Bharamind

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

What to hide
Viewing method

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

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.