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Incredible 3D GIFs Created with a Simple Visual Effect

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Animated gifs seem to be everywhere these days, but some gif creators are taking the visual experience of viewing quick clips of silent motion to another level. By carefully adding a couple of solid-colored (typically white), vertical lines to the moving images, an incredible three-dimensional effect is created. As characters and objects move into the foreground, they seemingly extend beyond the barrier of the image.

The solid, dividing strips serve as visual markers for the foreground. Once anything breaks out in font of them, blocking the view of the white dividers, the viewer's brain immediately translates this as a three-dimensional scene. The best 3D gif creators take note of this effect and tend to choose scenes from movies and clips from videos in which something is initially in the background and makes its way into the foreground—whether it be a person, animal, monster, or projectile object.

With the addition of simple vertical lines, ordinary animated images are transformed into amazing 3d gifs.

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

3d Gif 3d Gifs Animated Gifs Illusion

h/t: [ViralNova, Tumblr]

This post has been updated.

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Pinar

Pinar Noorata is the Managing Editor at My Modern Met. She is a writer, editor, and content creator based in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her BA in Film and Media Studies from CUNY Hunter College and is an alumni of the Center for Arts Education’s Career Development Program in NYC. She has worked at major TV, film, and publishing companies as well as other independent media businesses. When she isn’t writing, editing, or creating videos herself, Pinar enjoys watching movies, reading, crafting, drawing, and volunteering at her local animal shelter.
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