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It's here! ReelTOOL.  A simple tool that allows you to easily convert your own View-Master compatible reels into popular stereo image file formats.  The reels that you've made with your View-Master Personal Camera can now be digitally archived and shared with friends, family, and other 3D enthusiasts!

 

How the process works:

 

Scan your reels:

• Use a compatible backlit scanner (a scanner that includes a transparency adapter capable of scanning a 4"x5" transparency) to scan your reel(s) in at 600 to 3600 dpi (depending on scanner capabilities)
• Save each scanned reel as a BMP, JPG, PNG or TIF file.

 

Use ReelTool:

• Select the scanned reel image (or folder containing multiple scanned reels) and ReelTool will automatically save out the individual stereo pairs from the reel(s) in any of the supported and chosen stereo image formats, file formats, and destination image sizes.

 

ReelTool automatically locates the stereo image pairs on the reel without requiring the reel to be in a certain location, at a specific angle, etc. provided the reel is not damaged, the edges are not clipped from the image, and that the reel was scanned at a suitable dpi.

 

ReelTool Features:

 

• Wizard Interface
• Single Image or Batch Mode operation
• Input file or folder selection (supports BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIF input images)
• Output folder selection
• Select from a range of output image frame sizes or an automatic option which chooses the best size the reel image will support.
• Select any or all of the following stereo formats when processing:
  • Anaglyph - Red/Cyan B&W (Work with Red/Blue glasses also)
  • Anaglyph - Red/Cyan Color (Work with Red/Blue glasses also)
  • Anaglyph - Red/Blue B&W
  • Anaglyph - Red/Green B&W
  • Cross-Eyed View
  • Parallel View
  • Column Interlaced
  • Row Interlaced
  • Individual Left and Right
• Select any or all of the following output image formats when processing:
  • BMP/BMS (BMS applicable to Cross-Eyed View only)
  • JPG/JPS (JPS applicable to Cross-Eyed View only)
  • PNG/PNS (PNS applicable to Cross-Eyed View only)
  • TIF
• ReelTool automatically detects the stereo image pairs and saves them in the selected formats.
• Error log will report any errors encountered during processing.
• Processing times will be reported upon job completion.

 

ReelTOOL was created for View-Master Personal Camera owners:

 

ReelTOOL makes it both fast and easy for you to digitally archive your View-Master Personal Reels! That's right.. a fast and easy way to archive and share the stereo photos that you've taken using your View-Master Personal Camera.  ReelTOOL can automatically extract the stereo image pairs from your scanned reel images (ReelTOOL does not perform scanning operations) and save them in any of several digital stereo image file formats.  Doing this type of image extraction and conversion manually, without ReelTOOL, would be very time consuming and difficult.

 

NOTICE:

 

USE OF THIS SOFTWARE TO CONVERT AND SHARE COPYRIGHTED OR COMMERCIAL VIEW-MASTER REELS IS ILLEGAL AND IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE SUPPORT 3D AND THE CONTINUED SURVIVAL OF VIEW-MASTER TECHNOLOGY BY PURCHASING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE REELS SO THAT NEW REELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR MANY FUTURE GENERATIONS--Thank you!