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glalieguy
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janus44 wrote:
dmikester wrote:
Great resource here. Just thought I'd throw in that there's a Magic Eye of a certain important structure to The 39 Clues on the cover of the Madrigal clue book. Just look where the arrow's pointing from the M. Nice little bonus!
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Hey you're right! it's pointing to the eiffel tower! nice job Very Happy
i think i should spoiler that...


Sorry. I'm no good at magic eyes. Where's the Eiffel Tower?

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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
Ekatman wrote:
In card pack 2 there is a Madrigal code book made to look like a composition book with an eiffel tower on the cover.


Could you post a picture of this cover. I can't see the eiffel tower on mine.

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 		yes here it is
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Sherlock_39
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cahill wrote:
yes here it is

I think katsmom meant the cover of the clue book.

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cahill
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Sherlock_39 wrote:
cahill wrote:
yes here it is

I think katsmom meant the cover of the clue book.
oh Laughing Laughing Laughing

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 		I'm digging up an old thread again, but could someone post a picture of the magic picture outlined or highlighted? I just can't see it.

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katsmom wrote:
I'm digging up an old thread again, but could someone post a picture of the magic picture outlined or highlighted? I just can't see it.


That's hard to do because it's one of those "magic eye" pictures. You can't see them until your eyes go out of focus, usually a little cross-eyed.

If there's somebody who would be able to do it, it'd probably be a graphic design pro.
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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
katsmom wrote:
Ekatman wrote:
In card pack 2 there is a Madrigal code book made to look like a composition book with an eiffel tower on the cover.


Could you post a picture of this cover. I can't see the eiffel tower on mine.

katsmom wrote:
I'm digging up an old thread again, but could someone post a picture of the magic picture outlined or highlighted? I just can't see it.

I found some software that decodes magic eyes. I tried it on Card 135 (the Old Western TV) - see attachment below.

So, I need a good scan of the magic eye on "card pack 2".
If it's large, you can PM me and I'll have you e-mail it to me.
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Datango
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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
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sapagoo wrote:

I found some software that decodes magic eyes.


Care to share which software this is?
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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
Datango wrote:
sapagoo wrote:

I found some software that decodes magic eyes.


Care to share which software this is?

http://www.c14sw.de/132.html

The tricky part is determining the avg. search distance - it was easy with the 2 examples that came with the software.
With the Old Western TV, I guessed 70 (with a block size of 2), and went down by 2s until I got to 60 - nothing ever materialized. Then I went up from 72 by 2's until I could see a fuzzy M. Then I bumped the block size to 4, and the M magically appeared.
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Datango
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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
sapagoo wrote:
Datango wrote:
sapagoo wrote:

I found some software that decodes magic eyes.


Care to share which software this is?

http://www.c14sw.de/132.html

The tricky part is determining the avg. search distance - it was easy with the 2 examples that came with the software.
With the Old Western TV, I guessed 70 (with a block size of 2), and went down by 2s until I got to 60 - nothing ever materialized. Then I went up from 72 by 2's until I could see a fuzzy M. Then I bumped the block size to 4, and the M magically appeared.


Thanks sapagoo - it's always useful to have another tool in the ARG arsenal.
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 		Finally broke down and bought the card pack. I faxed the cover to my e-mail, converted it to BMP, and ran it through StereoDecoder.
I made several dozen guesses at the "avg. search distance", and ended up counting pixels.
Using 108 as the avg. search distance, with a block size of 10, and got the following image.
eiffel2.JPG
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39 Clues: Surveillance Camera Codes
Agent Code P222XK7HXP More Agent Codes (120+)

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 		what is the starting avg for the iffel tower picture

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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
using the StereoDecoder i still cant see the iffel tower

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sapagoo
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 		Re: Madrigal Clue Book
Has anyone decoded it all yet?
spymaster1 wrote:
using the StereoDecoder i still cant see the iffel tower

I guess it depends on the size of the scan that you used.
I used this scan
http://sapagoo.unfiction.com/39Clues/EiffelTest.jpg
with avg starting distance 108. You can tell there is something there with block size 4, but it is really clear when you use block size 10.

What I did to figure out the starting distance is I zoomed in on the picture, and made note of the repeating pattern of white splotches. I was in paint, and marked both splotches with the red pen, then calculated the # of pixels between the splotches.
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