What is the name of the 3D picture technique?

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I'm not talking about Stereograms either.

I'm watching Class Of 92 and virtually every still picture they show has got this technique where the people have been masked and the camera moves slowly producing a 3D effect.
What amazes me is that (eg) they could be standing in front of a tree on a 2D picture but this hardware/software somehow manages to show more of the tree (mind blown).

I've obviously seen this before but can only now be bothered to ask how it's done/what it's called.
 
you mean where the same shot has been taken by rows of cameras at different angles and you can freeze frame move the picture, like the movie matrix fight scenes?
 
I was watching a WW1 programme last week and they were doing it on there. Eg soldiers in front of a tank but the camera wss panning around making it look 3D.
 
Stereograms?

It's the same thing is it not. They used to take them from the air as well so they could have 3D city/landscapes as intelligence.
 
It's a form of Stereoscopy :)

Assuming it's done old school and not done via computer and software (likely for the tv show) you have two cameras stuck next to each other and each camera takes a picture of the scene.
Because they are at a slight difference in angle they can be viewed via a set of 'glasses' where each eye looks at an individual image and you get the 3d effect.

You can buy stereoscopic cameras specifically for it now too :)
 
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here you go, it's called 3d camera mapping, taking a 2d image and building a 3d model to put it on. It does have another name but I can't remember it :p

Nice example:
https://vimeo.com/25392699

Blender tutorial on how to do it:
http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/camera-mapping-tutorial-v2/

Looking into learning blender right now so that I can start doing these for weddings i photograph :)

Hope that's what you meant anyway :D

Cheers for that link / tutorial. I used to be a bit of a blender head many moons ago, before getting into photography. I think I may re download blender and give this a go with some of my own photos! :D
 
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