Red/blue or red/green filters are used for viewing print, movies, games, and computer applications in 3-D. For the inquiring minds out there, here is all the technical stuff about anaglyphic 3-D. Anaglyphic is defined as two views of the same subject (either moving or still) in contrasting colors and slightly offset for two different perspectives.

A three-dimensional effect is produced when these scenes are viewed with two correspondingly colored filters (usually red/blue and sometimes red/green lenses) matching the colors in the image. The blue artwork is totally invisible to the right eye, and the red artwork is totally invisible to the left eye. Each eye gets only one view of the same picture. Wow! Here's the fun part--the brain then blends the two images into one 3-D image!

Let our conversion specialist transform your next printed project so that it explodes into the third dimension. We can convert your art to jump off the page, turn back flips, or play hide-and-seek. Give us a call for a FREE consultation and estimate on converting your next printed project into 3-D.

At American Paper Optics, we are the factory, and we always keep plenty of 3D glasses in stock for immediate shipment. No order is too small or too large. After manufacturing over 20 million anaglyphic viewers for the international distribution of National Geographic's Mars and Titanic 3-D issue in August 1998, we are confident we can fill your order on time with high quality and competitively priced 3-D glasses.

Over 11 million glasses distributed for the 3-D movie, "Freddy's Dead, The Final Nightmare." Tear-off coupons for savings on soft drinks and sweepstakes details created lasting advertising impact for the movie promotion.

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company included over 25,000 anaglyphic glasses in their "Engineering Design Graphics" textbook in 3-D.

In Atlanta, GA, over 750,000 3-D glasses were distributed for a 3-D T.V. promotion of "Creature from the Black Lagoon."

Sebago shoes launched a 3-D ad campaign in national publications using our custom printed anaglyphic glasses.

Premier Bank distributed 3-D glasses with a poster for a business-to-business promotion.

Gateway 2000 and Smithsonian Institution, co-sponsors of educational websites, gave away anaglyphic glasses promoting their 3-D websites at an academic conference.

SAJY Publishers included 3-D anaglyphic glasses in "The North American Car Guide on CD-ROM" interactive software tool for both French and English markets.

FX Schmid, a game and toy manufacturer, combined red/green lens glasses with a 3-D dinosaur puzzle series.

Over 10 million hand-held viewers were included in a Denny's kid's meal promotion.

250,000 anaglyphic viewers were inserted into a 3-D newspaper advertisement promoting a KISS concert event at Dodgers Stadium on Halloween night in 1998.

Hand-held EuroViewers were handed out at a tradeshow for viewing a vinyl siding point-of-purchase display in 3-D.

Over 20 million hand-held viewers in a bind-in style were inserted into National Geographic Magazine's August 1998 edition featuring Mars Pathfinder and Titanic images in 3-D.

Give us a call for a custom quote on any 3-D glasses project or for a FREE consultation on how to take your promotion into the third dimension.

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