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AvidStereoscopic3DEditingWorkflowsFebruary2012ContentsChapter1Stereoscopic3DEditingWorkflows3FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflow.
3LiveBroadcastWorkflow.
7In-StudioProductionWorkflow11Chapter2SettingupyourSystemforStereoscopicEditing15Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision.
15Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware21Chapter3Stereoscopic3DEditing25WorkinginStereoscopicProjects26CreatingaNewProject30Chapter4AcquiringStereoscopicFootage35BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage35ImportingorLinkingStereoscopicMediafromFile.
45LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMedia46MergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips48Chapter5WorkingwithStereoscopicClips51WhatisaStereoscopicClip51DisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins.
52CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia.
56TransformingSubclipsintoStereoscopic3DSubclips64Chapter6MonitoringStereoscopicFootage65SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia65CustomizingyourViewersandTimelinetoViewStereoscopicContent.
73Chapter7MakingCorrectionstoStereoscopicClips75SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions76FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors.
78UpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrections828Chapter8EditingStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline85EditingFunctionsthatApplytoStereoscopicClips.
86EditingStereoscopicClipswiththeLeadingEye87Chapter9ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClips89ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline90AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages92AdjustingtheDepthbetweenStereoscopicTransitions96CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClips.
98FixingtheSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips100AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments102Chapter10OutputtingStereoscopicProjects105OutputtingStereoscopicSequencestoaBasebandDevice.
105ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles.
105ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL109Chapter11HardwareSupportforStandardandStereoscopicMedia.
1131Stereoscopic3DEditingWorkflowsAvidoffersanumberofwaystoeditstereoscopicfootage.
ThestereoscopicworkflowsbuilduponthecurrentfunctionalityinyourAvideditingapplication.
Thesefunctionsprovideessentialtoolsintheofflinetoallowforasolidrhythmandpacewhencuttingstereoscopiccontent,alongwiththeabilitytoviewandediteitherfullframe,framecompatiblestereoscopicmaterial,orstandard2Dcontent.
ThisguideshowsyouhowtoeditstereoscopicprojectswithAvidvideoeditingsystems.
StereoscopiceditingiscurrentlysupportedonAvidMediaComposerandAvidSymphony.
Aswithanycreativeeditorialprocess,therearemanywaystoachievethesameoutput.
ThisguideprovidesinformationonsomeoftheseveralpossibleworkflowsforstereoscopicproductionusingAvidproducts.
Itaugmentstheproductmanualsandonlinehelp,anddoesnotcontainallpossiblefunctionsthatcanbeaccomplishedbytheproducts.
Italsoassumesthatthereaderalreadyhasagoodbackgroundknowledgeofstereoscopy.
Refertoonethefollowingworkflowsforguidelinesonhowtoedityourstereoscopicmedia:"FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflow"onpage3"LiveBroadcastWorkflow"onpage7"In-StudioProductionWorkflow"onpage11cProlongedviewingofstereoscopicmaterialinthreedimensionsmightcausefatigue,dizziness,orphysicaldiscomfort,ormightaffectyoursenseofbalance.
FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflowDigitalcamerascanrecordfootageathigh-qualityresolutionsof2Kandup.
Thismakesforbrightandrealistic3Dimagesthatareidealfordigitalcinemaproductions.
Duringthepost-productionprocess,thisqualitymayonlyberequiredduringthefinalfinishingstages,soit'sbesttousealowerresolutionfortheofflineediting,andeconomizeontimeanddiskspace.
Dependingonyourdeliveryrequirements,youcanfinishbyswitchingtoahighertargetresolution,orconformingtheprojectonanothereditingsystemwhereyoucanviewthematerialathigher-than-HDresolution.
FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflow10TheillustrationbelowshowsatypicalworkflowforfeaturefilmeditingusingbothAvidand3rd-partyapplications.
1.
DailiesCreationTherearemanycompaniesthatprovidetoolsandtechnologiestostreamlinethepreparationofstereoscopicdailies.
Oncethefootagetobedeliveredtoeditorialhasbeenidentified,itispassedonintheformoftranscodedMXFmediaortapes.
Thisfootageiseitherintheoriginalfullframeformatorcompressedintoaframecompatibleformat.
Thedailiesprocessinvolvesthefixingoftimingerrors,durationproblems,andcolororspatialalignmentbetweentheleft/righteyeimages.
Notallthesefunctionsneedtobecompletedinthedailiesastheycanbeundertakeninthevideoeditingapplication.
Yourworkflow,timescale,diskcapacityandothercriteriawilldeterminethebestflexibilityinthepipeline.
1FILMING&DAILIESCREATIONDailiesApplicationLinkbacktosourcemediaCONFORM&FINISHING34OUTPUTFILMPROJECTORWEBBROADCASTTAPE/DISCPre-Editedmasterofexistingfootagee.
g.
librarySelectsLRVideoRigMetadataAudioMAAvidMediaComposer/Symphony2CREATIVEEDITORIALEditedmasterAvidStorageAvidProToolsProcessedmediaPRODUCTIONHOUSEProcessedmedia&metadataFinalmasterAAFAAFFinishing&VisualEffectsApplicationAcquiredmediaFeatureFilmOfflineWorkflow11The3rd-partydailysystemsalsocreatethenecessarystereoscopicgroupingmetadatatoensurethatlessmanualinterventionisrequiredintheAvideditingsystemwhenthestereoscopicclipsneedtobecreated.
TheprocessedMXFmediaisthensenttothecreativeeditorialsuitealongwiththeassociatedsequenceAAF/ALEs.
2.
OfflineEditingIfyouhaveadequatediskstorage,youcaneditallyourmaterialinfullframetomaintainthebestpossiblequality.
Theapplicationwilleasilydisplaythefullframematerialinaframecompatibleformat(e.
g.
sidebyside).
Itisalsopossibletoacquireframecompatiblefootagefortheselectedtakes,andatalatertimepassapulllistbacktodailiestoobtainthefullframeequivalents.
Normally,AAFsorALEsareusedtolinktoMXFfilescreatedbyotherapplicationsinthedailiesorotherupstreamprocesses.
AdditionalmetadatacanbemergedviaALEsintothemasterclipsatanytimeduringtheeditingprocess.
Aseditors,youcanusethesameeditorialtoolsandtechniquesasifyouwerecutting2Dfootage,andsimultaneouslyviewtheresultsinstereoscopic3Donasecondarymonitor.
Anyeffectscanbeappliedoneorbotheyesofthestereoscopicmedia.
Anysegmentsthatrequirespecialvisualeffectsprocessingcanbesenttoaseparateinternalorexternalfacilityalongwiththeselectedsourcemedia.
Similarly,acopyoftheeditedsequencecanbesentasanAAFtotheaudiopostfacilityfortheaudiosweetening.
YoucanimportthecompletedmixbackintoMediaComposer/Symphonyforthefinalreview.
Whentheofflineeditiscomplete,youmayoutputanHDmastertoeitherfileortape.
Ifadditionalfinishingisrequired,youcansendthesequencemetadata(AAF/EDL)toastereoscopic3D-capablefinishingsystem.
3.
Conform&FinishingThefinishingworkflowtakestheconformmetadatalist(EDL/AAF)fromtheofflineeditorialsystem,andrelinkstosourceattheoriginalresolution.
Thefinishingeditorcancompleteallaspectsoftheproductionwithadeepersetoftools.
4.
OutputWhentheproductioniscomplete,thefinalmastercanbepackagedandoutputtovariousdeliveryformats(web,film,tapeordisc).
FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflow12Checklist:FeatureFilmOfflineWorkflowThissectionoutlinesthefeaturefilmofflineworkflowforeditingstereoscopicfootage.
Followthesestepsintheorderthattheyarelisted,andreturntothischecklisteachtimeyoucompleteastep.
StepRefertothissectionMakesureyoursystemisproperlysetupwiththeequipmentrequiredforstereoscopicediting.
"SettingupyourSystemforStereoscopicEditing"onpage15.
UnderstandthebasicsaboutstereoscopiceditinginyourAvideditingapplication.
"Stereoscopic3DEditing"onpage25.
Createastereoscopicproject.
"CreatingaNewProject"onpage30.
Importthepre-processedmediafromtheDailiesapplication:PlacetheMXFmediaintheAvidMediaFilesfolderforyourAvideditingsystem,andimporttheAAF/ALEcreatedbythedailiesapplication.
"LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMedia"onpage46.
Ifyouhaveanyadditionalmetadataforyourclips,suchasinformationfromthecamerarig,youcanimportitvialogfiles(ALE).
"MergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips"onpage48.
Importanyotherfootagethathasbeenpre-editedbyupstreamprocesses.
"ImportingorLinkingStereoscopicMediafromFile"onpage45.
Learnaboutthestereoscopicdatamodelandhowtomanagestereoscopicclipsinthebins.
"WorkingwithStereoscopicClips"onpage51.
Createthestereoscopicclipsfromallthemasterclipsthathavebeenimportedorlinked.
"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
Configurethesettingsonyourvariousdisplaymonitorstoeditandviewthestereoscopicfootage.
"MonitoringStereoscopicFootage"onpage65.
Ifyourstereoscopicfootagewasnotpre-alignedduringthedailiesprocess,youcanapplysourcesidecorrectionstoyourclipstomatchthecolorsinbotheyes,andfixanyspatialortemporalalignments.
"MakingCorrectionstoStereoscopicClips"onpage75.
Performtheofflineeditorial.
"EditingStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline"onpage85.
LiveBroadcastWorkflow13LiveBroadcastWorkflowManybroadcastedeventstodayarebeingshotin3DHDbyfile-basedcameras.
ThevideoandaudiosignalsarefedintoanOutsideBroadcast(OB)truck,wheretheyareswitchedandmixedintoaprogramsignal,andthenoutputfromthetrucktotheTVstationand/ordirecttoair.
Theillustrationbelowshowsatypicalworkflowforstereoscopiceditingandrepackagingofliveprograms,suchastelevisedsportsevents,usingvariousAvidand3rd-partyapplications.
Applystereoscopiceffectstoyourclips.
"ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClips"onpage89.
Addthenecessarytitlestoyoursequence.
"AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments"onpage102.
IfyourequirespecialeffectsprocessingbyaVFXapplication,exportthenecessarysegmentsasanAAF.
Similarly,youcanexportthesequencewithanAAFfortheaudiosweetening.
Youwillalsoneedtosendthemthecorrespondingsourcemediaatthebestquality.
"ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL"onpage109.
Outputyourprojecttotheappropriatemediumfordelivery.
Outputyourprojecttoabasebanddevicesuchasatapedeckordiscrecorder.
"OutputtingStereoscopicSequencestoaBasebandDevice"onpage105.
ExportyourprojecttoamediafilesuchasaQuickTimemovie.
"ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles"onpage105.
ExportanEDLorAAFofyoursequenceifyouneedtosendyourprojecttoanothereditingsystemforfinishing.
"ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL"onpage109.
StepRefertothissectionLiveBroadcastWorkflow141.
FilmingandPre-editingIntheOBtruck,theTechnicalDirector/VisionMixerusestheproductionswitchertoselectbetweenseveralincomingsources.
Theseinclude3Drigswiththeirvideocameras,slow-motionreplaydevices,fieldrecordersandmicrophones,aswellasvideoserversholdingpre-editedmaterial.
Inaddition,necessarygraphicalinformationissuperimposedovertheprogram,suchasbranding,scores,timeclockandcaptions.
Theaudiofeedfollowsasimilarpaththroughtheaudiomixer.
Allmicrophones,music/soundeffectsgeneratorsarefedintotheaudiomixer,andtheaudioengineermixes,addsandremoveswhicheveraudiosourceisappropriateattheappropriatetime.
TheprogramsignalisthenoutputfromthetrucktotheTVstationand/ordirecttoair.
Thesignalmaybeformattedinfullframe,orasframecompatible(sidebyside)toreducethebandwidthrequiredfortransmissionviasatellite.
Theoriginalvideoandaudiosignals,togetherwiththeprogramoutput,andpossiblyacleanversion,arestoredonDDRsortaperecordersonlocationtoallowmoreflexiblerepackagingatalatertime.
1ProgramoutputCREATIVEEDITORIAL&REPACKAGING4OUTPUTFILMING&LINECUTWEBCASTREBROADCASTTVSTATIONOUTSIDEBROADCASTTRUCKLIVETVBROADCASTAvidMediaComposer/Symphony2EditedmasterAvidStorageAAFAvidProToolsProcessedmediaLRVideoRigMetadataAudioMACGGraphicsPre-editedPromosProductionSwitcherAcquiredmediaPlaylistLinkbacktosourcemediaCONFORM&FINISHING3Finishing&VisualEffectsApplicationFinalmasterAAFTAPE/DISCLiveBroadcastWorkflow15TheingestcontrollerattheTVstationingeststhesatellitefeedtothestoragesub-system.
IftheTVstationistransmittingtheprogramtoair,thereisaplayoutapplicationrunningthestation'sschedule.
Theprogramisimmediatelyinterspersedwithcommercialsplayedofftheserverandthelivetransmissionisthenaired.
2.
CreativeEditorialandRepackagingLiveeventsaretypicallyre-editedandpackagedfordeliveryinotherformatssuchasnewsshows,DVDs,orwebcasts.
TheoperationalcenterattheTVstationgathersthedailymediaorpre-editedprogramscomingfromtape,disk,microwave,orsatellite,andarchivesthemonserversthatalltheeditorscanaccess.
Onceascriptforashowordocumentaryiswritten,youcansearchthroughthearchivesandpiecetogethertherequiredfootage.
Asanofflineeditor,youcanusethesameeditorialtoolsandtechniquesasifyouwerecutting2Dfootage,andsimultaneouslyviewtheresultsinstereoscopic3Donasecondarymonitor.
Youmayfixtimingerrors,durationproblems,andleft/righteyealignmentbetweenthesourcemasterclips.
Allthiscanbedonedirectlyatthesourcelevelsothatthestereoscopicmasterclipscanbeusedsuccessfullythroughouttheeditorial.
Whenapplyingeffects,youmaychoosetoapplythemeithertooneorbotheyesofthestereoscopicpair.
Ifthereareanysegmentsthatrequirespecialvisualeffectsprocessing,youcaneithercompletethatintheeditorialsystemorexportthatportionofthesequencetoaseparatesystemalongwiththeselectedsourcemedia.
AtthesametimeyoucansendacopyoftheeditedsequenceasanAAFtotheaudiopostfacilityfortheaudiosweetening.
ThecompletedmixcanthenbeimportedbackintotheAvideditingapplication.
Finally,ifadditionalfinishingisrequired,thenyoucansendthesequencemetadata(AAF/EDL)toastereoscopic3D-capablefinishingsystem.
3.
Conform&AssemblyThefinishingworkflowtakestheconformmetadatalist(EDL/AAF)fromtheofflineeditorialsystem,andrelinkstothesourcesattheoriginalresolution.
Thefinishingeditorcancompleteallaspectsoftheproductionwithadeepersetoftools.
Thevarioustheprogramelementsareeditedintothefinalprogrammaster.
Theseincludetitles,graphicsandendcredits,aswellasteasersandotherdeliverables.
LiveBroadcastWorkflow164.
OutputWhentheproductioniscomplete,youmayoutputanHDmastertoeitherabasebandrecorder,DVD,oraTVbroadcasttransmission.
Contentmayalsobeoutputinaformatsuitableforthewebandothermobiledevices.
Checklist:LiveBroadcastorIn-StudioWorkflowsThissectionoutlinesthelivebroadcastworkflowforeditingstereoscopicfootage.
Followthesestepsintheorderthattheyarelisted,andreturntothischecklisteachtimeyoucompleteastep.
StepRefertothissectionMakesureyoursystemissetupwiththeequipmentrequiredforstereoscopicediting.
"SettingupyourSystemforStereoscopicEditing"onpage15.
UnderstandthebasicsaboutstereoscopiceditinginyourAvideditingapplication.
"Stereoscopic3DEditing"onpage25.
Createastereoscopicproject.
"CreatingaNewProject"onpage30.
Acquirethemedianecessaryforyourproduction.
"AcquiringStereoscopicFootage"onpage35.
Ifyourfootageisonabasebanddevice,thenyoucancaptureitviaSDI/HDinputs.
"BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage"onpage35.
Ifyourfootageisinafile-basedformat,thenyoucanimportorlinktothefiles.
"ImportingorLinkingStereoscopicMediafromFile"onpage45.
