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Start with high definition pictures and use plugins in a paint program (gimp,photoshop,paint shop pro) to color them to more chromadepth friendly colors. Pure red, green ,and blue work best but you might want to and black to the blue as you can get more range of depth within the blue than the other colors. Many different plugins work and can have many different results. I've posted a plugin gallery for before and after pictures to get ideas of what direction to go in .
That is all that is really needed for pictures. For video I use the pictures from above or you could use video you made with a camcorder.
Next down load a program called ffrend. Visual jockey can also make and record video clips. You will want to download some freeframe plugins as well. There is a list on the freeframe site . The best ones to grab first are Pete Wardin's. It has plenty to get you started with.
The instructions for using ffrend are excellent so I won't go over the use of the program itself. I will go over some of the effect plug insthat I use and explain how I use them. Freeframe effects can be used with a lot of video editors. freeframe opengl effects use the video card to produce effects rather than the cpu so they are faster but there are not a lot available yet.
Tips
For viewing the best conditions are like a movie theater everything else is dark but the screen. Other light sources tend
to ruin the full effect.
The further from the screen you are the deeper the depth in the picture appears.
Use a lot of only primary colors (red,green,blue) as they tend to get warped and changed yet still stay layered.
Use simple patterns and shapes as the freeframe effects makes things very complex.
It is easy to see what effect plugins have on simpler colors and patterns rather than using too complex an image.
Some colors will ruin the layer effect but it is hard to know until you try.
Adding black to a color moves it deeper.
Adding white to a color moves it to the middle.
Adding a black edge helps to separate the layers so plugins that add edges are useful.
A blue background with black added seems to give the most depth.