Flat (2D) Image.  This feature displays one frame of a 3D left-right pair.  When you first sign on to the site, this is the default.  In order to see images in stereo you need to select one of the following methods (blue links give detailed info):

Mirror-View    See stereo using a common household or cosmetic mirror.  If you don't have the gear for the other methods below, TRY THIS!!    It works best on large screens (17", or preferably 19"+).  Default setting has THE MIRRORED IMAGE ON THE LEFT (see the details)  Use Orientation = Swap to put it on the right.   (The Dual Monitor mode can also be used with a handheld mirror).

Parallel    Right image on the right, left on the left.  Image size should be limited to a couple inches for comfortable "wide-eyed" viewing.  Simple Prismatic Glasses (costing ~ $2) help a lot !!  More sophisticated devices exist for looking at parallel images on your monitor. These instruments include the Pokescope and the ScreenScope. 

Cross-eyed    Look at the stereo pair by crossing your eyes. Right image on the on left, left on the right.  Not everyone can do this, but if parallel doesn't work give it a shot.

Anaglyphs   A classic way to view web-images and prints.  The left and right stereo information is coded by color. Anaglyphs must be viewed using Anaglyph Glasses that contain red and cyan filters.  Computer automated anaglyphs are sometimes less accurate (in terms of color and ghosts) than stereos viewed using other methods, but a carefully hand-prepared anaglyph can be very effective. 

Shutter-Glasses   (e.g.  i-Glasses, i-Art, VRSurfer, etc., working with your graphics card and a rapid refresh-rate monitor). This is the most technologically complicated  viewing method, but it allows you to see large-size high-resolution 3D.

Dual-Monitor    This high-tech version of the simple Mirror-View is probably the best way to view digital 3D.  Set screens to 1280 or 1024 wide to receive the highest quality images.  Default has the MIRRORED MONITOR ON THE RIGHT!  Use Orientation = Swap to put it on the left.  This mode can also be used with a handheld mirror, but note that the default mirrored image is on the right.

Image Size:  Sizes are set in the SIZE BOX.  Either INCREMENT in 20% steps or ENTER a scale size directly into the box.  Most 3D images on this site have a basic resolution of 1024x768 (or 2048x768 per pair) and are compressed to medium quality.  Parallel viewing becomes uncomfortable if the image pair is too large.  Small images will look better if a fine dot-pitch monitor with a high-resolution display setting is used so that many pixels can be fit into a reduced picture size.  For the Mirror-View mode the your settings should be chosen to run the image across most of your monitor (or pair of monitors in the dual monitor mode).   

Image Orientation:   If your anaglyph glasses happen to be Red-Right (vs. standard Red-Left), or your shutterglass's sync is flipped, you may want to Swap the pictures.

Saving Your settings:  You may save your favorite viewing setting so that all images you subsequently download will be automatically formatted to your liking.  Cookies - small packets of data stored on your computer - are used to recall your preferences.  Click "Save Settings" in the image viewer.