Anaglyph Methods Comparison

This page compares several anaglpyh methods. It gives the formulas to calculate the anaglyph's RGB values r_a, g_a and b_a from the RGB values of the original left (r₁, g₁, b₁) and right images (r₂, g₂, b₂). The formulas must be applied for each pixel.

True Anaglpyhs:

• Dark image
• No color reproduction
• Little ghosting

Gray Anaglyphs:

• No color reproduction
• More ghosting than true anaglyphs

Color Anaglyphs:

• Partial color reproduction
• Retinal rivalry

Half Color Anaglyphs:

• Partial color reproduction (but not as good as color anaglyphs)
• Less retinal rivalry than color anaglyphs

Optimized Anaglyphs:

In addition, I applied a gamma correction (gamma value 1.5) to the final red channel.

• Partial color reproduction (but not of red shades)
• Almost no retinal rivalry

Here is another sample image (that's me)!

Color Anaglpyh:

Half Color Anaglyph:

Optimized Anaglyph: