r/MagicEye Aug 03 '20

Don't know how to view MagicEye Autostereograms? Start here!

511 Upvotes

We were getting a high volume of posts asking how to see them recently, so it seemed like a good idea to just sticky a megathread on the topic. Please do not create new threads asking for viewing advice, thank you.

Step 1: Here is a quick tutorial on how to view AutoStereograms

Step 2: Vox 10 minute exposé: "The secrets of Magic Eye"

(EDIT: Somebody condensed the "how to" portion of this video into a blog post called "The Science Behind The Magic Eye Craze of The 1990s")

This gives both a history, and a more in-depth animated lesson about how to view them.

Step 3: The Vox video tells you how you can use the Difference blending mode in Adobe Photoshop (GIMP also works) to sweep across the hidden image without crossing your eyes. Dave 'XD' Stevens made this web application that can do the same thing easily in your browser.

Other good beginner "not hidden" stereograms for new users to cut their teeth on:

If you have other questions or tips, feel free to leave them in the comments.


r/MagicEye 17h ago

More calculator magic eyes!

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588 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 3d ago

When I enter 6x7 my calculator displays this… I think it’s broken :(

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1.9k Upvotes

r/MagicEye 5d ago

These tiles

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376 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 5d ago

Fluffy

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660 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 5d ago

Sing a song of six pence

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247 Upvotes

I’ve had this nursery rhyme song float into my head and made this today. This is the first verse:

Sing a song of six pence
Pockets full of rye,
Four and twenty black birds
Baked into a pie,
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing,
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
to lay before the king?


r/MagicEye 5d ago

Story-Driven Magic Eye Book

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102 Upvotes

Came across this book at a book sale. Contains 20 magic eye images across a cohesive 62 page story book.


r/MagicEye 6d ago

Magical hat pull

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414 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 7d ago

the book i learned from!

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470 Upvotes

anyone else have this same one?


r/MagicEye 8d ago

You guys gotta try this

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649 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 8d ago

Bubbly banquet (made today oc)

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185 Upvotes

Thanks for all the feedback and positive support! I think I understand a little more and this one isn’t perfect but I think I improved on depth and focus.

If you need a horizon to start with try staring off just under the green palm leaf (through the middle or middle-left window). It’s a small spot but there is horizon through that window.


r/MagicEye 8d ago

I put an easy stereogram through SSTV, this is the result

47 Upvotes
Original
After SSTV

The original Stereogram is from u/Only_Tea_7378


r/MagicEye 8d ago

Am I crazy or does this magic eye in Mabel’s Guide on YouTube empty?

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113 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 9d ago

Waiting...

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327 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 7d ago

Idfk 😭

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r/MagicEye 9d ago

Vines and blue cats (two more … oc)

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149 Upvotes

These are made on Ibis paint app by me. OC (except some ferns in the blue cat one were a paint brush stamp or texture idk).

They are kinda of a mess but pls let me know if it’s bad because of the depths or the colors or its too hard to focus… I don’t know what direction to focus on.

Thanks in advance for any advice or specific feedback, I appreciate you reading this, too!


r/MagicEye 11d ago

Mr. McDee

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1.1k Upvotes

r/MagicEye 10d ago

Cones

252 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 11d ago

Constellation Magic Eye

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532 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 14d ago

A little violin never hurt nobody

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1.8k Upvotes

r/MagicEye 14d ago

There's something in the grass.

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549 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 14d ago

You might've been here before

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534 Upvotes

It's Charles Bridge for anybody wondering.


r/MagicEye 14d ago

Some test images from my improved stereogram engine

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801 Upvotes

r/MagicEye 14d ago

I'm late!

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779 Upvotes