Category: 3D

  • Fixing DC’s Batman wigglegram gifs

    Fixing DC’s Batman wigglegram gifs

    DC made an animated gif to promote an upcoming issue of Batman, which also teases a Watchmen appearance. It’s a nice gif that uses parallax scrolling to create the illusion of depth, but it does two things that bug the crap out of me: The animation only pans from left to right The animation alternates from…

  • Is this the death of Seene?

    Whenever I’m giving a workshop on fun mobile photography apps, Seene is always at the top of my list, but today I learned that Seene has quietly been acquired by Snapchat. The deal actually makes a lot of since for both parties… Snapchat’s bizarre filters could get even weirder with Seene’s 3D mapping technology and…

  • 3D City: 2014 Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight

    A few years back I jumped right into the chaos at the annual Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight in San Francisco. I brought my Nimslo 3D camera and captured these shots while I was there.

  • Skyline to the Seene

    Christine and I spent a few days hiking from Saratoga to Santa Cruz via the “Skyline to the Sea” trail. I pulled my iPhone out a few times along the hike and took these images with the Seene app. By the way, these things are pretty clunky as GIFs, but they look great in the…

  • Analog Digital Wigglegram thing.

    Here’s a weird wigglegram/cinemagraph/digital/analog hybrid I made with my buddy Shalaco. My wife refers to it as some “straight up Harry Potter shit”, which is better than anything I can think of to describe it. This piece was created using with 6 frames of Impossible Project film, the Seene app, and an Instant Lab. Here’s…

  • DeepGlitch: creating glitchy iOS images with depth

    DeepGlitch: creating glitchy iOS images with depth

    It’s been around for years, but I’ve recently found myself spending a lot of time with the Seene app again. Seene is an iOS & Android app that allows you to create photos that are auto-magically converted into 3D renders. I used it for these Alcatraz photos from a few months back. (note: since publishing…