IfyouhaveMXFmediathathasbeengeneratedbyanAvid-compliantdevice/application,thenyoucanlinkdirectlytotheMXFsafterimportingtheAAF/ALE.
"LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMedia"onpage46.
Ifyouhaveanyadditionalmetadataforyourclips,suchasinformationfromthecamerarig,youcanimportitvialogfiles(ALE).
"MergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips"onpage48.
Learnaboutthestereoscopicdatamodelandhowtomanagestereoscopicclipsinthebins.
"WorkingwithStereoscopicClips"onpage51.
Createthestereoscopicclipsfromallthemasterclipsthathavebeenimportedorlinked.
"CreatingStereoscopicClips"onpage58.
Configurethesettingsonyourvariousdisplaymonitorstoeditandviewthestereoscopicfootage.
"MonitoringStereoscopicFootage"onpage65.
In-StudioProductionWorkflow17In-StudioProductionWorkflowTVproductionssuchasdaytimedramas,sitcoms,andtalkshowsareusuallyshotandeditedinonelocation.
Atypicalproductionstudioisdividedintoseparateareas—astageequippedwithmultiplelights,camerasandmicrophones;andacontrolroomwithalltheaudio/videoswitchers,graphicsgenerators,recordingandplaybackdevices,andmonitors.
Theeditingsystemsarenormallylocatedonsiteaswell.
Applysourcesidecorrectionstoyourclipstofixanyspatial,temporalorcolorimetricalignments.
"MakingCorrectionstoStereoscopicClips"onpage75.
Performtheeditorial.
"EditingStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline"onpage85.
Applystereoscopiceffectstoyourclips.
"ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClips"onpage89.
Addthenecessarytitlestoyoursequence.
"AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments"onpage102.
IfyourequirespecialeffectsprocessingbyaVFXapplication,exportthenecessarysegmentsasanAAF.
Similarly,youcanexportthesequencewithanAAFfortheaudiosweetening.
Youwillalsoneedtosendthemthecorrespondingsourcemediaatthebestquality.
"ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL"onpage109.
Outputyourprojecttotheappropriatemediumfordelivery.
Outputadigitalcuttoabasebanddevicesuchasatapedeckordiscrecorder.
"OutputtingStereoscopicSequencestoaBasebandDevice"onpage105.
Exportthesequenceasadigitalmovieforfinaldistribution.
"ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles"onpage105.
ExportanEDLorAAFofyoursequenceifyouneedtosendyourprojecttoanothereditingsystemforfinishing.
"ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL"onpage109.
Transfercompletedsequencesfromyourvideoeditingsystem,toanAirSpeedsystemforplayouttoair.
"Playout"-AirSpeedMultiStreamHelpStepRefertothissectionIn-StudioProductionWorkflow18TheillustrationbelowdepictsatypicalworkflowforstudioproductionseditedwithAvidand3rd-partyapplications.
1.
MultiCameraShootandLineCutActioninastudioisshotwithmultiplecamerastogetsimultaneousviewsofascenefromdifferentangles.
ThefeedsfromthesecamerasaresenttotheproductioncontrolroomwherethemediaisstoredonanAvidISISorsimilarsharedstorage.
Footagereceivedfromthefieldorotheroffsitestudiosisalsocapturedtothesharedstorage.
Thedirectordrivesthecreationofthelinecutbyswitchingbetweenthecamerasastheactionishappening.
Theaudioishandledmuchthesamewayasvideo.
Allmicrophones,music/soundeffectsgeneratorsarefedintotheaudiomixer,andtheaudioengineermixes,addsandremoveswhicheveraudiosourceisappropriateattheappropriatetime.
Thelinecutorprogramfeedisthenavailableasastartingpointforthecreativeeditorialsuite.
2.
CreativeEditorialAstheepisodeeditor,youcaneitherstartwiththelinecut,andcreateafinedialogcutoftheepisodeusingthecleancamerasourceswhenrequired.
AvidMediaComposer/Symphony21LRCREATIVEEDITORIAL3OUTPUTMULTICAMERASHOOT&LINECUTVideoRigMetadataAudioMACGGraphicsPre-editedPromosTVBROADCASTEditedmasterFINISHING4TAPE/DISCFinalmasterAvidStorageLinktoprocessedorsourcemediaFINISHINGAPPLICATIONProductionSwitcherAAFAvidProToolsWEBBROADCASTProcessedmediaCONTROLROOMProgramoutputAcquiredmediaIn-StudioProductionWorkflow19Editallyourmaterialinfullframeattheresolutionthatwillbeusedforfinaldelivery.
Theapplicationcaneasilyswitchtoaframecompatibleformat(e.
g.
sidebyside)ifyouneedtocompareleftandrighteyes.
Youcanusethesameeditorialtoolsandtechniquesasifyouwerecutting2Dfootage,andsimultaneouslyviewtheresultsinstereoscopic3Donasecondarymonitor.
Youmayfixtimingerrors,durationproblems,andleft/righteyealignmentbetweenthesourcemasterclips.
Allthiscanbedonedirectlyatthesourcelevelsothatthestereoscopicmasterclipscanbeusedsuccessfullythroughouttheeditorial.
Whenapplyingeffects,youmaychoosetoapplythemeithertooneorbotheyesofthestereoscopicpair.
Ifthereareanysegmentsthatrequirespecialvisualeffectsprocessing,youcaneithercompletethatintheeditorialsystemorexportthatportionofthesequencetoaseparatesystemalongwiththeselectedsourcemedia.
AtthispointyoucansendacopyoftheeditedsequenceasanAAFtotheaudioeditorforthesweetening.
Thecompletedmixcanthenbeimportedbackintothevideoeditingapplication.
Whentheofflineeditiscomplete,youmayoutputamasterforreviewandapproval.
Manyfacilitiesuseweb-baseddelivery,whereyoucansendaQuickTimeorWindowsMediafiletotheproducersanddirectorsforcomments.
Ifspecialvideofinishingisrequired,thenyoucansendthesequencemetadata(AAF/EDL)toastereoscopic3D-capablefinishingsystem.
3.
Conform&AssemblyThefinishingworkflowtakestheconformmetadatalist(EDL/AAF)fromtheofflineeditorialsystem,andrelinkstothesourcesattheoriginalresolution.
Thefinishingeditorcancompleteallaspectsoftheproductionwithadeepersetoftools.
Thevarioustheprogramelementsareeditedintothefinalprogrammaster.
Theseincludetitles,graphicsandendcredits,aswellasteasersandotherdeliverables.
4.
OutputWhentheproductioniscomplete,thefinalmastercanbepackagedandoutputtovariousdeliveryformats(web,tapeorDVD).
Foralistofstepstofollowforthisworkflow,referto"Checklist:LiveBroadcastorIn-StudioWorkflows"onpage10.
In-StudioProductionWorkflow203SettingupyourSystemforStereoscopicEditingThischapterprovidesinformationonsettingupyourequipmenttoviewandeditstereoscopicmaterial.
RefertotherelevanttopicforyourAvideditingsystem:"Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision"onpage15"Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware"onpage21ForatableofallpossibleAvidconfigurationsthatalloweditingofcompressed/uncompressedHDstandardandstereoscopicmedia,see"HardwareSupportforStandardandStereoscopicMedia"onpage113.
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVisionThefollowingchecklistoutlinesthestepsrequiredtoconnecttheNVIDIA3DVisionequipmenttoyoureditingworkstation.
RefertoyourproductReadmeortheAvidKnowledgeBaseforthelatestsupportedNVIDIAdrivers.
StepFurtherReferenceDeterminetheconfigurationthatyouwillbeusing.
"Stereoscopic3DConfigurationsforaSoftware-onlySystem"onpage16.
Installthe3D-readyNVIDIAgraphicscardinyoursystem.
"UsingNVIDIA3DVisionforStereoscopicEditing"onpage17,andthecorrespondingNVIDIAdocumentation.
Connecta3D-compatiblemonitortoyoureditingworkstationforuseasthesystemmonitororassecondarydisplaymonitor.
"SettinguptheNVIDIA3DVisionComponents"onpage18,and"ConfiguringtheNVIDIA3DVisionDisplay"onpage18.
ConfiguretheNVIDIA3DVisionactiveglassestoviewthemonitor.
"ConfiguringtheNVIDIA3DVisionGlasses"onpage20.
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision22Stereoscopic3DConfigurationsforaSoftware-onlySystemThefollowingconfigurationsapplyifyouareusingasoftware-onlyAvideditingsystem.
SetupforSoftware-onlySystem(withSingleMonitor)Amonitorwith3DcapabilitiesisconnecteddirectlytothedisplayportoftheNVIDIAcardonyoursystem.
WhenyouswitchtoFullScreenPlaybackmode,themonitoriscapableofviewingstereoscopicmediaineitherfullframeorframecompatibleformat.
SetupforSoftware-onlySystem(attachedtoSecondary3D-CompatibleMonitor)Asecondarymonitorwith3DcapabilitiesisconnecteddirectlytothedisplayportoftheNVIDIAcardonyoursystem.
UsethisexternaldisplaymonitorinFullScreenPlaybackmodetoviewstereoscopicmediaineitherfullframeorframecompatibleformat.
Avideditingsystemwithstereo3D-compatiblemonitor(120Hz)Full-screenplayback(FullFrameorFrameCompatible)DisplayportofNVidiaGraphicscardSwitchtoFull-screenplaybacktoviewoutputinstereo3DAvideditingsystemwithstandardmonitorFull-screenplayback(FullFrameorFrameCompatible)DisplayportofNVidiaGraphicscardSecondarystereo3D-compatiblemonitor(120Hz)DisplayportChecklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision23SetupforSoftware-onlySystem(attachedtoTVorprojector)Astereoscopicdisplay,suchasaprojectororTV,isconnectedfromthedisplayportontheNVIDIAcardtotheHDMIportontheattacheddisplay.
InFullScreenPlaybackmode,theTVorprojectorcandisplayframecompatibleoutputinstereoscopic3Donthescreen.
UsingNVIDIA3DVisionforStereoscopicEditingTheNVIDIA3DVisionconfigurationissupportedonasoftware-onlysystem.
Thisstereoscopicbundleenables3DmonitoringinFullScreenPlaybackmodeonyourAvideditingworkstation.
nIfyouhaveAvidinput/outputhardwareconnectedtoyoursystem,youwillnothaveFullScreenPlaybackenabled.
TosetuptheNVIDIAcomponentsforstereoscopic3Dediting,youmustmakesureyouhavethecorrectNVIDIAsoftwareanddrivers.
RefertotheREADMEforyoureditingapplicationforthelatestdriverinformation.
TochecktheNVIDIAdisplaysoftwareversion:1.
Right-clicktheDesktopandselectNVIDIAControlPanel.
YoucanalsoopentheWindowsControlPanelanddouble-clicktheNVIDIAControlPanelicon.
2.
ClickSystemInformationatthebottomleftcorneroftheNVIDIAControlPanel.
TheversionnumberislistedintheGraphicscardinformationwindow.
3.
Ifyouneedtoupgradeyourdriver,thenrefertothecorrespondinginstructionsintheReadmeforyourAvideditingapplication.
AvideditingsystemwithstandardmonitorDisplayportofNVidiaGraphicscardHDMIportStereoscopicDisplayFull-screenplayback(FrameCompatibleonly)Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision24SettinguptheNVIDIA3DVisionComponentsTheNVIDIA3DVisioncomponentsincludeagraphicscard(GPU),specialized3Dglasses,andacertified3D-readydisplay.
SystemRequirementsMicrosoftWindows7operatingsystem(NVIDIA3DVisionisnotcurrentlysupportedonMac)AnNVIDIA3DVisionHomebundlewiththefollowing:-HPZ800withNVIDIAQuadroFermi4000PCI-evideoboard(orbetter)or,HPZ400withNVIDIAQuadroFermi2000PCI-evideoboard(orbetter)-NVIDIA3DVisionInfrared(IR)emitterandglasses-3D-compatiblemonitors(refertotheNVIDIA3DVisionwebsiteforalistof120Hzsupporteddisplays).
nTheNVIDIA3DVisionProbundleisnotcurrentlysupported(3DVisionHomeand3DVisionProaredifferentproducts.
Thehubandglassesarenotinterchangeable.
)Avidhasprovidedbasicinstructionsbelowtoinstallandconfigureallthesecomponents.
ToensurethattheyareconfiguredtoworkcorrectlywithAvidMediaComposer/Symphony,refertotheseinstructionsinthisguideinsteadofthedocumentationthatcamewithyour3DVisionglasses.
RefertotheNVIDIAdocumentationforthesafetyrequirements,andtheTipsandTroubleshootingsectionifyouexperienceanyhardwareissuesduringthesetupprocess.
ConfiguringtheNVIDIA3DVisionDisplayThe3D-readymonitorcaneitherserveasyourmainsystemmonitor,orasasecondarymonitor.
InFullScreenPlaybackmode,the3Dmonitorallowsyoutoviewyoursequencesinstereoscopic3D.
Referto"MonitoringStereoscopicFootage"onpage65tounderstandthedifferentwaysinwhichyoucanviewthestereoscopicsequence.
Whensettingupatwo-monitordisplay,theprimarymonitormustbeofhigherorequalresolutionasthesecondarymonitor.
Beforeconfiguringthedisplay,youmusthavetheappropriateNVIDIA3DVisiongraphicscardinstalled.
Attachthe3Dmonitortoyourworkstationwithadual-linkDVI-Dcableasshowninthediagrambelow.
IftherearetwoDVIportsonyourcard,usetheprimaryportasthisprovidesthehigherfrequency.
(SomemonitorsmayusetheDisplayport.
Refertothemanufacturer'sinstructionsforthepropersetupfor120Hzoperation.
)Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision25nDonotconnecttheemitterhubunlessyouhavealreadyinstalledtheNVIDIA3DVisionsoftwareandrelateddrivers.
Toconnecttheemitterhub:1.
EnsurethattheappropriateNVIDIAsoftwareandrelateddrivershavebeeninstalledonyourworkstation—see"UsingNVIDIA3DVisionforStereoscopicEditing"onpage17.
2.
Forbestperformance,NVIDIApreferstheemittertobeconnectedtothe3-pinDINconnectoronthebackofthegraphicscard.
Ifyourgraphicscarddoesnothavethis,youwillrequireanNVIDIAadapterpanel.
Alternatively,youcanconnecttheemitterviaaUSBportasshownintheillustrationabove.
ThebatteryoftheglassesisalsochargedbytheUSBport.
ToconfiguretheNVIDIA3DVisiondisplay:1.
OpentheNVIDIAControlpanel.
nTheAvideditingapplicationcannotberunningwhileyouperformthisconfiguration.
2.
Select3DSettings>Manage3Dsettings.
3.
OntheGlobalSettingstab,settheGlobalpresetsto3DApp-VideoEditing.
120HzLCDConnectionDiagramLCDDVIHubUSBWORKSTATIONVESADVIUSBcableDONOTMAKETHISCONNECTIONUNTILTHEUSBDRIVERISINSTALLEDStereocable[optional]DualLinkDVIcable[suppliedwiththedisplay]Checklist:StereoscopicSetupforaSoftware-OnlySystemwithNVIDIA3DVision264.
SelectStereo-Displaymodeandselectoneofthefollowing:Ifyouremitterisconnectedviathe3-pinDINconnector,thenselectOn-boardDINconnector(withNVIDIA3DVision).
IfyouremitterisconnectedviaanUSBcable,thenselectGenericactivestereo(withNVIDIA3DVision).
5.
SelectStereo-EnableandsetitOn.
nDoNOTselectthe"Enablestereoscopic3D"optionundertheStereoscopic3DsectionoftheNVIDIAControlpanel.
TheAvidapplicationautomaticallydrivestheenablingofstereoscopicmonitoringwhenrequired.
6.
ClickApplytosavethesettings.
7.
OnyourWindowsdesktop,opentheControlpanelandselectPerformanceInformation&Tools.
SelectAdjustVisualEffects.
8.
SelecttheVisualeffectstabandselectAdjustforbestperformance.
ConfiguringtheNVIDIA3DVisionGlassesYoucanviewyoursequencesona3D-compatiblemonitorusingactiveshutterglasses.
TheIRsynchronizestheLCDshutterglassestothedisplay.
Sincetheemitterhubisinfrared(IR),itmustbeplacedwhereitcanilluminatethe3Dglasses.
