Notes on Mac3D Art

This folder contains
		1) the Mac3D Art program, which you can use to make stereograms
		2) the document "Behind the Scenes...", which explains how they work
		3) a folder containing a few PICT files for your convenience in getting
		started.

Mac3D Art requires a Macintosh computer running System 7, and can take advantage
of a color printer if one is available. You may like to have a painting program
also to make your own PICTures for input into Mac3D Art, but this is not
required. Mac3D Art runs at least on Quadra 610 and 950, Centris 650, and Power
Mac 7100.

Mac3D Art can be used for several very different purposes. Since scenes can be
entered as Mathematical functions, Mac3D Art can be used in Mathematics classes
to practise visualising the graphs of various functions. On the other hand, since
scenes can also be input as PICT files, Mac3D Art can be used in a purely
artistic way to make stereograms which can then be pasted into party invitations
which will astound your friends. The program contains help windows to talk you
through both of these possibilities. This is the program which was used to make
the cover picture for the October 1994 issue of The American Mathematical
Monthly, however the stereograms inside that issue were made using Mathematica ,
before Mac3D Art was written.

Please send comments to Bob Terrell, Math Dept, Cornell U., Ithaca NY, 14853 or
email to bterrell@math.cornell.edu