Any recommendations for Stereoscopic Image Management?
I say management because I'm not just looking to view stereoscopic images but I'm looking for something that I'll also be able to organize them, rename them, and most importantly delete them, especially while viewing them. I take a lot of screenshots in the heat of the moment but I have yet to find anything that I can easily go in and go through them all in 3D and delete the duds. Currently I use FastStone Image Viewer for 2D images but I couldn't find anything about it supporting 3D images, through a plugin or update. I'd like to easily be able to go and weed out the good ones and upload them, it's bad enough I have to go through them and make sure the stereo isn't swapped and fix them if they are, DLP. Most importantly I'd like something that's free to use. I use StereoPhoto Maker for most of the editing, batch conversion and such, I just need a quicker and easier way to manage the say close to 2GB of Tomb Raider images. :D
I say management because I'm not just looking to view stereoscopic images but I'm looking for something that I'll also be able to organize them, rename them, and most importantly delete them, especially while viewing them. I take a lot of screenshots in the heat of the moment but I have yet to find anything that I can easily go in and go through them all in 3D and delete the duds. Currently I use FastStone Image Viewer for 2D images but I couldn't find anything about it supporting 3D images, through a plugin or update. I'd like to easily be able to go and weed out the good ones and upload them, it's bad enough I have to go through them and make sure the stereo isn't swapped and fix them if they are, DLP. Most importantly I'd like something that's free to use. I use StereoPhoto Maker for most of the editing, batch conversion and such, I just need a quicker and easier way to manage the say close to 2GB of Tomb Raider images. :D
#1
Posted 03/22/2013 02:55 PM   
[quote="TsaebehT"] I just need a quicker and easier way to manage the say close to 2GB of Tomb Raider images. :D[/quote]Saving these to show the grandkids? ;-)
TsaebehT said: I just need a quicker and easier way to manage the say close to 2GB of Tomb Raider images. :D
Saving these to show the grandkids? ;-)

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#2
Posted 03/22/2013 05:23 PM   
I honestly don't know why I save them, I think it's because I'm so blown away by how good 3D looks. If I can't find a way to easily get rid of the bad ones I'll probably just end up dumping them all. It happens with most games, I bind my left thumbstick to take screenshots, Xpadder, so it's easy to take them.
I honestly don't know why I save them, I think it's because I'm so blown away by how good 3D looks. If I can't find a way to easily get rid of the bad ones I'll probably just end up dumping them all. It happens with most games, I bind my left thumbstick to take screenshots, Xpadder, so it's easy to take them.
#3
Posted 03/22/2013 05:48 PM   
+1 for this, as I am the same way... Give me a good game, and within an hour of snap snap snap, I have to alt tab and move pics to folders as I am at *pic99 . By the end of the game I have tons and tons of pics to go thru. Some way to sort thru them all without individual picfile checking would be awesome. [quote="TsaebehT"]I honestly don't know why I save them, I think it's because I'm so blown away by how good 3D looks. [/quote] !! Same here, I don't know why I take em, and save em, call me a file hoarder. Shoot, I even have pics that I keygripped from quake for movies from over a decade and every game since). I also rebound my screenshot key to a key on the keyboard and 1 on the naga razer so I'm never without screenshot taking access!
+1 for this, as I am the same way... Give me a good game, and within an hour of snap snap snap, I have to alt tab and move pics to folders as I am at *pic99 . By the end of the game I have tons and tons of pics to go thru. Some way to sort thru them all without individual picfile checking would be awesome.

TsaebehT said:I honestly don't know why I save them, I think it's because I'm so blown away by how good 3D looks.


!! Same here, I don't know why I take em, and save em, call me a file hoarder. Shoot, I even have pics that I keygripped from quake for movies from over a decade and every game since). I also rebound my screenshot key to a key on the keyboard and 1 on the naga razer so I'm never without screenshot taking access!

#4
Posted 03/22/2013 11:05 PM   
doh ! dbl dbl triple ** 9 posts, my bad :(
doh ! dbl dbl triple ** 9 posts, my bad :(

#5
Posted 03/22/2013 11:06 PM   
again :( too many energy drinks today
again :( too many energy drinks today