Notethatthehubissubjecttorangeandline-of-sightrestrictions,andanynearbyinfraredemittersmayinterferewiththesignal.
Toconfiguretheglassesforusewiththe3D-compatiblemonitor:1.
Ensurethattheemitterhubhasbeenconnectedasexplainedin"ConfiguringtheNVIDIA3DVisionDisplay"onpage18.
Thehubglowsdimgreenwhensuccessfullyinstalledandconfigured.
2.
Pressandholdthebuttononthe3Dglassesuntilthelightnexttothebuttonblinksgreen.
Releasethebuttonandthelightwillturnbrightgreen.
Thelightonthehubwillalsoturnbrightgreen.
Thebrightgreenlightindicatesthattheglassesarereadyfor3D-viewing.
3.
OpentheNVIDIAControlPanel.
4.
SelectDisplay>ChangeResolution.
5.
SettheRefreshRateto120Hertz(orthereabouts).
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware27DisablingFullScreenStereoscopicPlaybackintheAvidEditingApplicationIfyounolongerrequirestereoscopicplaybackonyoureditingsystem,youmaydisablethestereoscopicsettingsontheNVIDIAequipment.
Todisablefullscreenstereoscopicplayback:1.
ExittheAvideditingapplication.
2.
Right-clickonthedesktoptoopentheNVIDIAControlpanel.
3.
Select3DSettings>Manage3DSettings>StereoEnable,andsetitOff.
4.
SelectDisplay>ChangeResolutionandsettherefreshrateofthe3Dmonitorbackto60Hz(orthereabouts).
5.
Restarttheeditingapplication.
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardwareThefollowingchecklistoutlinesthestepsrequiredtoconnecttheAvidNitrishardwareandthird-party3Dequipmenttoyoureditingworkstation.
StepFurtherReferenceDeterminetheconfigurationthatyouwillbeusing.
"Stereoscopic3DConfigurationwithAvidNitrisHardware"onpage22.
ConnecttoanExternalStereoscopicDisplayConnectastereoprojectororTVtoyourAvidsystem.
ConnectyourAvidNitrishardwaretoyourworkstationandthetapedeckRefertothelistofthevariousdevicesandtheirstereoscopiccapabilities.
"HardwareSupportforStandardandStereoscopicMedia"onpage113.
Connecttheinput/outputhardwaretoyoureditingsystem.
ConnectingtheAvidNitrisDXposter,and"UsingtheAvidInput/OutputHardware"inthehelpfortheMediaComposerfamily.
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware28Stereoscopic3DConfigurationwithAvidNitrisHardwareThefollowingconfigurationappliesifyouareusingafully-equippedAvideditingsystem.
IfyouhavetheappropriateAvidinput/outputhardwareforcaptureandoutput,thenmakesureitisconnectedtoyourtapedeckasrequired.
Tapedeckvendordocumentation.
StepFurtherReferenceStereoscopicDisplayCPUwithNVidiaGraphicsCardNitrisDXBreak-out-BoxSDIINSRVTRHDCONVERTERSDIOUTHDMI(FrameCompatibleonly)HDMIHDMIDualSDI123DualSDI(FullFrame)HDMI(FullFrame)StandardMonitorISISStorageChecklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware29WiththefullAvidI/Osystem,therearethreeoptionsformonitoringonastereoscopicdisplaysuchasa3DTVorprojector:1.
HDMItoHDMI:DirecttheoutputfromtheHDMIportontheAvidI/OhardwaretotheHDMIportonthedisplay.
Thisonlysupportsframecompatiblemedia.
2.
DualSDItoDualSDI:DirecttheoutputfrombothSDIportsontheAvidI/OhardwaretotheSDIportsonthedisplay.
Thissupportsbothfullframeandframecompatiblemedia.
3.
DualSDItoHDMI:DirecttheoutputfrombothSDIportsontheAvidI/Ohardwaretoa3DHDconverter,whichwillconvertthesignalanddirectittotheHDMIportonthedisplay.
Thissupportsbothfullframeandframecompatiblemedia.
UsingtheSDIorHDMIPortsontheNitrisDXOntheAvidNitrisDX,therearetwomainoutputports—dualSDIandHDMI.
WhenyouuseSDI,youcancaptureoroutputstereoscopicmedia.
HDMIisonlyusedforoutput.
YoucanusealltheportsontheNitrisDXforsimultaneousoutput.
Forinstance,theSDIportscanbeusedforoutputtoatapedeck,whiletheHDMIcanoutputtoanexternalviewingdevice.
SDIPortsWhenyouinput/outputframecompatiblemedia,thefirstSDIportisused(eacheyeistransmittedathalfresolution).
Whenyouinput/outputfullframemedia,bothSDIportsareusedsimultaneously.
Thefirstonetransmitsthelefteyeandthesecondtransmitstherighteye(atfullresolution).
HDMIPortWhenyououtputframecompatiblemedia,theHDMIporttransmitsbotheyesinaframecompatibleformat(eacheyeistransmittedathalfresolution).
Whenyououtputfullframemedia,theHDMIporttransmitsonlytheleadingeye.
Checklist:StereoscopicSetupwithAvidNitrisHardware304Stereoscopic3DEditingUnliketraditional2Dediting,stereoscopiceditingrequirestwosynchronizedimagessimulatingourtwoeyes.
Stereoscopic3Disachievedwithapairofcamerasthatrecordfootageeachrepresentingtherightandlefthumaneyes.
WhentheseleftandrightimagesarecapturedintotheAvideditingapplication,theycanbecombinedtoproduceasingleclipallowingyoutoeditstereoscopicmaterial.
Toviewyourmaterialinstereoscopic3Dyouneedadisplayandglassescapableofpresentingtheseimagesproperlytoyoureyes.
Theproductionpipeline,betweentherecordingoffootagetothefinaldelivery,needstoensurethatthetwomediastreamsarekepttothebestresolutionandsynchronizationrequiredforthedesiredoutput—whetheritbetovideogamesconsoles,Blu-rayplayers,broadcastTV,orhigh-enddigitalcinema.
IntheAvidapplication,stereoscopicmediacanbeeditedinoneoftwoformats—fullframeorframecompatible.
Fullframedescribesaformatthatrepresentseacheyeofthestereoscopicpairatfullresolution.
Framecompatibleisusedtodescribeaformatwheretheimagesfromboththeeyesaresqueezedintoasinglevideoimage(commonlysidebyside).
Stereoscopicfootagecanberecordedasaframecompatibleformatinoneoftwoways:Byanupstreamgenerationprocess.
e.
g.
anumberofoutsidebroadcastsandtelevisionproductionscreateframecompatiblemediaasprimaryproductionessencesincethesignaliseasiertotransmitanddistributeusingthecurrentbasebandsignalinfrastructure.
Fromfullframesourceswhichareprocessedandconvertedtoframecompatibleformatbyanexternaldevice(e.
g.
SRW5800-2deck).
1920108019201080LEFT&RIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDASSEPARATEFULLFRAMESLEFTRIGHTLEFT&RIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDINSINGLEFRAMEFRAMECOMPATIBLEFULLFRAMEWorkinginStereoscopicProjects32Forthebestqualityimagesinproduction,youshouldcaptureandstoreyourimagesasfullframesastheywillgiveyoumoreflexibilitywithyourfinaldeliveryformats.
Duringthepost-productionprocess,youstillhavetheoptiontoeditwiththeseimagesinalower-resolution,frame-compatiblemode.
cProlongedviewingofstereoscopicmaterialinthreedimensionsmightcausefatigue,dizziness,physicaldiscomfort,ormightaffectyoursenseofbalance.
WorkinginStereoscopicProjectsWhenworkingwithstereoscopicmediatherearesomekeyplacesintheAvideditingapplicationwhereyouneedtosetyourstereoscopicpreferences.
Thediagrambelowshowsthedifferentpointsinthepipelinewherethestereoscopicpreferencesaresetandused.
ProjectSettingsTheStereoscopicprojectsettingdetermineshoweditingfunctions(suchasrenders)willbeperformedonstereoscopicmaterialthathasalreadybeenacquiredonyourstoragedevice.
Ifmediaattheselectedstereoscopicformatisavailableonyourstorage,thenitwillbeusedwheneditinganystereoscopicclipsthatareplacedonthetimeline.
Eveniffullframemediahasbeenacquired,youcanstillusetheframe-compatiblestereoscopicoptions.
TheAvidapplicationwillsqueezethefullframeimagesintoasidebysideorover/underformatsothatyoucanworkwithlower-resolutionimages.
ProjectSettings1BASEBANDCaptureToolSettingsCaptureMedia2STORAGEEditSequence3ComputesaregeneratedaccordingtoprojectsettingsSource/RecordS3DviewscanbesetindependentlyFullscreenplaybackS3DviewcanbesetindependentlyOutputSequence(Baseband)ComposerViewVideoOutputToolSettings4OpenNewProjectExternalMonitorFullScreenPlaybackSettingsMediachosenaccordingtoprojectsettings.
Ifnotavailablethenmediaisconvertedon-the-flyImport/LinkMediaFILE-BASEDComposerViewSettingsStereoscopicDisplayDeviceSetoutputtostereo-scopicformatforS3DdisplayandrecordingdevicesconnectedtotheAvidNitrisDXStoredintheformatinwhichitiscapturedExportSequence(File)AvidNitrisDXExportsfilesaccordingtoprojectsettingsBASEBANDFILE-BASEDAND/ORAND/ORSetStereoscopicmodeSetStereo-scopicmodeandformattypeStoredinmonoscopicformatWorkinginStereoscopicProjects33Intheinitialeditingstages,whenitisimportanttoreviewyourfootagerapidlytoputtogetheraroughcut,youcaneditusingasingleeyefromthestereoscopicclip—eithertheleadingeye,lefteye,orrighteye.
Itisimportanttonotethatanyrenders,mixdowns,transcodeswillonlybedoneontheselectedeye.
Ifyourequirehigher-qualityimages,youcanswitchtofullframemodetoaddeffects,andcolorcorrectyourimages.
Forafulllistofeditingfunctionsandhowthestereoscopicmediaishandled,see"EditingStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline"onpage85.
Yousetthestereoscopicprojectmodewhenyoucreateanewproject.
However,youcanchangethesettingatanytimeduringtheeditingprocess.
CaptureSettingsWhenyoucapturefootagefromabasebanddevice,youmustsetthecapturesettingstostereotoallowthetooltocreatestereoscopicclipsinthebin.
Youmustalsochoosetheformatinwhichyourfootagewasrecorded.
e.
g.
fullframeorframecompatible.
Ifyouareimportingorlinkingtofiles,therearenospecificformatsettings.
Thefilesareimportedintheformatatwhichtheywereacquiredandstoredasmonoscopicclips.
ComposerViewerSettingsVariousstereoscopicviewermodesareavailableinthedisplaymonitors.
Thesemodescanbesetdifferentlythanthestereoscopicprojectsettingtoaccommodatetheeditingtaskthatyouareperforming.
TheSourceandRecordmonitorsintheAvideditingapplication,thefull-screenplayback,aswellasanyattachedexternaldisplay,eachhaveS3Dviewmodesthatyoucansetindependently.
Thebestarrangementistouseyoursystemmonitorforeditingandtohaveaseparatestereoscopicdisplaytomonitoryourresultswith3Dglasses.
Acommonapproachistoworkwiththeleadingeyetodoyourroughcut.
Forexample,youcansetthesourcemonitortoMono>LeadingEyeviewmodewhilereviewingyourfootage.
Then,whenyouarereadytostartcorrectingthecolororspatialalignmentbetweentheleftandrightimages,settherecordmonitortoFrameCompatibleviewmode.
Toviewyourimagesmoreclosely,orseethefinalresultofthecombinedimagesinstereoscopic3D,settheexternalstereoscopicdisplaydevice(3D-compatiblemonitor,TVorprojector)toFullFrameviewmode.
nOnasoftware-onlysystem(i.
e.
noinput/outputhardwareconnected),youcanalsousethevariousstereoscopicviewmodesinfull-screenplayback.
WorkinginStereoscopicProjects34VideoOutputSettingsWhenyouarereadytodoadigitalcutofyoursequence,youcanoverridethestereoscopicprojectsettingusingtheVideoOutputtool.
Thistoolalsohasthevariousstereoscopicviewmodestoallowyoutooutputyoursequenceinanyformat.
Forexample,shouldyouneedtouseframecompatiblemediaasadeliveryformat,yourAvideditingsystem(withtheappropriatehardware)cangeneratesidebysidemediafromtwofullframesources.
Ifyouareexportingtofile,suchasaQuickTimemovie,theapplicationusesthestereoscopicprojectsetting.
Example:UsingtheDifferentStereoscopic3DEditingandViewingModesThefollowingexampleshowstheflexibilityofcapturing,viewing,editingandoutputtingyourmediainthevariousmodeswhenyouworkinastereoscopicproject.
WorkinginStereoscopicProjects351CaptureSettingsCaptureyourstereoscopicmediainFULLFRAMEformatatthedesiredresolution.
2ProjectFormatSettingsSetyourprojecttoSIDEBYSIDEformatsothatyoucaneditinalowerresolution.
Allclipsthatareplacedonthetimelinewillbeinterpretedandformattedtoframecompatibleforalleditingfunctions.
StereoscopicDisplayDeviceHardwareMonitoringinSTEREOStoragewithFULLFRAMEStereoMediaSourceMonitorsettoLEFTEYEViewModeRecordMonitorsettoFRAMECOMPATIBLEViewModeProjectformatsettoSIDEBYSIDE12345FullScreenPlayback(Software-only)settoFULLFRAMEViewModeStereo3D-CompatibleMonitor(120Hz)NitrisDXBreak-out-BoxHDSIINSRVTRHDCONVERTERSDIOUTHDMI(FrameCompatibleonly)HDMIHDMIDualSDIDualSDI(FullFrame)HDMI(FullFrame)HDMIOUTCreatingaNewProject36CreatingaNewProjectYoucancreateaprojectinanyformat.
ThesettingsyouchooseforyourprojectwilldictatethewayinwhichyourmaterialishandledforthevariouseditingfunctionswithintheAvidapplication.
Tocreateanewproject:1.
StartyourAvideditingapplication.
2.
IntheSelectProjectdialogbox,selectthefolderinwhichyouwanttocreatetheproject:Private,Shared,orExternal—see"WorkingwithProjects"intheHelp.
3.
ClickNewProject.
TheNewProjectdialogboxopens.
4.
Typethenameofyournewprojectinthetextbox.
5.
ClicktheFormatmenuandselectaprojectformatthatmatchesyourmediaanddeliveryrequirements.
Therestoftheoptionsmightchangedependingontheprojectformatyouchoose.
3ComposerSettingsforSource/RecordMonitorsTheapplicationsendsthestereoscopiccontenttothemonitorintheformatspecifiedbytheprojectsettings.
Inthisexample,theprojecthasbeensettoSIDEBYSIDEsothemonitorswillsimplyinheritthesidebysidelayout.
Youcan,however,seteachmonitortoviewthecontentinadifferentviewmode.
Forexample,thesourcemonitorissettoLEFTEYE,soitwillonlydisplaythelefteye.
Therecordmonitorontheotherhand,hasbeenleftattheFRAMECOMPATIBLEMODEsothatdifferencesbetweentheleftandrighteyecanbecorrected.
4FullScreenPlaybackSettingsIfyouareworkingonasoftware-onlysystem,withnoAvidinput/outputhardware,theexternalstereo3D-compatiblemonitorcanbesettoaFULLFRAMEviewmodeifyouwanttoviewtheresultswith3Dglasses.
Youcanalsosetittooneoftheblendedmodes,e.
g.
MIX,ifyouwanttoviewtheimagemorecloselywhencorrectingthealignmentonyourimages.
5VideoOutputToolSettingsIfyouhaveAvidinput/outputhardware,youcansetthemonitoraccordingtothemodethatyouwanttoviewandoutputyoursequence.
CreatingaNewProject37ExampleoftheNewProjectdialogbox6.
Setthefollowingoption(s),whereapplicable:nIfyouareworkinginastereoscopicproject,thenselecttheappropriatestereocopicoptionbelow.
Ifyouareworkinginastandardproject,thestereoscopicoptionmustbesetOff.
IfyouareinanSDproject,themenusthatcontrolstereo3Darenotavailable.
YoucanonlyworkwithstereoscopicmaterialinanHDproject.
