to 32
Back color:         black

Comments:           Easy to use. Built in editing software.
                    Nice graphical controls for adjusting all parameters.
                    Black and white only.
                    Random dots only.

Shareware:          Freeware

Source Available:   No

Author:             Geoffrey L. Hausheer
                    48 Ten Eyck Ave
                    Albany, NY 12209

glh1@cornell.edu
72623.435@compuserve.com

Program:               Xpgs-2.0b
FTP Site:  via WWW     http://h2.ph.man.ac.uk/gareth/sirds.html
           via ftp     katz.anu.edu.au:/pub/stereograms/programs/X
OS:                    Unix/XWindows or VMS/DECWindows
                       C Source can be compiled on various platforms
Bump format:           3D datasets or pgs/pbm
Panel format:          ppm
Output format:         ppm
Max colors:
Max layers:
Shareware:             Freeware (non-commercial distribution)

Source Available:      Yes, C source at ftp site.
Comments:              Suite of programs to create and animate SIRDSs
                       and SISs. Includes utilites to convert datasets
                       to the required format and an interactive scene
                       setter.
                       Example output can be found at
                       http://h2.ph.man.ac.uk/gareth/sirds.html

Author:                Peter Chang and Gareth Richards
                       peterc@v2.ph.man.ac.uk

Program:                    RDSGEN

FTP site:                   CompuServe, GO GRAPHDEV, Lib 11
OS:                         DOS commandline
Bump Format:                TGA, GIF
Output Format:              TGA, GIF
Panel Format:               random BW or 16 color, or image mapped
Layers:                     65536 possible, output res dependent as always
Back color:                 black or white

Comments:                   4 algorithms included
                            reads Polyray's 16 bit depthmap format
                            as well as GIF and 8 bit or 24 bit .TGA

Shareware crippled?         freeware
Source Available:           included, Turbo C

Author:
                Frederic N. Feucht
                74020.407@compuserve.com
                also contact
                Dan Richardson
                72537,1341@compuserve.com

Filename   Lb  Size Date      Description/Title
 --  ---- --------- -------------------------------------------------
CFXRDS.ZIP 11  189K 29-Jun-94 RDS hologram generator
SIRDS.ZIP  11  970K 23-Jun-94 Stereolusions 1.5 Demonstration Version
RDSDRW.LZH 11  142K 20-Jun-94 RDSdraw Version 2.0
RANDOT.ZIP 11   90K 31-May-94 RanDot9B Extensive RDS maker...Quite qood, but s
VISION.LZH 11   69K 09-May-94 RDS-Generator for PCX-Files V1.1
SIRDSA.ZIP 11  115K 09-May-94 SIRDS ANImator
POPTXT.ZIP 11   94K 09-May-94 POPOUT-TEXT text-based stereogram generator.
POPPRO.ZIP 11  178K 09-May-94 POPOUT-PRO Stereogram Generator for Windows.
POPLTE.ZIP 11  120K 09-May-94 POPOUT-LITE RDS Generator For Windows
RDSHIS.TXT 11   13K 29-Apr-94 History of RDS. Magazine, book references
POP21.ZIP  11  120K 26-Apr-94 POPOUT-LITE RDS Generator for Windows.
POP20.ZIP  11  120K 26-Apr-94 POPOUT Version 1.1 re-release
SIRDFA.TXT 11   39K 14-Apr-94 SIRDS Frequently Asked Questions List
RDSGEN.ZIP 11  136K 14-Feb-94 RDSGEN release 1.2
POPOUT.ZIP 11  129K 14-Feb-94 POPOUT Version 1.1 RDS Generator for Windows
PCXAUT.ZIP 11   51K 10-Feb-94 Random dot autosterogram converter for PCX files
ENC.ZIP    11   35K 10-Feb-94 The Emperors New Clothes
RD3D.ZIP   11  140K 27-Jan-94 3D Random Dot Stereogram Plotter, Version 1.0
SIRTSR.ZIP 11   11K 17-Jan-94 SIRTSER, creates random text stereograms
3DBOOK.TXT 11    5K 17-Jan-94 Review of 3D Wonderland - a stereography book
RDSGEO.TXT 11   22K 04-Jan-94 The Geometry of SIRDS Generation
XMAS.TXT   11    2K 27-Dec-93 Christmas ASCII Stereogram
RBOOK.TXT  11    3K 10-Dec-93 Review of the Book: "Random Dot Stereograms" by
ICONRD.ZIP 11   24K 18-Nov-93 ICON RDS Animation
PRRDS.ZIP  11   31K 02-Nov-93 POLYRAY output to RDS conversion program
RDSINF.TXT 11    9K 10-Oct-93 NEW Info on RDS images for beginners
RDS001.ZIP 11    2K 10-Oct-93 Basic Source code for RDS
SHIMME.ZIP 11   47K 14-Sep-93 SHIMMER 0.1a SIRDS program for IBM PC'S
RDSFL.ZIP  11   97K 13-Sep-93 Brief Experimental RDS Animation
MIND20.ZIP 11  355K 13-Sep-93 MindImages 2.0 SIRDS package for IBM PC's
STWDEM.ZIP 11  136K 10-Sep-93 Demo of Stare-E-O-Gram Creation Utility (IBM)
RDS.TXT    11    3K 07-Sep-93 Instructions for viewing RDS images
RDSDRA.ZIP 11  132K 03-Sep-93 Program to draw random dot stereo images