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The other day i was on the topic of "what is a blip page"...i think Razor was the one that explained what a blip page was, and he described it as a "magic eye" poster...well, i got a book, and did the magic eye thingy...anyway, i saw the little folded bookmark that margaret said i would see...anyway, my question is: how do you keep ur eyes like that long enough to PR???and are the words supposed to be blurry or not? thanks,
DownTown

Practice, my friend. It's easier than you think. A lot of people just pretend they're looking through the book to the floor and just keep turning pages. The words should be unfocused, but not necessarily blurry. Personally, I like them to be a little "soft" but neither blurry nor hard - for this I have to remove my glasses when I PR, but it's worth it.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

Ramon, are you nearsighted, like I am? Because if you are, I have a question. Since the page looks blurry or unfocussed anyway, does it matter how near one has the book. I.e., does it matter if the book were at a distance such that one would not be able to regular read it clearly. The reason I ask is that I find it easier to take the whole double page in when the book is far enough away, but then it's at a distance where I wouldn't be able to see the words clearly (when not PRing). But since in photofocus one is not supposed to see the words clearly anyway, I wonder whether that matters.

Hey Downtown,

I don't know if anyone has ever asked you to imagine a totally white room before. A room where it is so white that you can not try to see the depth or heighth or width. If you were standing in this room now, you would be surrounded by total and complete silence. There would be no temperature, no moisture, no breeze - perfect stillness....

Have you ever imagined that? Could that white room be right before your eyes behind the letters that you are reading. Maybe you should look and see how deep the white rabbit hole goes.

Look so far into the white room that the letters on this page transform into whisps of black myst between you and exploring the very back of the white room.

I wonder if you could do that now with a book you've wanted to photoread.

Good luck and .....
Common Sense

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Hel,

I have astigmatism, which means my cornea has a strange shape that changes the way light enters my eye. It's pretty common, even if sounds odd.

The thing is, if I diverge (this is all my theory, I don't know this for a fact, just and educated guess) light doesn't go in the right way; I get a blip page, but the words look blurry, like my vision is failing.

If I take my glasses off and diverge, it's fine: blip page, and the words are still legible. I guess I want it entering my brain in clear state.

The nearness of the book, however, is more of a thing of, if your eye took a picture right now, could you see all of the text in front of you in good focus (albeit with a blip page)? You want it far enough so that while diverging the eyes, you can see all four corners of the book.

Since I take my glasses, I have the same problem as you (ie - the book is close enough that I can read it, but now it's not far away). It wasn't too bad, because I've been diverging my eyes my entire life (the strange games we play as children) and I just compensated by diverging far enough that I can get all four corners in my field of vision (top and bottom is harder, so you have to concentrate and really stare through the center of the book now). I'm so close the pages almost hit my nose, but I still get the double pages (I'm that blind).

Hope that helps. =)

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com ("RSTLR..P" "Good good...now, try reading the chart without your glasses, Ramon." "Uhm...okay..." "What's the first line you can read?" "Actually, doc, if I didn't see it before with my glasses, I would have no idea that the big letter on top is a '3'." "Ramon, it's an "E"." "oh.")

Thank you, Ramon. I 'll move the book closer from now on. It's just more comfortable to have the book at a distance, on the desk, and still keep a good posture. But then the pages are more or less blurred (I always PR without glasses), depending on size of type. I'll make sure that the print is clear enough to read when I am not in photofocus. Thanks again. Helena

ramon,
what exactly is the "blip page" for? the PR course was supposed to be here today...BUT ITS NOT!!! GRRRR!! what a let down!
Also, when i do use my eyes and get the magic eye affect...should the words become crossed over each other? or am i using too much of my eyes?....also, i have been experience throughout my younger years that i have better than normal eye sight...something like 20:15 or so....i dunno, all i know is that i see more thangs from father distances that people with 20:20 eye sight....would that effect anything?
thanks,
DownTown

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You'll be good. Congratulations on good eyesight...as a kid who grew up with horrendous eyesight, people like you (20/15 vision)were pinnacles of superhumans to me. =)

In any case, a blip page is the "page" you get in the middle of a book when you photofocus (use magic eye vision) on it.

For a better example, do the floating sausage trick: point your two index fingers toward each other and place them in front of your eyes, leaving about a half 1/2 inch apart. Like this:

Position your hands about 5 inches away from your face, and look at a wall past them. You should have a small overlap of index finger images, resulting in a "floating sausage", like this:

That "sausage" is the equivalent to a blip page, when you use photofocus (magic eye vision) on a book.

Does that help?

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

PS - Just to be fair, I stole these images from http://www.northamptoneye.com/funp9.htm , so don't commend me on them...I'd feel like a thief. =(

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Originally posted by CommonSense:
... imagine a totally white room ...

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THANK YOU !!! The other day I printed out a stack of stereograms and it has been taking me a long time to see any of them, and some I just could not see at all. I tried looking for the far side of the white room and every single one popped into focus - some faster/easier than others, but finally I can see them all.

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My PR course did infact show up at the last moment by UPS...anyway, i have gone all the way through side A on tape 2....and the photofocus part....is that where u use the "blip" thing??? i mean...Paul uses the words "soft eyes"...is that what he is talking about, using the magic eye trick?
thanks,
DownTown