OptionSDHDAspectRatioTheprojectusestheaspectratiosettingtodeterminethedisplaysettinginthemonitors,andasafactorindeterminingwhethermaterialrequiresresizingorrepositioninginsequences.
Formoreinformation,seetheHelp.
Selecteither4:3or16:9Alwaysusesthe16:9aspectratio.
RasterDimensionTheRasterDimensionmenuappearsonlyforHDprojectsonasupportedsystem.
Formoreinformation,seetheHelp.
N/AColorSpaceSpecifiesthecolorspaceforsomeHDprojecttypes,eitherRGB709orYCbCr709.
Formoreinformation,seetheHelp.
N/ACreatingaNewProject38StereoscopicSpecifieshowtohandlestereoscopicclipsforthevariouseditingfunctionswithinyourproject.
Availableonlyfor1080iand1080pHDprojects.
OffTurnsStereoscopicfunctionalityoff.
Anystereomaterialinthesequenceistreatedasastandardformat,andonlytheleadingeyeimageisused.
LeadingEyeUsestheleadingeyeimagefromastereomasterclip.
TheleadingeyeimageisdefinedbytheS3DLeadingEyeclipattribute.
LeftEyeOnlyUsesthelefteyeimagefromastereomasterclip.
RightEyeOnlyUsestherighteyeimagefromastereomasterclip.
SidebySideFramecompatibleformatthatusestheleftandrighteyeimagesonebesidetheotherusinghorizontalhalfresforeacheye.
Ifyouhaveanystandard(non-stereo)materialinthesequence,itwillusethesameimageinboththeleftandrightframes.
Over/UnderFramecompatibleformatthatusestheleftandrighteyeimagesoneovertheotherusingverticalhalfresforeacheye.
Ifyouhaveanystandard(non-stereo)materialinthesequence,itwillusethesameimageinboththetopandbottomframes.
nWhenusingsourcematerialthatisfullframe,theframecompatibleformatisgeneratedontheflywhichmayresultinaperformanceslowdown.
OptionSDHDCreatingaNewProject397.
ClickOK.
YourAvideditingapplicationcreatesthenewprojectfilesandfolder,andthenreturnstotheSelectProjectdialogbox.
TheprojectnameishighlightedintheProjectslist.
8.
Double-clicktheprojectnametoopentheproject.
TheProjectwindow,theComposerwindow,andtheTimelineopenwithyourUsersettingsloaded.
TheProjectwindow,theSource/Recordmonitor,andtheTimelineopenwiththeUsersettingsloaded.
Projectnameandusernameinthetitlebar(left)andClosebutton(right)intheProjectwindow9.
(Option)Ifyourprojectusesafilmprojecttype,setfilmpreferencesimmediatelyafteryoucreatetheproject.
FilmAvailablefor23.
976p,24p,25p,720p,and1080pfilmprojects.
ClicktheFilmbuttonandselectaformatforfilmgaugetrackingfromtheDefaultFilmTypemenu.
N/AAudioTransferRateAvailablefor24pPALprojects.
N/AMatchbackAvailablefor25iPAL,30iNTSC,720p,and1080iMatchbackprojectsonly.
SelectMatchback,thenclicktheFilmbuttonandselectaformatforfilmgaugetrackingfromtheDefaultFilmTypemenu.
TheMatchbackitemappearsonlyifyourAvideditingapplicationincludestheMatchbackoption.
OptionSDHDCreatingaNewProject405AcquiringStereoscopicFootageStereoscopicmaterialcanbeacquiredinoneofthefollowingways:BasebandcaptureImportfromfileLinktofileviaAMAImportAAF/ALE,andlinktoexternally-generatedMXFmediaBasebandCaptureStereoscopicfootagecanbecapturedfrombasebandSDI/HDinputsinfull-frameorframe-compatibleformat.
RecordingdevicesfromwhichAvidapplicationscancapturefootageincludetape-basedVTRs,digitalcamerasanddisk-basedrecorders.
ImportfromFileorLinkwithAMAStereoscopicfilesfromathird-partydevice(acamera,reader,orremovabledrive)canbeimporteddirectlyintotheapplication.
Forstereoscopicworkflows,werecommendthatyoufirstcopythesefilestoahigh-bandwidthstoragedeviceconnectedtoyoursystembeforeimportingthefilesorlinkingtothemviaAMA.
LinktoExternally-GeneratedMXFMediaviaAAF/ALEIfyouhaveMXFmediathathasalreadybeengeneratedbyotherthird-partyapplications,youcanimporttheAAF/ALEcontainingtheassociatedstereoscopicmetadata,andlinkdirectlytotheMXFmediawhichhasbeenplacedintheappropriateAvid\MediaFiles\MXFlocation.
BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootageBasebandvideoofstereoscopicfootageistransmittedusingHD/SDIinputsandcanbetransportedoveroneormorelinksforcaptureintotheAvideditingapplication.
Theapplicationiscapableofcapturingbasebandvideothatiseitherinfullframeorframecompatibleformat.
Duringcapture,thereareseveralsettingsthatallowyoutospecifytheformatofthesourcematerialandthewaythattheleftandrighteyefootageiscaptured.
Thefollowingscenariosaresupported:BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage42CaptureofLeft/RightEyesfromSeparateSourcesThisscenarioiswithcontentcomingfromtwoseparatesources.
Eachsourcehasasinglevideosignalwhichcarriesoneoftheeyesinthestereopair.
EachsourceiscapturedseparatelyintotheAvidapplication,andthetimecodescouldeitherbethesameordifferentforeacheye.
See"CapturingFullFrameFootagefromSeparateSources"onpage41.
SimultaneousCaptureofLeft/RightEyesfromaSingleSourceThisscenarioiswithasinglesourcewitheyesrecordedonseparatechannels:Twovideosignalsareoutputwiththelefteyecontentononechannelandtherighteyeontheother.
BothchannelsareingestedintotheAvidapplicationsimultaneously,andtimecodesarethesameforeacheye.
See"CapturingFullFrameFootagefromtheSameSource(Simultaneous)"onpage42.
CaptureofLeft/RightEyesfromaSingleSource(Two-Pass)Thisscenarioiswithasinglesourcecontainingbotheyes,andwithonlyasinglevideooutput.
Thevideosignalwillonlyoutputoneeyeatatime,thereforethefootagemustbecapturedintotheAvidapplicationintwopasses—onepassforeacheyewiththecorrectstartingtimecodespecified.
TWOSEPARATESOURCESFOREACHEYELEFTEYERIGHTEYEBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_RLEFTCHANNELRIGHTCHANNELSINGLESOURCEWITHTWOVIDEOSIGNALSBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_RBasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage43See"CapturingFullFrameFootagefromtheSameSource(Two-Pass)"onpage43.
CaptureofLeft/RightEyesinaFrameCompatibleFormatThisscenarioiswithasinglesourcewithbotheyesrecordedinaframecompatibleformat(eitherover/underorside/side).
Onevideosignalisoutputwithbotheyes.
BotheyesareingestedintotheAvidapplicationsimultaneously,andstoredinasingleframe.
See"CapturingFrameCompatibleStereoscopicFootage"onpage44.
BatchRecapturingStereoscopicClipsStereoscopicclipsareformedbyreferencingmasterclipsfromtheleftandrighteyes.
Unfortunately,inthisversionofthesoftware,thestereoscopicclipsthemselvescannotbebatchcaptured.
Torecaptureanystereoscopiccontentinabatch,youmustperformthecapturefromtheircontributingmasterclips.
OpeningtheCaptureToolToopentheCapturetool:1.
Ensurethedeckorotherplaybackdeviceisproperlyconnectedtothesystemandisturnedon.
2.
Dooneofthefollowing:tClickabintoactivateitandselectBin>GoToCaptureMode.
tSelectTools>Capture.
ONESOURCECONTAININGBOTHLEFTANDRIGHTEYESWITHOUTPUTONASINGLEVIDEOSIGNALLEFTEYERIGHTEYEBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_RSINGLESOURCEWITHASINGLEVIDEOSIGNALCONTAININGBOTHEYESINEACHFRAMELEFT&RIGHTSIDEBYSIDELEFTRIGHTLEFT&RIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDINSINGLEFRAME19201080BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage443.
SettheCapturetooltoeitherLogorCapturemodebyclickingtheCapture/LogModebuttonuntilthecorrectmodedisplays.
CaptureTool:OptionsforStereoscopicMaterialWhenworkinginastereoscopicproject,thefollowingadditionaloptionsarepresentedforbasebandcaptureofstereoscopicfootage:nIftheCaptureToolisopenwhenyouswitchtheformatofyourprojectfromstandardtostereo,theseadditionaloptionswillnotbeavailableunlessyoucloseandreopenthetool.
Stereo3DSourceSettingsStereo3DHandlingSettingsStereo3DLocationSettingsTimecodeSettingsBasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage45Stereoscopic3DSourceSettingsThefollowingsettingsareavailableatthetopoftheCaptureTooltodefinethesourcematerialinastereoscopicproject.
Stereoscopic3DHandlingSettingsThefollowingsettingsareavailabletoincludeadditionalmetadatainthecapturedorloggedmasterclips:Stereoscopic3DSourceSettingsOptionDescriptionMastercliptypeStereoCreatestereoscopicclips.
MonoCreatesstandardmasterclips.
nWhenthisoptionisselected,allthestereoscopicoptionsintheCapturetoolaregrayedout.
EssencetypeFullIndicatesthatthesourcematerialisfullframeformat.
FCSidebySideIndicatesthatthesourcematerialisframecompatibleformatwithasidebysidelayout.
FCOver/UnderIndicatesthatthesourcematerialisframecompatibleformatwithanover/underlayout.
TapeLayoutSimultaneousL+RIndicatesthatthefootageforeacheyeiscomingfromthesamesourcebuteacheyehasaseparatevideochannel.
SeparatetapesIndicatesthatthefootageforeacheyeiscomingfromseparatesources.
SingletapeIndicatesthatthefootageforbotheyesareonthesamesource.
Theleftandrighteyesmaybeinalternatingframes,ortheymaybeinframecompatibleformat(over/underorside/side).
BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage46Stereoscopic3DLocationSettingsThefollowingsettingsareavailableforyoutoorganizeyourmasterclipsandstereoscopicclipsasthemediaisbeingcaptured.
FordetailsonothersettingsintheCaptureTool,refertothefollowingtopicsintheHelp:TimecodeSettingsforS3DThefollowingsettingsallowyoutosetthestart,endand/ordurationtimecodesfortheleftandrighteyefootagetobecaptured.
Stereoscopic3DHandlingSettingsOptionDescriptionLeadingEyeDetermineswhicheyewillbeusedwhenthestereoscopicprojectsettingissetto"Leadingeye".
(ThiseyewillalsobedisplayedintheFrameviewofthebin.
)LeftSetsthelefteyeastheleadingeye.
RightSetstherighteyeastheleadingeye.
MasterTCLeft/RightWhenthestereoscopicclipiscreated,thetimecodefromthiseyewillbeusedasthestartingtimecode.
Stereoscopic3DLocationSettingsDescriptionBinIndicatesthebinwherethecontributingmasterclipsforeacheyewillbeplaced.
S3DBinThecontributingmasterclipswillautomaticallybegroupedtocreatethestereoscopicclips.
Youcanindicatethebinwherethestereoscopicclipswillbeplaced.
ResSelecttheresolutionatwhichtheclipswillbecaptured.
Selectthedrive(s)wherethemediawillbestored.
BasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage47FordetailsonothersettingsintheCaptureTool,refertotheonlineHelp.
CapturingFullFrameFootagefromSeparateSourcesWhentheleftandrighteyefootageisrecordedontwoseparatesources,eachsourceneedstobecapturedseparatelyintotheAvidapplication.
Theapplicationwillrecordalltheimagesfromthefirsteyeandthenpromptyoutoenterthetapeforthesecondeye.
Themetadataforthetapenamewillautomaticallybeappendedwithan_Lor_Rtodistinguishbetweentheleftandrighttapes.
Similarly,asthemasterclipsarecreatedinthebin,theclipsforeacheyeareappendedwithan_Lor_R.
Afterthecaptureiscomplete,themasterclipsforeacheyearematchedandafull-framestereoscopicclipisautomaticallycreated.
Whenyouhaveseparatetapesfortheleftandrighteye,thefollowingsettingsarerequiredintheCaptureTool:TimecodeSettingsforS3DDescriptionSameTCWhenthisoptionisselected,thesametimecodeswillbeusedfortheleftandrighteyefootage.
Enterthestart,end,anddurationtimesinthetimecodeselectorboxes.
Whenthisoptionisnotselected,usethedropdownmenutosettheLeftorRighteyetimecodesseparately.
Enterthestart,end,anddurationtimesinthetimecodeselectorboxes.
Repeatthisforeacheye.
TWOSEPARATESOURCESFOREACHEYELEFTEYERIGHTEYEBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_ROptionChooseMastercliptypeStereoBasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage48CapturingFullFrameFootagefromtheSameSource(Simultaneous)Whentheleftandrighteyefootageisrecordedonasinglesourcebutontwoseparatechannels,botheyescanbecapturedsimultaneouslyintotheAvidapplication.
Twovideosignalsareoutput—thelefteyecontentononechannelandtherighteyeontheother.
Timecodesarethesameforeacheye.
Asthemasterclipsarecreatedinthebin,theclipsforeacheyeareappendedwithan_Lor_R.
Afterthecaptureiscomplete,themasterclipsforeacheyearegroupedandafull-framestereoscopicclipisautomaticallycreated.
ThefollowingsettingsarerequiredintheCaptureTool:EssencetypeFullTapeLayoutSeparatetapesTimecodeINboxEnterthestarttimecodefortheeye(s)thatyouarecapturing.
SameTCSelectthisoptiontousethesametimecodeforbotheyes.
Ifthetimecodesarenotthesame,thenselectLeftorRightfromthedropdownselection,andthenentertherespectivetimecodeintheTimecodeINbox.
Repeatthisforeacheye.
TapenameEnteranameforyourtape.
Whenworkingwithmultipletapesinastereoscopicproject,theapplicationautomaticallyappendsthetapenamewithan_Lor_Rtodistinguishbetweentheleftandrighttapes.
Thissourcetapenameisincludedinthemetadataassociatedwiththemasterclips.
Duringcapture,thisnamingconventionwillbeusedtopromptyoutoinserttheappropriatetape.
OptionChooseLEFTCHANNELRIGHTCHANNELSINGLESOURCEWITHTWOVIDEOSIGNALSBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_ROptionChooseMastercliptypeStereoBasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage49CapturingFullFrameFootagefromtheSameSource(Two-Pass)Whentheleftandrighteyefootageisrecordedonthesamesource,onevideosignalisoutputforeacheye.
ThefootagemustbecapturedintotheAvidapplicationintwopasses—onepassforeacheyewiththecorrectstartingtimecodespecified.
Whenalltheframesforthefirsteyearecaptured,thedevicecuestothestartofthesecondeyeandbeginscapturing.
Asthemasterclipsarecreatedinthebin,theclipsforeacheyeareappendedwithan_Lor_R.
Afterthecaptureiscomplete,themasterclipsforeacheyearegroupedandafull-framestereoscopicclipisautomaticallycreated.
nToperformatwo-passcapture,youmustentervalidtimecodesforthestartofeachcapture.
Capturing"on-the-fly"isnotsupported.
ThefollowingsettingsarerequiredintheCaptureTool:EssencetypeFullTapeLayoutSimultaneousL+RTimecodeINboxEnterthestarttimecodefortheeye(s)thatyouarecapturing.
TapenameEnteranameforyourtape.
Thissourcetapenameisincludedinthemetadataassociatedwiththemasterclips.
Duringcapture,thisnamewillbeusedtopromptyoutoinserttheappropriatetape.
OptionChooseONESOURCECONTAININGBOTHLEFTANDRIGHTEYESWITHOUTPUTONASINGLEVIDEOSIGNALLEFTEYERIGHTEYEBOTHIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_ROptionChooseMastercliptypeStereoEssencetypeFullTapeLayoutSingletapeBasebandCaptureofStereoscopicFootage50CapturingFrameCompatibleStereoscopicFootageStereoscopicfootagecanberecordedinaframecompatibleformatwhichcombinesfullframeimagesfromboththeeyesintoasingleimage(eitherover/underorside/side).
Thisrequiresaformofaspatialcompressionandresultsinlessthanfullresolutionforeachoftheeyes.
