You won't believe your eyes - and you shouldn't! Every image in this sequel to the popular Optical Illusion Magic is out to trick your perception with afterimages, visual traps, and distorted perspectives. Sometimes you will have to shift the page to see the magic, as in "Slants on the Side" where parallel lines seem to come together at the bottom and spread apart at the top. In other illusions, pattern and shape make all the difference, producing spirals where they don't really exist. * Distorted shapes * Twists and challenges * Misguided processing * Microviews * * Room for mistakes * Tall stuff * Shifting attention * Creature feature * Illusions in print * * What's my line? * Standing out * Problematic patterns * Highs and lows of light * * Towering tilts * Building illusions * Hot stuff * Moon illusion * Rise and sink * * Shady comparisons * Primary colours * Colour tricks * 4-colour rainbow * Disco spin * * Weird spinners * Fantascope * Zootrope * Diving into depth * Overlap overload * * Vantage advantage * Stereophotos * Red/Blue 3-D * Making anaglyphs * Megaviews * Cover Back Cover Title Acknowledgments Contents Introduction The Adventure Continues Distorted Views More Twists More Challenges Misguided Processing Room for Mistakes Tall Stuff Shifting Attention Creature Feature Illusions in Print What’s My Line? Standingout Problematic Patterns Highs and Lows of Light Towering Tilts Building Illusions Hot Stuff Moon Illusion Rise and Sink Shady Comparisons A Primer on Primary Colors Color Tricks Stand Back Four-Color Rainbow Disco Spin Weird Spinners Trailing Behind Fantascope Zootrope Diving into Depth Drifting Together Overlap Overload Vantage Advantage Stereophotos Intro to Red/Blue 3-D Making Anaglyphs Mega and Micro Views About the Author Index You won't believe your eyes-and you shouldn't! Every image in this follow-up to the popular Optical Illusion Magic is out to trick your perception with afterimages, visual "traps" and distorted views. Sometimes you'll have to shift the page to see the magic; in other illusions, pattern and shape make all the difference, producing spirals where none really exists. Plus-some truly funny signs: look closely and see if you can spot the errors To introduce the science and magic of optical tricks, this book presents optical illusions and mind-boggling tricks that play with your perception, from creating your own anaglyphs to building a zootrope
