Magic eye generator
Hide a word or a shape in a field of dots. Pick your settings and download the PNG.
Make a magic eye picture
New to this? Read how to see a magic eye picture.
What each setting does
- Image width
- Larger images carry more dots and show finer detail. Smaller images load faster in messages.
- Depth strength
- A higher value pushes the hidden shape farther from the background. Strong depth looks bolder and takes more effort to fuse.
- Dot colors
- Classic uses random colors. The other palettes use four colors or two. Plain palettes look calmer and produce smaller files.
- Parallel or cross-eyed
- Pick the way you will look at the picture. The two modes flip the depth, so a picture made for one method looks inside out in the other.
- Seed
- The seed fixes the random pattern. The same word, settings and seed always give the same picture.
- Bold letters
- Thicker strokes make the hidden word easier to see.
Tips for a clear result
- Use short words. Four to seven letters work well.
- Turn on bold letters for long words.
- Start with parallel viewing and the default depth.
- Every download carries a small bharamind.com credit strip below the picture. The strip leaves the dots untouched.
Where the method comes from
The renderer follows a published single-image stereogram algorithm. Sources:
- Christopher Tyler and Maureen Clarke published "Autostereogram" in 1990 (SPIE vol. 1256). Source
- Thimbleby, Inglis and Witten published the single-image stereogram algorithm paper used by this site's renderer in 1994. Source
Not sure how to look at the result? Read the viewing guide.