Whentheleftandrighteyefootageiscapturedfromthesamesourceinaframecompatibleformat,onevideosignalisoutputcontainingbotheyes.
BotheyesareingestedintotheAvidapplicationsimultaneously,andstoredinasingleframewitheacheyeathalftheresolution.
Afterthecaptureiscomplete,aframe-compatiblestereoscopicclipisautomaticallycreated.
ThefollowingsettingsarerequiredintheCaptureTool:SameTCDeselectthisoptionandsetthedropdownmenutoLeftorRight.
Enterthestart,end,anddurationtimesinthetimecodeselectorboxes.
Repeatthisforeacheye.
TapenameEnteranameforyourtape.
Thissourcetapenameisincludedinthemetadataassociatedwiththemasterclips.
Duringcapture,thisnamewillbeusedtopromptyoutoinserttheappropriatetape.
OptionChooseSINGLESOURCEWITHASINGLEVIDEOSIGNALCONTAININGBOTHEYESINEACHFRAMELEFT&RIGHTSIDEBYSIDELEFTRIGHTLEFT&RIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDINSINGLEFRAME19201080OptionChooseMastercliptypeStereoEssencetypeFCSidebySideFCOver/UnderTapeLayoutSingletapeTimecodeINboxEnterthestarttimecodeforthefootagethatyouarecapturing.
SameTCSelectthisoptionasthesametimecodeappliestobotheyes.
ImportingorLinkingStereoscopicMediafromFile51ImportingorLinkingStereoscopicMediafromFileWhenfullframeessenceisrecordedtofile,theleftandrighteyecontentarestoredinseparatestream-basedfiles.
EachofthesefilesneedtobeimportedintoyourAvideditingapplication.
Whenframecompatibleessenceisrecordedtofile,theleftandrighteyeimagesaresqueezedintoastandardvideoimage(side/sideorover/under)inasinglestream.
Thisrequiresaformofspatialcompressionandresultsinlessthanfullresolutionforeachoftheeyes.
WhenthefootageisimportedintoyourAvideditingapplication,itisstoredinasingleframewitheacheyeathalftheoriginalresolution.
Westronglyrecommendthatyoucreateaseparatebinforeacheyethatyouareimporting.
Thiswillmaketheclipsmucheasiertosortandmanageduringthestereoscopicclipcreationprocess.
Fordetailsonimportingmediafromfile,see"ImportingMediaFiles"intheHelp.
nAfterthefilesareimportedandthemasterclipsarecreatedinthebin,theseclipsmustmanuallybeselectedandconvertedintostereoscopicmasterclipsbeforeyoudoanystereoscopicediting.
See"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
TapenameEnteranameforyourtape.
Thissourcetapenameisincludedinthemetadataassociatedwiththemasterclips.
Duringcapture,thisnamewillbeusedtopromptyoutoinserttheappropriatetape.
OptionChooseTWOSEPARATESTREAM-BASEDFILESFOREACHEYELEFTEYERIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDASFULLFRAMES19201080LEFTEYE_LRIGHTEYE_RSINGLESTREAM-BASEDFILEWITHBOTHEYESSIDEBYSIDELEFT&RIGHTEYEIMAGESSTOREDINSINGLEFRAMELEFT&RIGHTLEFTRIGHT19201080LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMedia52LinkingtoStereoscopicFilesviaAMALinkingtostereoscopicfilesviaAMAismoreefficientthanimportingthesefilesintoyourAvidapplication.
Youcanmanipulateandeditthismediaasyouwouldanyothercliporsequence.
Forstereoscopicworkflows,werecommendthatyoufirstcopythesefilestoahigh-bandwidthstoragedeviceconnectedtoyoursystembeforelinkingtothemviaAMA.
TolinktostereoscopicfilesviaAMA:1.
SelectFile>LinktoAMAVolume.
2.
Browsetothelocationwhereyourfilesarelocatedandselectthetoplevelfoldercontaininganysubfolderswheretheleftandrighteyefilesarestored.
3.
IntheBinSelectiondialog,selectSingleBinBasedonSelectedFolder.
Avidrecommendsusingthisoptionasallthemasterclipswillbecreatedinasinglebin.
Thiswillmakeiteasiertoselectandgrouptheseclipsintostereoscopicclips.
4.
Oncetheclipsarecreatedinthebin,youneedtofollowcertainrulestopopulatetheappropriatecolumnssothatstereoscopicclipscanbecreated.
AnumberofcamerassupportAvid'sschemeforstereoscopic3Dmetadata.
WhenyoulinktothesefilesviaAMA,theS3Dgroupnameandchannelarealreadypopulatedsoallyouhavetodoiscreatethestereoscopicclips.
Ifthesecolumnsarenotpopulated,thensee"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMediaYourfacilitymayhaveapipelinewhichcreatesprocessedoralignedstereoscopicMXFfilesusingadailiesapplication.
ThedailiessystemshouldalsogenerateanALEorAAFfileofthismediawhichcanbeimportedintotheAvidtogeneratebinswithmasterclipsthatpointtotheMXFmedia.
InthecaseofanAAF,themediashouldrelinkautomatically.
However,arelinkoperationwillberequiredwhenusinganALE.
nIfanAAF/ALEisnotavailable,thenyoucanusetheAvidMediaTooltocreateclipsfromtheMXFmedia.
Ifyouareusingbothfullframeandframecompatibleessencewiththepurposeofusingframecompatibleessenceforfaster,lightweightorremoteediting,Avidrecommendsthatyouorganizethefoldersonyourstoragetosegregateeachofthechannelsintoaseparateessencefolder.
Inthecaseofremoteediting,theframecompatibleessencecouldbelocatedonalocaldrivetoallowdisconnectedoperation.
LinkingtoStereoscopicMXFMedia53Hereisanexampleofhowyoucanstructureyourfolders:Keepingmediafromthesamesource(atallavailableresolutions)inthesamefolder,willalsoeasethefilemaintenanceandfacilitatethereimportprocessintheeventthatadifferentresolutionofaclipisrequired.
TolinktoMXFmediaviaAAF/ALE:1.
MakesurethatallyourtranscodedMXFfilesarelocatedintheappropriateAvidMediaFilesfolder(driveletter:\AvidMediaFiles\MXF\).
2.
Openthebininwhichyouwanttocreatethemasterclips.
3.
Right-clickinthebin,andselectImport.
4.
LocatetheAAForAFEfilethatyouwanttoimportandclickOpen.
IfyouimportedanAAF,allclipsinthebinwillautomaticallybelinkedtothecorrespondingMXFmedia.
IfyouimportedanAFE,youwillneedtousetheRelinkoperationtolinktothecorrespondingMXFmedia.
5.
Oncethemasterclipsaresuccessfullycreatedinthebin,youneedtofollowcertainrulestopairtheleftandrightimagesintoastereoscopicclip—"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
nSomethird-partyvendorssupportAvid'sschemeforstereoscopic3Dmetadata.
Whenyoulinktothesefiles,theS3DGroupNameandS3DChannelarealreadypopulatedwiththeappropriateinformationrequiredtocreatethestereoscopicclips.
TolinktoMXFmediaviatheMediaTool:1.
SelectTools>Mediatool.
2.
SelectthemediadriveswheretheMXFfilesarelocated.
3.
Selecttheprojectwhereyouwanttocreatethemasterclips.
OnlytheprojectswithassociatedonlinemediaandthecurrentprojectappearintheProject(s)listintheMediaToolDisplaydialogbox.
4.
Sorttheclipsbycreationdateandselecttheclipsthatyouneed.
FolderMediaType\AvidMediaFiles\MXF\1Fullframe,lefteyeimages\AvidMediaFiles\MXF\2Fullframe,righteyeimages\AvidMediaFiles\MXF\99FramecompatibleimagesMergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips545.
Dragtheseclipsintoyourbin.
nSomethird-partyvendorssupportAvid'sschemeforstereoscopic3Dmetadata.
Whenyoulinktothesefiles,theS3DGroupNameandS3DChannelarealreadypopulatedwiththeappropriateinformationrequiredtocreatethestereoscopicclips.
YoucanrevealtheS3Dcolumnstoseeifthisinformationhasbeenincluded.
6.
Oncethemasterclipsaresuccessfullycreatedinthebin,youneedtofollowcertainrulestopairtheleftandrightimagesintoastereoscopicclip—"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
MergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClipsYoucanimportadditionalmetadata,suchasinformationfromthecamerarig,andmergeitwithexistingmasterclipsinabin.
Whenimportingthismetadata,youwillneedtofollowtheAvidconventionsforthestereoscopicbincolumns.
Formoreinformation,refertoHowtocreateAvidStereoscopicEssenceandMetadataintheAvidKnowledgeBase.
Tomergeadditionalmetadataintoabin:1.
Selectthemasterclipsforwhichyouhaveadditionalmetadatatomerge.
2.
Right-clickononeoftheclips,andselectImport.
3.
LocatetheALEfileholdingthemetadatathatyouwanttoimport,andclickOpen.
4.
(Option)Ifyouwanttoselectoptionsforcombiningeventsonimport,clickOptionstoopentheImportSettingsdialogbox.
SelectoneoftheoptionsbelowfromtheShotLogtab,andthenclickOKtoclosetheImportSettingsdialogboxandreturntotheSelectFilestoImportdialogbox.
OptionDescriptionMergeeventswithknownsourcesandautomaticallycreatesubclips.
Whenthisoptionisselected,yourAvideditingapplicationcreatessubclipsforeventsthataremergedorrelinkedtotheirsourceclipsuponimport.
Usethisoptionifyouhavealreadyenteredmasterclipsinabinforeachcamerarollormasterscene,andhavesubsequentlyloggedalltheeventsrelatedtothoseclipsforimport.
nYoumustselecttheclipsthatyouwanttomergebeforeselectingthisoption.
MergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips555.
SelectthesourcefilefromthelistandclicktheOpenbutton.
WhenyourAvideditingapplicationfinishesimportingthefile,theclips(ornewmetadatafortheclips)willappearintheselectedbin.
Mergeeventswithknownmasterclips.
Whenthisoptionisselected,yourAvideditingapplicationmergesinformationintheshotlogontoselectedmasterclipsbasedonthematchingtapename.
Usethisoptionifyouhavealreadylogged(orcaptured)masterclipsinabinforeachtake.
nYoumustselecttheclipsthatyouwanttomergebeforeselectingthisoption.
OptionDescriptionMergingAdditionalMetadataforStereoscopicClips566WorkingwithStereoscopicClipsThissectiondescribeshowtocreateandmanagestereoscopicclipsinyourproject.
Ifyourprojectformatissettooneofthestereoscopicformats,thenyourAvideditingapplicationwillallowyoutocapture,create,andeditwithstereoscopicclips.
Ifyouchangeyourprojectformattonon-stereoscopic,youwillstillbeabletousestereoscopicclipsonthetimeline.
However,onlyoneoftheeyes(theleadingeye)willbeused.
WhatisaStereoscopicClipAvideomasterclipiscreatedwhenanincomingvideosignalofadefinitestartandendtimeiscapturedintheAvideditingapplication.
Inthecaseoffullframestereoscopicfootage,whichhasessencefromtwoeyes,separatemasterclipsarecreatedfortheleftandrighteyes.
Astereoscopicclipisthencreatedtoreferencethesemasterclips.
Forstereoscopicfootagethatisrecordedinaframecompatibleformat,botheyesaresqueezedinasingleframe(side/sideorover/under),thereforeonlyonemasterclipiscreated.
However,thisclipmuststillbetaggedasastereoscopicclipbeforeitcanbeusedforeditingwithinastereoscopicproject.
Thisalsoappliestoclipsthatarecreatedwhenmediaisimportedfromfile,orlinkedviaAMA.
Thesamestereoscopicfootagecanbeacquiredandstoredonyourdiskstorageinvariousformats—fullframe,framecompatible,ormonoscopic.
TheAvideditingapplicationrecognizesmediafromthesamesourceandusesonestereoscopiccliptorepresentallthesesformats.
Thisgivesyougreaterflexibilityduringtheeditingprocessasitallowsyoutoswitchyourstereoscopicprojectformattouseanyoftheformatsavailableondisk.
Thefollowingillustrationshowshowthevariousmasterclipsareassociatedtothestereoscopicclip.
Inthisexampleallvariationsareshown.
Inthemostcommoncases,onlytheleftandrighteye,andsomeformofaframe-compatibleformatwillbenecessary.
DisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins58Themetadatafromthesourcematerial,aswellasanyotherattributesenteredduringtheacquisitionprocess,arepreservedwiththeclipsinthebin.
Theseattributes,especiallythechannelandgroupname,areimportantdeterminantsforthecreationofthestereoscopicclips.
Allattributescanbedisplayedinthebin—see"DisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins"onpage52.
nStereoscopicclipsareautomaticallycreatedformediacapturedfromtape.
However,whenyouimportstereoscopicmediafromfile,youmayneedtocreatethestereoscopicclipsmanuallyifthechannelandgroupnamewerenotincludedintothemedia'smetadata—see"CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia"onpage56.
DisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBinsStereoscopicclipscanbeeasilybedistinguishedinthebinbytheiricon.
Ifyourstereoscopicclipsormetadataarenotvisibleinthebins,thenfollowtheprocedurebelow.
FrameCompatibleOVER_UNDERFrameCompatibleSIDE_BY_SIDEMASTERCLIPSCREATEDINBINSTEREOSCOPICCLIPGENERATEDINBINFullFrameLEFTFullFrameRIGHTFull-ResStereoMediaHalf-ResStereoMediaHalf-ResStereoMediaAVAILABLEMEDIAVERSIONSONDISKSTORAGEAsingleStereoClipisgeneratedforallcapturesdoneforthesametimeframe.
Full-ResStereoMediaCAPTURE/IMPORTFORMATMonoscopicStandardFull-ResMediaDisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins59Todisplaystereoscopicclipsinabin:1.
Ensurethatthebinisactive.
2.
SelectBin>SetBinDisplay.
3.
SelectStereoscopicClips,andthenclickOK.
Todisplaythestereoscopicbincolumnsthatcontainstereoscopicdata:1.
Right-clickonacolumnheadingandselectChooseColumns.
TheBinColumnSelectionlistdisplays.
2.
Selectordeselectthecolumnsthatyouwanttodisplayorhide.
Columnsrelatedtostereoscopicinformationallstartwith"S3D"(stereoscopic3D).
BinSettingsforStereoscopicClipsThefollowingattributesareavailableforyourclipswhentheProjectformatissettoastereoscopicmode:BincolumnDescriptionStereoscopicClipMasterClipNameDisplaysthenameofthemastercliporthestereoscopicclip.
Whencapturingfromtape(inthecaseoffullframemedia),theleftandrightmasterclipswillhave_Land_Rappendedtotheirnames.
S3DChannelAllowsyoutosetwhichchannelthismasterclipwilldeliverintothestereoscopicclip.
(Lefteye,righteyeandmonoscopicarefullframechannels,whileSidebySideandOver/Underareframecompatiblechannels.
)LeftEye:IndicatesthatthecontentsofthiscliparetobeusedastheLefteye.
RightEye:IndicatesthatthecontentsofthiscliparetobeusedastheRighteye.
Over/Under:Indicatesthatthisisframecompatiblemediainanover/underformat.
Sidebyside:Indicatesthatthisisframecompatiblemediainasidebysideformat.
Monoscopic:Indicatesthatthisisastandard2Dclip(notstereoscopic).
DisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins60S3DGroupnameAcommonnameusedtoidentifyallmasterclipsoriginatingfromthesamestereoscopicfootage.
Thegroupnameisusedbytheapplicationtocreateasinglestereoscopicclipthatreferencesthesemasterclips.
Therefore,thisnamemustbeexactlythesameforallclipsthatneedtobegroupedintoastereoscopicclip.
Whenmaterialiscapturedfromtape,thisfieldisautomaticallypopulatedforalltheleftandrighteyemasterclips.
Whenmaterialisimported/linkedfromfile,thisdatamaynotbepresent.
Ifso,youcanselecttheclipsinthebinandrequestforauto-populationofthegroupname.
IfanS3DClipnameisnotspecified,thenthegroupnameisusedtonamethestereoscopicclipwhenitiscreated.
S3DClipnameEnteranameherethatwillbeusedtonamethestereoscopicclipwhenitiscreated.
Thenameonlyneedstobesetforoneofthecontributingmasterclips.
