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Video Capture

As I learned it way back whenever in film class, rolling the camera on its tripod as it was filming was called a "dolly" motion. This page has examples of what you can do with video imaging when there's a lot more dollying going on than action in the scene. If you don't have any camera to take pictures yourself, but do have a frame grabber or video capture card, then this page should give you a rough idea of what you can do, too. Up until now, this has been an interesting diversion for me. I don't expect this technique will catch my fancy for quite a while, but I see its use, and will keep it in mind.
In general, if your VCR makes good copies, I'd suggest taping the shows and capturing from the tape. The dolly motion is often so fast that baselines quickly get too wide. If taped, you can repeat the flybys until you get just the right pair(s).

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This was a car commercial. Unfortunately, the girl was moving in the scene, but the glacier kept the appropriate pace for the shot.
This might have been the same commercial as the one on the left.

This is one of the more successful captures, of a castle in Switzerland. Thanks to Ralf, I can provide a link for more info: www.schloss-tarasp.ch (in German).
This was one of my first pairs off the TV - Jan, 2001. The Travel channel is chock-full of flyovers and flybys - a great place to get pairs.

A video on the "Arts" channel provided the flyover for these three stereo pair sets...
Second set...

...and the third set.
The Travel channel provided some more flying around for this shot. For stereo work, this channel alone almost makes cable worth the ridiculous cost.

Movie directors often like sweeping shots. This one is from "Philapelphia" (with Clint Eastwood?).
Computer-simulated and model views work well, too. This is from "Star Trek: Voyager".

Even from orbit, you can get some stereo relief. Although not to scale, You can tell that the astronaut and shuttle arm are closer than the Earth.
Here's a view from the orbiting shuttle that gives some relief of the cloud tops.

A dolly around this news anchor provided a useable stereo pair.

The Aftermath of September 11, 2001
As sick as the attack itself was, the apparent glee the news media have had with this new opportunity to mold minds caused me pause, as I realized I've been conditioned to expect the words "and improved" inserted in this commercialized headline.
Some settling of the dust later allowed a clearer view of the aftermath. The pane files are dated 10/13 for this image. The left's are 9/29.

Pictures of New York and flyover shots were quite popular in October, 2001. This is one example, of the Empire State Building.
That mosque must be very far away, because the baseline's pretty wide, and the building shows almost no dimension. That implies it's also very, very big.

PHOTO (link)	DESCRIPTION	DESCRIPTION
	This was a car commercial. Unfortunately, the girl was moving in the scene, but the glacier kept the appropriate pace for the shot.	This might have been the same commercial as the one on the left.
	This is one of the more successful captures, of a castle in Switzerland. Thanks to Ralf, I can provide a link for more info: www.schloss-tarasp.ch (in German).	This was one of my first pairs off the TV - Jan, 2001. The Travel channel is chock-full of flyovers and flybys - a great place to get pairs.
	A video on the "Arts" channel provided the flyover for these three stereo pair sets...	Second set...
	...and the third set.	The Travel channel provided some more flying around for this shot. For stereo work, this channel alone almost makes cable worth the ridiculous cost.
	Movie directors often like sweeping shots. This one is from "Philapelphia" (with Clint Eastwood?).	Computer-simulated and model views work well, too. This is from "Star Trek: Voyager".
	Even from orbit, you can get some stereo relief. Although not to scale, You can tell that the astronaut and shuttle arm are closer than the Earth.	Here's a view from the orbiting shuttle that gives some relief of the cloud tops.
	A dolly around this news anchor provided a useable stereo pair.
The Aftermath of September 11, 2001
	As sick as the attack itself was, the apparent glee the news media have had with this new opportunity to mold minds caused me pause, as I realized I've been conditioned to expect the words "and improved" inserted in this commercialized headline.	Some settling of the dust later allowed a clearer view of the aftermath. The pane files are dated 10/13 for this image. The left's are 9/29.
	Pictures of New York and flyover shots were quite popular in October, 2001. This is one example, of the Empire State Building.	That mosque must be very far away, because the baseline's pretty wide, and the building shows almost no dimension. That implies it's also very, very big.