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I originally planned to write this tutorial on how to create a retro 3D effect that mimicked the offset red/blue images that were seen in old 3D movies, comics and posters. But then I thought, rather than just recreate the effect, why not try and produce an anaglyph 3D image that actually works?! So I boggled my mind with the science behind stereoscopy and figured out how to create some really cool 3D images that pop out from your screen. Grab yourself some old school 3D specs and follow this guide to learn how to produce your own anaglyph 3D images in Photoshop. In order to follow along with this tutorial and see these images in full effect you will need to acquire some 3D glasses with red & cyan lenses. You can find the original white card style glasses online for a couple of $/£/€, which work perfectly well. Anaglyph 3D pictures can be created in two ways; The first technique combines two separate images from a camera and results in some really cool photographs. ...

1.  Create the Text and the Basic Shape  Variations Step 1 Create a new 1280 x 1024 px document, and fill the  Background  with the color  #a1a1a1 . Then, create the text using the font  Sanchez . The color is  #e6e6e6 , and the  Size  is 335 pt. Step 2 Go to  Type > Convert to Shape . Step 3 Duplicate the shape layer, then pick the  Direct Selection Tool . This will show the  Shape Attributes  in the Options bar. From there, set the  Fill  to None, and change the Stroke color to  #959595  and its  Size  to 3 pt. Step 4 Open the  Stroke Options  box, and choose  Center  from the  Align:  drop down menu. Step 5 Duplicate the copy shape layer (the one that has the stroke), change the Stroke color to  #464646 , then open the  Stroke Options  box again, and click the  More Options  button. Step 6 Set the...