Ifnonameisenteredforanyofthecontributingclips,thentheS3DGroupnamewillbeusedinstead.
S3DInversionAllowsyoutospecifyifandhowthecontentsofthisclipshouldbeinvertedbeforebeingused.
Thisisusefulwhenbeam-splitterrigsareusedduringfilming,andamirrorisusedtocreatetheimageforoneoftheeyes.
Inthiscase,oneoftheeyeswillbeinvertedsoitneedstobecorrectedNone:Leavestheimageasis.
Horizontal:Invertstheimagehorizontally.
Vertical:Invertstheimagevertically.
Horizontal/Vertical:Invertstheimagehorizontallyandvertically.
BincolumnDescriptionDisplayingStereoscopicClipsinBins61S3DInversionROnlyavailableifthemediaisinaframecompatibleformatwiththeS3DChannelsettoeitherOver/UnderorSidebySide.
Allowsyoutospecifyhowthepartoftheimagethatprovidestherighteyeshouldbeinvertedbeforebeingused.
None:Leavestheimageasis.
Horizontal:Invertstherighteyeimagehorizontally.
Vertical:Invertstherighteyeimagevertically.
Horizontal/Vertical:Invertstherighteyeimagehorizontallyandvertically.
S3DEyeOrderOnlyavailableifthemediaisinaframecompatibleformatwiththeS3DChannelsettoeitherOver/UnderorSidebySide.
Specifieswhichhalfoftheimagetheeyeisdisplayed.
Left-Right:ForSidebySideformat,theLefteyeisontheleft,theRighteyeisontheright.
ForOver/Underformat,theLefteyeisinthetophalfoftheimage,Righteyeisinthebottom.
Right-Left:ForSidebySideformat,theRighteyeisontheleft,Lefteyeisontheright.
ForOver/Underformat,theRighteyeisinthetophalfoftheimage,Lefteyeisinthebottom.
Thefollowingcolumnsaredisplayedonlyforstereoscopicmasterclips:S3DContributorsListstheS3DChannels(masterclips)thatfeedintothestereoscopicclip.
S3DLeadingEyeAllowsyoutosetwhicheyeimageshouldbeusedwheneditingwiththeleadingeye.
Thisisusefulinscenarioswhereabeam-splitterrigwasusedduringfilming.
Insuchacase,theleadingeyeistypicallythenon-reflectedimage.
Left:(Default)Indicatesthatthelefteyeimageistheleadingeye.
Right:Indicatesthattherighteyeimageistheleadingeye.
BincolumnDescriptionCreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia62CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMediaWhenstereoscopicfootageisimportedfromfileorlinkedviaAMA,onlythecontributingmasterclipsarecreated.
InordertousethestereoscopicfunctionsinyourAvideditingapplication,thesemasterclipsmustbereferencedfromastereoscopicclip.
Beforeastereoscopicclipcanbecreated,certainS3Dcolumnsforthecontributingmasterclipsmustbedefined.
Thisinformationmayhavebeenimportedwiththemedia,butyoushouldverifythattheyhavebeenappliedappropriately.
TheS3DChannelofeachmasterclipmustbesetaccordingtoitsmediacontent(i.
e.
left,right,over/under,side/side,ormonoscopic).
AnS3DGroupNamemustexistforeachmasterclipthatwillcontributetothestereoscopicclip.
Allmasterclipsthatfeedintothestereoscopicclipmusthavethesamegroupname.
ThiscanbedoneautomaticallybytheapplicationusingthePopulatefunctiondescribedlaterinthissection.
Youmustuseauniquegroupnameforeachstereoscopicclipthatyouintendtocreate.
Optionally,youcanalsohaveanS3DClipNameinanyoneofthecontributingmasterclips.
Thisnamewillbeusedasthestereoscopicclipnamewhenitiscreated.
nTip:Iftheclipsaresortedintoaseparatebinforeacheye,itmakesiteasiertomulti-selectalltheclipsandsettheS3Dchannel.
Theclipscanthenbeorderedbytimecodetokeeptheclipsinthesameorderinallthebins.
Thiswillmakethestereoscopicclipcreationprocessmuchmoreefficient.
Formoreinformationregardingtheassociationbetweenmasterclipsandstereoscopicclips,see"WhatisaStereoscopicClip"onpage51.
S3DAlignmentAllowsyoutospecifywhetherornotthemediahasalreadybeenalignedbyathird-partyapplication.
Presently,thisisjustanindicatorfortheeditor.
Therearenosoftwarefunctionsassociatedwiththisfield.
None(Default)Full:Indicatesthatmediahasbeenpre-alignedbyanexternalapplication.
BincolumnDescriptionCreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia63SettingtheStereoscopicChannelIfthefilesthatyouareimportingdonotcontainmetadatafortheS3DChannel,youwillneedtoaddthisinformationtotheS3Dcolumnfortheclipsinthebin.
TosettheS3Dchannel:1.
Openthebinthatcontainsthemasterclipsyouwanttomodify.
2.
DisplaytheS3Dbincolumnsfortheattributesyouwanttomodify.
3.
Selecttheclipthatyouwanttomodify(oruseyouroperatingsystem'sstandardCtrl+clickandShift+clickselectionmethodstoselectmultipleclips).
4.
SelecttheS3DChannelcolumnandchoosethedesiredsetting.
Referto"BinSettingsforStereoscopicClips"onpage53.
SettingtheStereoscopicGroupNameIfthefilesthatyouareimportingdonotcontainmetadatafortheS3DGroupName,youwillneedtoaddthisinformationtotheirmasterclipattributesinthebin.
Masterclipswithrelatedcontentneedtobegiventhesamegroupnamesothattheycancontributetothesamestereoscopicclip.
Youcanrequestanauto-populateofthegroupnameforallselectedclips,oryoucanenterthegroupnameyourself.
Whenyoumanuallyenterthename,makesurethatitisexactlythesamefortheassociatedclips.
(Thisincludestheuseofupperandlowercaseletters,aswellasextraspaceswithinorateitherendofthename).
nIfyourS3DGroupNamewasautomaticallygeneratedbyanexternalapplication,youcanoverrideitbyenteringamorerelevantnameintheS3DClipNamecolumn.
Thenameonlyneedstobesetforoneofthecontributingmasterclips.
Whenassigninggroupnamestoselectedclips,thefollowingrulesapply:Amaximumoffivemasterclipscancontributetoeachstereoscopicclip.
ThereshouldbeonlyoneinstanceofeachclipwheretheS3DChannelissettoeitherLeft,Right,SidebySide,Over/UnderorMonoscopic.
Thegroupnamewillbetakenfromthefirstclipnameinthearrangement.
InthisexamplethefirstclipnameisTake1-.
mov,sothegroupnamebecomesTake1-.
mov.
s3d.
CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia64Youmaynamemorethanonegroupatatime.
However,allselectedclipsforeachgroupmustbearrangedinsamepattern,andeachgroupmusthavethesamenumberofclips.
Toauto-populatethegroupname:1.
Inthebin,selectallthemasterclipsoriginatingfromthesamefootage.
2.
Right-clickoneoftheselectedclipsandselectPopulateS3DGroupNamesautomatically.
TheGroupnamewillbepopulatedusingthenameofthefirstmasterclipineachgrouparrangementandappendedwith.
s3D.
CreatingStereoscopicClipsWhenthemasterclipshavethenecessarystereoscopicattributes(channelandgroupname),youcanselectwholebinsorindividualmasterclipsfromwhichtocreatestereoscopicclips.
Youreditingapplicationautomaticallycreatesastereoscopicclipcontainingmasterclipswiththesamegroupname.
Inthebin,theresultingstereoscopicclipswillhaveadifferenticonthanthemasterclips.
nWiththenumberofclipspotentiallydoublinginquantityforstereoscopicprojects,it'sagoodpracticetoplaceyourstereoscopicclipsinaseparatebinastheygetcreated.
Whenyouselectthecommandtocreatestereoscopicclips,adialogboxdisplaystoallowyoutoselectspecificbins,clipsandothercriteriaforthemasterclipsthatwillfeedintothestereoscopicclip.
Tocreatenewstereoscopicclips:1.
Ensurethatallthemasterclipshavetherequiredchannelassignmentsandgroupname—see"SettingtheStereoscopicChannel"onpage57and"SettingtheStereoscopicGroupName"onpage57.
2.
Selectallthemasterclipsforwhichyouwanttocreatestereoscopicclips.
Theexamplebelowcontainsmasterclipsfromtwodistinctgroups.
Eachgrouphasonelefteye,righteye,over/under,side/side,andmonoscopicmasterclip.
CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia65nYoumayselectclipsfrommultiplebins.
Ifyouwanttouseanentirebin,youcanclickontheFastMenuiconinthebottomleftcornertoselecttheCreateStereoscopicclipscommand.
3.
Right-clickoneoftheselectedclipsandselectCreateStereoscopicclips.
Adialogboxwilldisplaytoallowyoutosetmorespecificoptions.
4.
Selectanexistingbin,orcreateanewdestinationbinforthestereoscopicclipsthatwillbecreated.
5.
Keepthedefaultoptionsorchoosemorespecificcriteriaasdescribedin"CreateStereoscopicClipsDialog"onpage60.
Makesurethatyoucarefullyreviewalltheoptionsinthisdialogbox.
6.
ClickOktocreatethestereoscopicclips.
TheAvideditingapplicationanalysesthemasterclipsandcreatesastereoscopicclipforeachgroupnamethatitencounters.
CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia66CreateStereoscopicClipsDialogThefollowingoptionsareavailablewhencreatingstereoscopicclipsfrommasterclips:OptionDescriptionDestinationbinforcreatedstereoscopicclipsSelectanexistingbin,orcreateanewbininwhichtoplacethestereoscopicclips.
Considerclipsfrom:Whencreatingstereoscopicclips,thefollowingoptionsallowyoutospecifythescopeofthesearchforcontributors:SelectionincurrentbinOnlycreatestereoscopicclipsfromthemasterclipsthatareselectedinthecurrentbin.
SelectioninopenbinsOnlycreatestereoscopicclipsfromthemasterclipsthatarecurrentlyselectedinallopenbins.
CurrentbinScanallclipsfromthecurrentbin,andcreatestereoscopicclipsforeachuniquegroupname.
AllopenbinsScanallclipsinallopenbins,andcreatestereoscopicclipsforeachuniquegroupname.
AllbinsinprojectScanallclipsinallbinsinthisproject(eveniftheyarenotopen),andcreatestereoscopicclipsforeachuniquegroupname.
Retrievedefaulttimecodefrom:Selecttheclipwhosetimecodewillbeusedasthedefaultforthestereoscopicclip.
YouhavethechoiceofLeftEye,RightEye,Over/Under,SidebySideorMonoscopic.
Ifthischanneldoesnotexist,thenthetimecodefromanothercontributingclipwillbeused.
Thestereoscopicclipthatiscreatedwilldisplaythistimecodeinthebin.
TheTimecodewindowabovethesourceorrecordviewerswillalsodisplaythistimecodeasthedefault.
Namethenewclipsusing:Setsthestereoscopicclipnamebasedontheselectedoption.
S3DClipNameTheS3DClipNamefromthelastmasterclipofallselectedclips.
S3DGroupNameTheS3DGroupNamefromthecontributingmasterclips.
CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia67UpdatingExistingStereoscopicClipsThereareanumberofreasonswhyyoumaywanttoupdateyourexistingstereoscopicclips:toaddorreplacecontributingmasterclipstothestereoscopicclipstochangetheexistingsettingsforthestereoscopicclipstocorrecttimingerrors(temporalalignment)betweenthecontributingclipsThesetimingalterationsorcontributorchangestakeeffectimmediatelyandaffectallsequencesthatusethestereoscopicclips.
Toupdatestereoscopicclips:1.
Selectallthestereoscopicclipsthatyouwanttoupdate.
2.
Right-clickoneoftheselectedclipsandchooseUpdateStereoscopicclips.
nAlternatively,youmayalsoopenabincontainingthesestereoscopicclips,andclickontheFastMenuiconinthebottomleftcornertoaccessthiscommand.
DefaultTCContributorThenameofthecontributingmasterclipwhosetimecodewillbeusedasthedefault.
TheS3Dsuffixisappendedtothename.
Createaudiotracksintheclipsfrom:ThisoptionappliesONLYtoaudiocominginfromvideoclipcontributors.
Itwillcreatecorrespondingaudiotracksinthestereoscopicclipsbasedononeoftheselectedoptions:AllcontributingclipsUsesaudiofromallvideomasterclipsfeedingintothestereoscopicclip.
DefaultTCContributorUsesaudioonlyfromthevideomasterclipwhosetimecodeisusedasthedefault.
NoneoftheclipsDoesnotusetheaudiofromthecontributingvideoclips.
nIfyouhaveaudioclipcontributors,thentheseareautomaticallyusedinthestereoscopicclip.
SetS3DLeadingEyeofstereoscopicclipsto:SettheleadingeyetoLeftorRight.
Synccontributingclipsusing:Synchronizesallclipscontributingtothestereoscopicclipbasedontheoptionthatyouselect—sourcetimecode,firstframe,inpoints,outpoints,oroneoftheauxiliarytimecodes.
CreatestereoscopicclipseveniftheyalreadyexistinthedestinationbinIfthisoptionisselected,anewstereoscopicclipwillbecreatedevenifaclipalreadyexistsforthegroup.
OptionDescriptionCreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia68Adialogboxwilldisplaytoallowyoutosetmorespecificcriteriafortheclipsthatwillbeupdated.
nSomesettingsthatarenotdisplayedheremaybechangeddirectlyinthebin.
Selectthestereoscopicclipandtheappropriatecolumntochangetheclip'sattributes.
3.
Choosethespecificcriteriathatyouwanttoupdateasdescribedin"UpdateStereoscopicClipsDialog"onpage62.
4.
ClickOktoupdatetheclips.
UpdateStereoscopicClipsDialogThefollowingoptionsareavailablewhenupdatingstereoscopicclipsfrommasterclips:OptionDescriptionUpdatestereoscopicclipsin:Thefollowingoptionsallowyoutospecifythescopeofthesearchforstereoscopicclips:SelectionincurrentbinOnlyupdatestereoscopicclipsthatareselectedinthecurrentbin.
SelectioninopenbinsOnlyupdatestereoscopicclipsthatarecurrentlyselectedinallopenbins.
CurrentbinUpdateallstereoscopicclipsfromthecurrentbin.
AllopenbinsUpdateallstereoscopicclipsinallopenbins.
AllbinsinprojectUpdateallstereoscopicclipsinallbinsinthisproject(eveniftheyarenotopen).
Searchfornewcontributorsin:Whenupdatingstereoscopicclips,thefollowingoptionsallowyoutospecifythescopeofthesearchforcontributors:CreatingStereoscopicClipsforLinkedorImportedMedia69SelectionincurrentbinOnlyupdatestereoscopicclipsfromthemasterclipsthatareselectedinthecurrentbin.
SelectioninopenbinsOnlyupdatestereoscopicclipsfromthemasterclipsthatarecurrentlyselectedinallopenbins.
CurrentbinScanallclipsfromthecurrentbin,andupdatestereoscopicclips.
AllopenbinsScanallclipsinallopenbins,andupdatestereoscopicclips.
AllbinsinprojectScanallclipsinallbinsinthisproject(eveniftheyarenotopen),andupdatestereoscopicclips.
RemovemasterclipsthatarenotselectedIfyouselectthisoption,thenanymasterclipsthatarenotselectedwillberemovedfromthestereoscopicclip.
Thisallowsyoutoreplacethecurrentcontributorswithanewselection.
nIfastereoscopiccliphadcontributorsfromotherbinsthatwerenotpartoftheselection,thenthesemasterclipswillalsoberemoved.
Updatedefaulttimecodecontributor:Selectthecontributingclipwhosetimecodewillbeusedforthestereoscopicclip.
YouhavethechoiceofLeftEye,RightEye,Over/Under,SidebySideorMonoscopic.
Thestereoscopicclipthatiscreatedwilldisplaythistimecodeinthebin.
TheTimecodewindowabovethesourceorrecordviewerswillalsodisplaythistimecodeasthedefault.
Syncnewcontributorsusing:Synchronizesanynewclipscontributingtothestereoscopicclipbasedontheoptionthatyouselect—sourcetimecode,firstframe,inpoints,outpoints,oroneoftheauxiliarytimecodes.
