Topic: Now this is Awesome!

[loveitspicy]

Now this is Awesome!

This one is the BEST I have seen so far !!!!!

 Instructions:

 1. Stare at the red dot on the girl

[vinotinto]

Fair play thats definitely the best one I've seen!!

[Peripatetic Phil]

Clever : now what's the betting it still works if you remove the three dots from her nose ?!
** Phil.

[Tommy Timebomb]

Clever : now what's the betting it still works if you remove the three dots from her nose ?!
** Phil.

Wouldn't be so sure, It's obviously somthing to do (or palming itself off) with  RGB of which I have been trying to get my head around to it's full potential after years of messing with Photoshop...
A truely amazing trick on the eye.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Clever : now what's the betting it still works if you remove the three dots from her nose ?!
** Phil.

Wouldn't be so sure, It's obviously something to do (or palming itself off) with  RGB of which I have been trying to get my head around to it's full potential after years of messing with Photoshop...  A truely amazing trick on the eye.

I think you'll find it's just a focal spot, Tommy, to force the eye to remain focussed on a single point of the image -- try replacing the three dots with a single dot of any contrasting colour and I am reasonably certain the illusion will remain the same.

** Phil.

[Tommy Timebomb]

You never know...This just may be one of my missions for passing a few hours on this Sunday afternoon Phil.
I'll probably go to sleep tonight with this girls face haunting me (hopefully the colour version). Then again, would that be such a bad thing. 

[_Jon_]

You can make these illusions yourself quite easily.
Take any image you like, the larger the better and ones with large areas of similar colour work best.
Invert the colours.
Smack a small focus point, any colour you like, somewhere in the middle.
Job done.

The focus spot is just there to stop your eye flitting around as it would normally (to avoid the issue that creates the illusion).

If you want to get a good understanding of the current theory of how humans (and devices) perceive (measure) colour then I'd recommend: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-World-Color-Management-Industrial-Strength/dp/0321267222

If you need any help understanding RGB just PM or email me with your question(s)

[_Jon_]

For anyone who wants to see the pretty girl without going cross eyed:


Note how the RGB, primary colours of the additive colour model, dots more or less change to CMY, the secondary colours. The yellow is off because the blue dot wasn't truly blue, which adds weight to the argument that the colour of the focusing spot is not important.

[loveitspicy]

You can make these illusions yourself quite easily.
Take any image you like, the larger the better and ones with large areas of similar colour work best.
Invert the colours.
Smack a small focus point, any colour you like, somewhere in the middle.
Job done.

The focus spot is just there to stop your eye flitting around as it would normally (to avoid the issue that creates the illusion).

If you want to get a good understanding of the current theory of how humans (and devices) perceive (measure) colour then I'd recommend: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-World-Color-Management-Industrial-Strength/dp/0321267222

If you need any help understanding RGB just PM or email me with your question(s)

Your right Jon easy to do

best, Rich

[_Jon_]

Your right Jon easy to do

Yes, but I should point out that knowing the trick doesn't stop me appreciating its execution. I think this is the best one I've seen too. In fact I don't remember seeing this technique applied to a normal image before, it's usually just flags or a monochrome Jesus

Did you make it yourself?