#6
Posted 03/22/2013 11:06 PM   
I got a good chuckle out of it anyway. :D
I got a good chuckle out of it anyway. :D
#7
Posted 03/22/2013 11:23 PM   
I also have a huge library of both 2D and S3D screenshots, and it's very important to be able to organize them. I'll explain my workflow, then give a software recommendation. The only program I'm using right now for management is ACDSee, which has absolutely no stereoscopic support. I don't need any stereoscopic features since I have no need to edit them and I use other programs to view them. I changed the NVIDIA screenshot function to capture to PNS format, which is maximum quality and has a 999 screenshot limit instead of JPS's 99. These PNS files are huge, but that's where ACDSee comes in. I rename the extensions to PNG then use ACDSee to add Date Taken metadata. I then use its Batch Convert feature to convert them to 97 quality JPG, which looks just as good as PNG, but at 1/3 the size. After that, I rename the files with the name of the game and the date taken. The final thing I do is change all the JPG extensions to JPS. I don't view my images much, so Stereoscopic Player or sView get the job done when I need to, but there's a very nice S3D photo management software I've used in the past called Phereoshop. [url]http://phereoshop.com/[/url] Phereoshop makes it easy to directly upload to their stereoscopic image hosting site, [url]http://phereo.com/[/url]. The image viewer used on 3D Vision Live Photos is a modified version of Phereo's stereoscopic photo webviewer. It's a free solution that should do everything you need. The big problem I had with it is that for some reason it copied every photo I'd add to a directory on my C drive, rather than referencing the locations I added it from. Hopefully they have changed that since I last used it, and hopefully this helps you.
I also have a huge library of both 2D and S3D screenshots, and it's very important to be able to organize them. I'll explain my workflow, then give a software recommendation.

The only program I'm using right now for management is ACDSee, which has absolutely no stereoscopic support. I don't need any stereoscopic features since I have no need to edit them and I use other programs to view them.

I changed the NVIDIA screenshot function to capture to PNS format, which is maximum quality and has a 999 screenshot limit instead of JPS's 99. These PNS files are huge, but that's where ACDSee comes in.

I rename the extensions to PNG then use ACDSee to add Date Taken metadata. I then use its Batch Convert feature to convert them to 97 quality JPG, which looks just as good as PNG, but at 1/3 the size.

After that, I rename the files with the name of the game and the date taken. The final thing I do is change all the JPG extensions to JPS.

I don't view my images much, so Stereoscopic Player or sView get the job done when I need to, but there's a very nice S3D photo management software I've used in the past called Phereoshop.

http://phereoshop.com/

Phereoshop makes it easy to directly upload to their stereoscopic image hosting site, http://phereo.com/. The image viewer used on 3D Vision Live Photos is a modified version of Phereo's stereoscopic photo webviewer.

It's a free solution that should do everything you need. The big problem I had with it is that for some reason it copied every photo I'd add to a directory on my C drive, rather than referencing the locations I added it from.

Hopefully they have changed that since I last used it, and hopefully this helps you.

#8
Posted 03/25/2013 01:31 AM   
Hey thanks for recommending Phereoshop, I'll definitely look into it. For doing batch conversions, like you are, I'd highly recommend StereoPhoto Maker [url]http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/[/url] It can do all kinds of conversions, to jps, pns, mpo, etc., swap channels, to different formats anaglyph, SbS, over and under, etc. For such a small app it's quite useful and powerful.
Hey thanks for recommending Phereoshop, I'll definitely look into it.

For doing batch conversions, like you are, I'd highly recommend StereoPhoto Maker http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/ It can do all kinds of conversions, to jps, pns, mpo, etc., swap channels, to different formats anaglyph, SbS, over and under, etc. For such a small app it's quite useful and powerful.
#9
Posted 03/25/2013 02:44 PM   
I too use Phereoshop, but not without some quirks. The latest version offers just about any 3D format possible, but for some reason the default format is NOT 3D Vision's format. This causes every .jps file you open directly to display all 'fugly'. Once you create an album within Phereoshop and import your pictures directly into the program, you are prompted to select a 3D format, and provided you select the right one, displays correctly from within the program itself. The second beef I have with the program is simply the lack of documentation, specifically on how the program actually works. I don't know what is going on exactly when you import your files. Best I can tell, creating an album within Phereoshop does NOT create a corresponding folder somewhere on your PC. That being said, you can edit and delete files from within Phereoshop, but the files in the original directory that you imported from remain unchanged. Given that fact, I am puzzled as to where the files actually go when you import them. Is it the web? But that doesn't really make sense, as it is a very basic program that you do not have to sign up for or create an account. I dunno, it's a handy little program, but it's just weird too.
I too use Phereoshop, but not without some quirks. The latest version offers just about any 3D format possible, but for some reason the default format is NOT 3D Vision's format. This causes every .jps file you open directly to display all 'fugly'. Once you create an album within Phereoshop and import your pictures directly into the program, you are prompted to select a 3D format, and provided you select the right one, displays correctly from within the program itself.

The second beef I have with the program is simply the lack of documentation, specifically on how the program actually works. I don't know what is going on exactly when you import your files. Best I can tell, creating an album within Phereoshop does NOT create a corresponding folder somewhere on your PC. That being said, you can edit and delete files from within Phereoshop, but the files in the original directory that you imported from remain unchanged. Given that fact, I am puzzled as to where the files actually go when you import them. Is it the web? But that doesn't really make sense, as it is a very basic program that you do not have to sign up for or create an account. I dunno, it's a handy little program, but it's just weird too.

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#10
Posted 03/25/2013 03:13 PM   
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