Bydefault,anysyncrelationshipspreviouslyestablishedforexistingcontributingclipswillbemaintained.
AlsosyncexistingcontributorsWhenthisoptionisselected,allclipsaresynchronizedwiththeselectedoption;eventheonesthatarealreadypartofthestereoscopicclip.
NoattemptismadetopreservethesyncrelationshipsthatmayalreadyhavebeenestablishedPreservestarttimecodeofthestereoscopicclipsPreservesthestartingtimecodeofthestereoscopicclip.
OptionDescriptionTransformingSubclipsintoStereoscopic3DSubclips70TransformingSubclipsintoStereoscopic3DSubclipsIfyouhavesubclipsthatyouwouldliketotransformintostereoscopicsubclips,thereisarelativelysimpleprocessforaddingthenecessarystereoscopic3Dmetadata.
nThisprocesscannotbeappliedtothemasterclipsinyourbins.
Ifthemasterclipsalsoneedtobetransformed,youmustfirstcreatesubclipsfromthemandreplacetheinstancesofthosemasterclipsonthetimeline.
Totransformyoursubclipstostereoscopic3Dsubclips:1.
Openthebinandfillin(ormergeusinganALEfile)thestereoscopicfieldsofthemasterclipsthatthesubclipsreference.
OnlytheS3DGroupnameismandatory.
However,ifyouhaveinformationfortherestofthestereoscopicmetadata,liketheS3DChannel,S3DInversionfields,S3DInversionRandS3DEyeOrder,thentheyshouldbeentered—see"SettingtheStereoscopicGroupName"onpage57.
2.
Highlightallthesubclipsyouwanttotransforminthebin.
3.
Right-clickinthebin,andselectTransformsubclipsintostereoscopicclips.
Oncethetransformationiscomplete,youwillhavestereoscopic3Dclipswithonlyonevideocontributor(i.
e.
oneeye).
Theseclipscanbeupdatedlateronwhenyoucapturemediafromtheothereyeorothercontributors.
OffsetaS3DChannelrelativetotheothersOffsetstheframesintheselectedchannelaspecifiednumberofframes.
(ThisoptioncannotbeusedinconjunctionwiththeSyncnewcontributorsoption.
Youcan,however,firstperformthesyncandthenreactivatethisdialogboxtoperformtheOffset.
)S3DChannelChoosebetweenLefteye,Righteye,Over/Under,Sidebysideormonoscopic.
frame(s)Indicatethenumberofframestobeoffset.
Youmayenternegativevaluestooffsetacliptotheleft.
OptionDescription7MonitoringStereoscopicFootageStereoscopicmediaisacquiredeitherinfullframeorframecompatibleformat.
Whenyoucreateyourproject,youcanchoosetheappropriatestereoscopicformatatwhichyouwanttoeditand/oroutputyourmedia.
Themediaisdisplayedaccordingtothevideolayoutsetfortheproject,regardlessoftheformatatwhichitwasoriginallyacquired.
Forexample,ifyouhavefullframemediaondisk,andyourprojectissettoSidebySide,yourapplicationwillsettheclipsonthetimelinetoasidebysidelayoutforediting,effectsprocessing,monitoringandoutput/export.
Theprojectformatcanbechangedatanytime,soyoucansetittosidebysidefortheeditingprocess,andthenswitchtofullframeforthefinaloutput.
Whenmonitoringstereoscopicfootage,contentcanbedisplayedindifferentmodesineachofthevariousapplicationandexternalmonitors.
Theviewingdevicesinclude:theSourceandRecordmonitorsintheAvideditingapplicationastereoscopicdisplaydevice(3D-compatiblemonitor,3DTVorprojector)attachedtoyourAvidsystemSettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMediaThefollowingviewingmodesmaybeavailabledependingonyoursystemconfiguration(i.
e.
softwareonlyvs.
Nitrishardware),andtheviewingdevicesconnectedtoyoursystem.
Displayeithertheleftimageortherightimageonly.
Thismodeisusefulwhenscanningthroughyourbinfootageandeditingtheroughcut.
Displaytheleft/rightimagesinframecompatibleformat(eithersidebyside,oroverandunder).
Thismodeisusefulwhenyouwanttocomparetheleftandrightimagesandmakeanyspatialorcoloralignments.
Side/Sidemodesqueezestheleftandrighteyeimagesonebesidetheotherinaverticalsplitframe(lefteyeontheleft).
YourAvideditingapplicationdisplaysthiscontentinaproxyresolutionthatusesone-halfofthehorizontalsamples.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia72Over/Undermodesqueezestheleftandrighteyeimagesoneabovetheotherinahorizontalsplitframe(lefteyeontop).
YourAvideditingapplicationdisplaysthiscontentinaproxyresolutionthatusesone-halfoftheimage.
Displaythecombinedimagesinablendedmodetocompareorcheckfordifferencesbetweentheleftandrighteyes.
Displaytheimagesinstereoscopic3Difyouhavetheappropriatestereoscopicmonitoringorprojectionequipmentconnectedtoyoursystem.
ViewingStereoscopicMaterialintheSource/RecordViewersThesourceandrecordviewersonyoursystemmonitorcanbesettodisplaytheleft/rightstereoscopicimagestogetherinasplitframe,ortodisplayeithertheleftortherighteyeimagealone.
Otherstereoscopicviewmodes,whichrepresentablendedversionoftheimages,arealsoavailable.
nThestereo3DviewmodesarenotavailableifyourStereosocopicprojectsettingissettoeitherOff,Left,Right,orLeading.
ThisisbecauseyourAvidapplicationisonlysettouseasingleeye.
Toselectastereoscopicviewforplaybackinthemonitors:1.
Right-clickinamonitor,andselectS3DViewMode.
2.
Selectoneofthefollowingfromthelist:OptionDescriptionMixDisplaysa50/50blendofboththeleftandrighteyeimages.
DifferenceDisplaysablendofbothleftandrighteyes,andhighlightsthedifferencebetweenthetwo.
Embossedareasshowthedifferences,whilegraypixelsrepresentnodifferences.
FrameCompatibleDisplaysboththeleftandrighteyeimagesasdictatedbytheprojectsettings(side/sideorover/under).
MonoDisplaysonlyoneofthestereoscopicimages.
LeftDisplaysonlythelefteyeimage.
RightDisplaysonlytherighteyeimage.
LeadingeyeDisplaysonlytheimagesetastheleadingeyeonthestereoscopicclip.
AnaglyphDisplaystheimagewiththeselectedcolorhighlightsonlywheretherearedifferencesintheleftandrighteye.
Thepixelsineacheyeimagecanbemappedtoanyofthefollowingcoloroptions:Red-CyanUsesredforthelefteyeandcyanfortheright.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia73nIfyouareoperatingonasoftware-onlysystem,youmayswitchyourmonitortofull-screenplaybackjusttoseetheresultingvideoimage—see"ViewingStereoscopicMaterialinFull-ScreenPlaybackMode"onpage67.
Therearealsolow-coststereoscopic3D-compatiblemonitors(suchastheNVIDIA3DVision)thatyoucanconnecttoyoursystemtoviewfull-screenplaybackin3D.
ViewingStereoscopicMaterialinFull-ScreenPlaybackModeOnasoftware-onlysystem(i.
e.
withnoAvidinput/ouputhardware),youcanuseeitheryoursystemmonitororyourexternalstereo3D-compatiblemonitortoviewthesequenceinfull-screenplaybackmode.
YoucanalsoconnecttoaTVorprojectordirectlyfromtheDVIportonyourgraphicscard.
Thisallowsyoutoviewframecompatiblemediainstereo3D,whenyousettheappropriatedisplaymodeonyourTV/projector.
Green-MagentaUsesgreenforthelefteyeandmagentafortheright.
Amber-BlueUsesamberforthelefteyeandbluefortheright.
B/WAnaglyphDisplaysamonochromeimageinwithcolorhighlightsonlywheretherearedifferencesintheleftandrighteye.
Thepixelsineacheyeimagecanbemappedtothefollowingcoloroptions:B/WRed-CyanUsesredforthelefteyeandcyanfortheright.
B/WGreen-MagentaUsesgreenforthelefteyeandmagentafortheright.
CheckerboardWhenthisoptionisselected,yourAvideditingapplicationdisplaystheleftandtherightimagessimultaneouslyforstereoscopicviewing.
Theterm"checkerboard"referstothewayinwhichblocksoftheleftandrightimagesaredisplayedforstereoscopicviewing.
1x1Eachblocksizeisapproximately1by1pixel.
10x10Eachblocksizeisapproximately10by10pixels.
20x20Eachblocksizeisapproximately20by20pixels.
50x50Eachblocksizeisapproximately50by50pixels.
100x100Eachblocksizeisapproximately100by100pixels.
CompareComparestheleftandrighteyeimagesusingadiagonalsplitscreen.
Youcansetthecomparisonmodeto25,50,or75%.
OptionDescriptionSettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia74nOnatwo-dimensionalmonitor,theleftandrightimagesaresuperimposedandslightlyoffset.
Thisresultsinaghostedorblurredlook.
Onastereoscopicdisplaywithappropriate3Dglasses,theimagewillbein3D.
Toselectastereoscopicviewforfull-screenplayback(onasoftware-onlysystem):1.
IntheSettingstaboftheProjectwindow,double-clickFull-ScreenPlayback.
TheFull-ScreenPlaybackSettingsdialogboxopens.
2.
SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheS3DViewlist:OptionDescriptionOffDisplaystheimageasdictatedbythestereoscopicprojectsettings.
MixDisplaysa50/50blendofboththeleftandrighteyeimages.
DifferenceDisplaysablendofbothleftandrighteyes,andhighlightsthedifferencebetweenthetwo.
Differencesareindicatedwithgreypixels.
FrameCompatibleDisplaysboththeleftandrighteyeimagesasdictatedbytheprojectsettings(side/sideorover/under).
FullFrameOnlyavailablewithastereo3D-compatibledisplay.
Projectstheleftandrightimagessothatyoucanviewthecontentinstereoscopic3D.
MonoDisplaysonlyoneofthestereoscopicimages.
LeftDisplaysonlythelefteyeimage.
RightDisplaysonlytherighteyeimage.
LeadingeyeDisplaysonlytheimagesetastheleadingeyeonthemasterclip.
AnaglyphDisplaysablendedimagewithpixelsforeacheyecorrespondingtooneofthefollowingcoloroptions.
Red-CyanUsesredforthelefteyeandcyanfortheright.
Green-MagentaUsesgreenforthelefteyeandmagentafortheright.
Amber-BlueUsesamberforthelefteyeandbluefortheright.
B/WAnaglyphDisplaysablendedmonochromeimagewithcolorhighlightsonlywheretherearedifferencesintheleftandrighteye.
Thepixelsineacheyeimagecanbemappedtothefollowingcoloroptions:B/WRed-CyanShowsdifferencesinredandcyanfortheleftandrighteyesrespectively.
B/WGreen-MagentaShowsdifferencesingreenandmagentafortheleftandrighteyesrespectively.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia753.
SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheS3DOverlaylist:4.
ClickOK.
Whenyouloadaclip,theComposerwindoworthefull-screenplaybackdisplayusestheviewmodeyouselected.
Toviewfullscreenstereoscopicplayback:1.
IntheFullScreenPlaybackSettingsdialog,settheS3DViewtoFullFrame.
2.
Loadasequencewithstereoscopicmaterialintotherecordmonitor.
CheckerboardWhenthisoptionisselected,yourAvideditingapplicationdisplaystheleftandtherightimagessimultaneouslyforstereoscopicviewing.
Theterm"checkerboard"referstothewayinwhichblocksoftheleftandrightimagesaredisplayedforstereoscopicviewing.
Blocksareapproximatelynxnpixelsinsize.
CompareComparestheleftandrighteyeimagesusingadiagonalsplitscreen.
Youcansetthecomparisonmodeto25,50,or75%.
FollowSourceorRecordDisplaysstereoscopicmaterialbasedontheviewermodeselectedfortheSource/Recordmonitors.
Ifthesource/recordmonitorsaresettotwodifferentviewmodes,thenitusesthemonitorthatishighlightedandcurrentlyactive.
OptionDescriptionOptionDescriptionOffDoesnotdisplayanydisparityguidesontheviewer.
Thefollowingoptionsdisplaydisparityguidesontheviewersothatyoucanseethedepthbudgetlimitswhenadjustingtheseparationbetweenyourstereo3Dimages.
TheguidesforParallaxarebasedontheproject'sS3Dsettings(setfromtheProjectwindow,Settingstab).
Forabetterunderstandingofparallaxandthedisparityguides,see"SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions"onpage76.
ParallaxNearDisplaysgreenguidesthatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearinfrontofthescreenplane.
ParallaxFarDisplaysblueguidesthatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearbehindthescreenplane.
ParallaxNear/FarDisplaysbothguides(greenandblue)thatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearinfrontandbehindthescreenplane.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia763.
Turnonyour3Dglasses.
Thevideooutputwillberoutedtoyour3D-compatibledisplay,andtheemittershouldglowbrightgreen.
ViewingStereoscopicMaterialonaAvidNitrisSystemAstereoscopic3DTVorprojectorcanbeconnectedtoyourAvidsystemviatheAvidNitrisinput/outputhardware.
Referto"Stereoscopic3DConfigurationwithAvidNitrisHardware"onpage22.
nRefertothevendor'sdocumentationforsettingtheappropriateviewmodeonyourdisplay.
Theformatdisplayedontheoutputdeviceisdeterminedbytheprojectsettings.
Youcan,however,setyourmonitortoviewthiscontentinadifferentmode.
Forexample,youcanworkwithaframecompatibleformatintheeditingapplicationandstillviewtheresultingimagesinstereoscopic3Donyourconnecteddisplaydevice.
cTheS3Dviewmodethatyouselectherewilloverridethestereoscopicprojectsettingandwillalsobeusedforoutputofyoursequencewhenyoudoadigitalcut.
Toselectastereoscopicviewforyour3DTVorProjector:1.
SelectTools>VideoOutputTool.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia772.
SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheS3DViewlist:OptionDescriptionFollowProjectDisplaystheimageasdictatedbythestereoscopicprojectsettings.
MixDisplaysa50/50blendofboththeleftandrighteyeimages.
DifferenceDisplaysablendofbothleftandrighteyes,andhighlightsthedifferencebetweenthetwo.
Differencesareindicatedwithgreypixels.
FrameCompatibleDisplaysboththeleftandrighteyeimagesathalfresolutionasdictatedbytheprojectsettings(side/sideorover/under).
FullFrameDisplaysboththeleftandrightimagesatfullresolutionforviewinginstereoscopic3D.
MonoDisplaysonlyoneofthestereoscopicimages.
LeftDisplaysonlythelefteyeimage.
RightDisplaysonlytherighteyeimage.
LeadingeyeDisplaysonlytheimagesetastheleadingeyeonthemasterclip.
AnaglyphDisplaysablendedimagewithpixelsforeacheyecorrespondingtooneofthefollowingcoloroptions.
Red-CyanUsesredforthelefteyeandcyanfortheright.
Green-MagentaUsesgreenforthelefteyeandmagentafortheright.
Amber-BlueUsesamberforthelefteyeandbluefortheright.
B/WAnaglyphDisplaysablendedmonochromeimagewithcolorhighlightsonlywheretherearedifferencesintheleftandrighteye.
Thepixelsineacheyeimagecanbemappedtothefollowingcoloroptions:B/WRed-CyanShowsdifferencesinredandcyanfortheleftandrighteyesrespectively.
B/WGreen-MagentaShowsdifferencesingreenandmagentafortheleftandrighteyesrespectively.
CheckerboardWhenthisoptionisselected,yourAvideditingapplicationdisplaystheleftandtherightimagessimultaneouslyforstereoscopicviewing.
Theterm"checkerboard"referstothewayinwhichblocksoftheleftandrightimagesaredisplayedforstereoscopicviewing.
Blocksareapproximatelynxnpixelsinsize.
SettingtheViewerModeswhenworkingwithStereoscopicMedia783.
SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheS3DOverlaylist:4.
ClickOK.
Whenyouloadaclip,theComposerwindoworthefull-screenplaybackdisplayusestheviewtypeyouselected.
CompareComparestheleftandrighteyeimagesusingadiagonalsplitscreen.
Youcansetthecomparisonmodeto25,50,or75%.
FollowS/RDisplaysstereoscopicmaterialbasedontheviewermodeselectedfortheSource/Recordviewers.
Ifthesource/recordviewersaresettotwodifferentviewmodes,thenitusestheviewerthatishighlightedandcurrentlyactive.
OptionDescriptionOptionDescriptionOffDoesnotdisplayanydisparityguidesontheviewer.
Thefollowingoptionsdisplaydisparityguidesontheviewersothatyoucanseethedepthbudgetlimitswhenadjustingtheseparationbetweenyourstereo3Dimages.
TheguidesforParallaxarebasedontheproject'sS3Dsettings(setfromtheProjectwindow,Settingstab).
Forabetterunderstandingofparallaxandthedisparityguides,see"SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions"onpage76.
ParallaxNearDisplaysgreenguidesthatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearinfrontofthescreenplane.
ParallaxFarDisplaysblueguidesthatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearbehindthescreenplane.
ParallaxNear/FarDisplaysbothguides(greenandblue)thatshowthelimitsforobjectsthatwillappearinfrontandbehindthescreenplane.
FollowS/RDisplaysstereoscopicmaterialbasedontheoverlaymodeselectedfortheSource/Recordviewers.
Ifthesource/recordviewersaresettotwodifferentviewmodes,thenitusestheviewerthatishighlightedandcurrentlyactive.
CustomizingyourViewersandTimelinetoViewStereoscopicContent79CustomizingyourViewersandTimelinetoViewStereoscopicContentTheCommandPalettebelowshowsthevariousstereoscopicviewmodeoptionsthatcanbemappedtobuttonsthatdisplayyourstereoscopiccontentoneachsource/recordmonitor,aswellasonthetimeline.
ToaccesstheS3Dcommandpalette:1.
SelectTools>CommandPalette.
2.
SelecttheStereotab.
3.
Forinformationonaddingthesebuttonstoyourviewersortimeline,see"MappingUser-SelectableButtons"intheonlinehelp.
nWhenyouaddtheStereoMenubuttontoyourviewer,itwillprovideyouafullmenuofStereo3Dviewcommands.
Toaccessthemenu,usetheright-clickonyourmouse.
CustomizingyourViewersandTimelinetoViewStereoscopicContent80ExampleofviewercustomizedwithbuttonsforstereoscopicmonitoringStereo3Dbuttons8MakingCorrectionstoStereoscopicClipsSomethird-partyapplicationscandothetemporal,spatial,vergence,andcolorimetricalignmentofstereoscopicfootageaspartofthedailiescreationprocess.
Ifyouareusingmediathathasalreadybeencorrected,itisunlikelythatyouwillneedtomakefurtherchanges.
Ifnecessary,theAvideditingapplicationdoesincludeanumberoftoolsthatyoucanusetomakecorrectionstostereoscopicclipsbeforetheyareusedonthetimeline.
Theeyeorientation,spatialortemporalalignment,andcolorimetricpropertiescanbecorrecteddirectlyonstereoscopicclipsinthebin.
Byfixingtheseclipsatthesourcelevelyouensuretheintegrityoftheimagesanddatawhentheyareuseddownstreamintheeditingpipeline.
Italsoavoidseditorshavingtomakerepeatedcorrectionstothestereoscopicclipsaftertheyareplacedonthetimeline.
nTip:Avidrecommendsthatyouapplythesource-sidecorrectionstothefulllengthstereoscopicclips,beforeyoubegincreatinganysubclips.
Somecorrectionscanbemadesimplybychangingcertainstereoscopicproperties,whileothersrequirethatyouapplyasource-sideeffect.
Herearethesomeofthestereoscopicissuesthatyoucancorrect:ErrorstobecorrectedMethodIftheeyesneedtobegeometricallyaligned,orthedisparitybetweenthetwoeyesneedstobeadjusted.
ApplytheSpatialAlignmentEffect—see"FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors"onpage78.
Ifyouneedtomatchandnormalizethecolorsbetweentheeyes.
ApplytheColorAlignmentEffecttocorrecteacheyeindividually—see"FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors"onpage78.
Ifoneoftheeyesisnotsynchronizedintimewiththeother.
Right-clickonthestereoscopicclipandselectUpdateStereoscopicClips.
OffsettheframesintheappropriateS3Dchanneltomatchwiththeothers—see"UpdateStereoscopicClipsDialog"onpage62.
SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions82Afterapplyingsource-sideeffectstostereoscopicclips,youhavethecapabilitytopushallthechangesinthebintowherevertheyareusedinaselectedsequence—see"UpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrections"onpage82.
SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensionsUsethefollowingsettingstoenterthedepthbudgetforyourprojectsothatyourAvideditingapplicationcanprovideyouwithparallaxguidesfortheadjustmentofvergencepointsanddepthinyourstereoscopic3Dimages.
Theseoptionsareavailablefortheoverallprojectandnotonashotbyshotbasis.
Youshouldalsoenterthedimensionsaccordingtotheprojectionformatofthedisplayforthefinaldeliverable.
Thedepthbudgetisthemaximumrecommendedamountof3Ddepthinfrontofandbehindthedisplayscreen.
Theamountofdepthbudgetdependsontheaverageviewingdistancefromthescreen,thesizeofthescreen,andtheresolutionoftheprojectedimage.
Thesedepthbudgetlimitsarenormallydefinedaspartofthedeliverablesfromthebroadcasterorstudio.
ToentertheS3DSettingsfortheproject:1.
FromtheProjectwindow,selecttheSettingstab.
2.
Double-clickS3D.
Iftheleftandrighteyesareswapped.
Forfullframeclips,changetheS3DChannelfortheleftandrighteyemasterclips.
Forframecompatibleclips,changetheS3DEyeOrdersetting.
See"BinSettingsforStereoscopicClips"onpage53.
Iftheimagecomingfromthecameraisinverted(e.
g.
inthecaseofabeamsplitterrigconfiguration).
Forfullframeclips,changetheS3DInversionforeithertheleftandrighteyemasterclips.
Forframecompatibleclips,changetheInversionRsettingtofliptherightsideofimageeitherhorizontallyorvertically,orboth.
See"BinSettingsforStereoscopicClips"onpage53.
ErrorstobecorrectedMethodSettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions83TheS3DSettingsdialogdisplays.
3.
Enterthenecessaryparametersasdescribedbelow,andclickOk.
S3DSettingsSCREENPLANEDEPTHLIMIT:FAR(POSITIVESPACE)DEPTHLIMIT:NEAR(NEGATIVESPACE)INTEROCULARDISTANCE(EYESEPARATION)CONVERGENCEPOINT:NEARCONVERGENCEPOINT:FARLEFTRIGHTLEFTEYERIGHTEYERIGHTLEFTVIEWINGDISTANCEOptionDescriptionUnitSystemChoosebetweenImperialorMetricunitsofmeasure.
ViewingDistanceEntertheaveragedistancebetweentheaudienceandthescreen.
ScreenWidthEnterthewidthofthescreenforwhichthefinaloutputwillbedelivered.
RasterResolutionEntertheresolutionatwhichthefinaloutputwillbeprojected.
EyeSeparationSettheaverageinteroculardistancebetweenhumaneyes(thedefaultis6.
35cm).
DepthLimitNearEnterthedepthbudgetavailableinfrontofthescreen.
Thisisalwaysanegativevalue.
DepthLimitFarEnterthedepthbudgetavailablebehindthescreen.
Thisisalwaysapositivevalue.
ParallaxNear/FarThesedistancesareautomaticallycalculatedasapercentageofthenearandfardepthlimits.
Ifyousetthedrop-downbuttontomanual,youmayoverridethecalculatedsettings.
FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors84FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrorsSpatialorcoloralignmenterrorscanbeadjustedbyapplyingsource-sideeffectsdirectlytothestereoscopicclipsinthebins.
ThestereoscopicclipmustbeloadedintotheSourcemonitorsothatyoucanapplythenecessaryadjustmentswhileinStereoCorrectionmode.
Thisstereoscopicclipmusthavethesameframerateastheprojectframerateinorderforyoutoperformthesourcesidealignments.
nOnthetimeline,atinygreendotwilldisplayonstereoscopicclipsthathaveasource-sideeffectapplied.
Also,ifasource-sideeffectisnotplayableinreal-time,aredbarwillappearoverthecliptoindicatethatitrequiresrendering.
Toapplyasource-sideeffecttoastereoscopicclip:1.
SelectastereoscopicclipinthebinandloaditintheSourcemonitor.
2.
ClicktheToggleSource/RecordinTimelinebutton.
Bydefault,theTimelinedisplaysonlytheavailabletracksforthesourcematerial.
Boththebuttonandthepositionindicatorturngreentoindicatethatyouareviewingsourcematerial.
3.
ClickontheStereoCorrectionModebuttoninthetoolbarontheleft.
nThisbuttonisonlyavailableifyourprojectsettingissettoStereoscopic.
Threeviewersareavailableinthismode—Left,Output,andRight.
TheOutputmonitor(centerviewer)showsbotheyessidebysidesothatyoucancloselycomparebothimages.
Bydefault,theColorCorrectioneffectisdisplayed,butyoucanalsoopentheSpatialAlignmenteffectinordertocorrectgeometricalerrors.
OpenthiseffectbyclickingtheAddSpatialCorrectionEffectbuttonlocatedjustundertheOutputmonitor.
Asarule,applyyourcolorcorrectionfixesbeforeyouadjustthespatialalignment.
FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors85-Tofixcoloralignmentissuesbetweentheeyes—see"ColorCorrectingStereoscopicClips(Source-Side)"onpage79.
-Tofixspatialalignmentissues—see"FixingSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips(Source-Side)"onpage79.
ColorCorrectingStereoscopicClips(Source-Side)Thereareoftencaseswhereyouneedtocorrectcolordifferencesacrossbotheyes.
Theseerrorscanbesignificantlymorepronouncedwhenusingabeamsplitterrig.
TheSource-sideColorAlignmenteffectallowsyoutomatchandnormalizethecolorsbetweentheeyes.
Thiseffectisapplieddirectlyontheclipinthebinsothatthecorrectionsareappliedatsource.
nIfyouhaveanAvidArtistColorcontrollerandhaveinstalledtheEuControlapplication,youcanselecttheEUCON(ExtendedUserControl)deviceasyourmediacontroller.
Thenyoucanusethedeviceforcolorcorrectioneditswithyourstereoscopicclips.
Formoreinformation,see"UsingAvidArtistColor"intheWhat'sNewGuideforyourAvideditingapplication.
Tocolorcorrecttheeyes:1.
LoadthestereoscopicclipintotheSourcemonitorandinvoketheStereoCorrectionmodeasdirectedin"FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors"onpage78.
2.
Selecttheviewerrepresentingtheeyethatyouwanttocorrect.
3.
Usethecolorwheelstoadjustthecolor.
Forgeneralinformationoncolorcorrectingyourimages,referto"PerformingColorCorrections"intheHelp.
4.
Afterthenecessarycorrectionsaremade,clickontheToggleSource/RecordinTimelinebuttontoexittheStereoCorrectionmode.
FixingSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips(Source-Side)Ifthereareanyverticalorrotationalalignmentsthatneedtobedoneontherightandlefteyes,youcanapplytheSource-sideSpatialAlignmentEffecttomakethecorrectionsdirectlytothestereoscopicclipinthebin.
Thiseffectmayalsobeusedifyouneedtocropoutedgeviolationsoradjustdisparitybetweenthetwoeyes.
FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors86Toloadtheeffect:1.
Ifyouareapplyingthiseffectonthesourceclipinthebin,loadthestereoscopicclipintotheSourcemonitorandinvoketheStereoCorrectionmodeasdirectedin"FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors"onpage78.
Ifyouareapplyingthiseffectonaclipthatisalreadyonthetimeline,see"ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline"onpage90.
nTheColorCorrectionviewwillremainopen.
Youmayminimizethisview,butdonotcloseitasdoingsowillclosetheStereoCorrectionmodealtogether.
2.
SelecttheOutputviewerandclicktheSpatialCorrectionbuttonintheviewertoolbartoopentheSpatialCorrectionEffecteditor.
Tofixspatialalignment:1.
IntheEffectEditor,expandtheS3DSpatialAlignmentgrouptoviewtheparametersthatallowyoutoadjusttheimages.
2.
ExpandtheAlignmentgroupandtherespectiveRightandLefteyegroups.
3.
SelectthenecessaryoptionsundertheAlignmentgrouptomove,scale,rotateorsheartheimages—see"S3DSpatialAlignmentEffectEditorReference"onpage81.
FixingSpatialorColorAlignmentErrors874.
Ifyouneedtoconvergeordivergethetwoeyes,expandtheVergencegroupandsee"AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages"onpage92.
5.
Ifyouneedtocropthetwoeyes—see"CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClips"onpage98.
6.
Movingtheimagesmayresultinblackareasappearingaroundtheedges.
YoucanexpandtheZoomgroupandselecttheAuto-Zoomoptionwhichscalestheimagestocropouttheblackareas.
YoucanalsousetheZoomslidertomanuallyscaletheimage.
7.
Afterthenecessarycorrectionsaremade,clickontheToggleSource/RecordinTimelinebuttontoexittheStereoCorrectionmode.
S3DSpatialAlignmentEffectEditorReferenceTheS3DSpatialAlignmenteffectcontainsalignmenttoolswithtranslation,scaling,shearingandrotationalcontrols.
ItalsoincludestheVergenceandFloatingWindoweffectsthatallowyoutoadjustthedisparitybetweentheleftandrighteyeimages.
UseAlt+clicktoreseteachofthecontrolstozero.
OptionDescriptionAllalignmentcontrolsareavailableforeithertheleft,right,orbotheyes:LefteyeAdjustonlythelefteye.
RighteyeAdjustonlytherighteye.
GlobalAdjustboththeleftandrighteyessimultaneouslyThefollowingoperationscanbeperformedforeacheye:TranslationRepositionstheimagealongXandYaxes.
XMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttomovetheimagehorizontally.
YMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttomovetheimagevertically.
CenterAllowsyoutorepositionthecenterpointoftheimagebymovingtheXandYsliders.
Allalignmentoperationswillbebasedonthiscenterpoint.
UpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrections88Youcansetkeyframesatcertainpointsintimetoanimatethechangestoeachimage—see"ManipulatingAdvancedKeyframes"intheonlineHelp.
UpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrectionsSource-sideeffectscanonlybeappliedtoclipsinabin.
Afterapplyingasource-sideeffecttoastereoscopicclip,youhavethecapabilitytopushallchangesinthebintothesameclipsonthetimeline.
nTheoriginalmasterclipsfeedingintothestereoscopiccliparenotaffected.
Thesource-sideeffectisonlyappliedtothestereoscopicclip.
Toupdateasequenceonthetimelinewithanysource-sidecorrections:tInthebin,right-clickonthesequencethatyouwanttoupdate,andselectRefreshSequence>StereoCorrectionEffects.
ScalingScalestheimage.
XMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttoscaletheimagehorizontally.
YMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttoscaletheimagevertically.
FixedAspectScalestheimageproportionally.
ShearingSkewstheimageverticallyorhorizontally.
RotationRotatestheimage.
XMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttorotatetheimagearoundtheXaxis.
Maximumrotationis20%.
YMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttorotatetheimagearoundtheYaxis.
Maximumrotationis20%.
ZMovetheslidereitherrightorlefttorotatetheimagearoundtheZaxis.
Maximumrotationis20%.
OptionDescriptionUpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrections89Allsource-sidecorrectionsthatyouhaveappliedtothestereoscopicclipswillbepushedtothesequence.
UpdatingaSequencewithStereoscopicClipCorrections90919EditingStereoscopicClipsontheTimelineTheprojectformatsettingsdictatethewayinwhichtheapplicationhandlesmaterialthatisplacedontheTimelineforediting.
WhenyoueditthestereoscopicclipsontheTimeline,theapplicationautomaticallyreformatsthemaccordingtotheprojectsettings.
Forexample,ifyoudropafullframestereoscopicclipontheTimelinewheretheprojectsettingsaresettoSidebySide,thetwoseparateleftandrightstreamsareautomaticallycombinedtoproduceaframecompatiblesidebysideformat.
Similarly,whileeditingtheroughcut,youcanchoosetoworkwithasingleeyeinthedisplaymonitors.
Thiswillenableyoutoworkwithyourstereoscopicclipsasyouwouldinastandardmonoscopicsequence.
Mediawillonlyberendered,transcodedoroutputtotapeforoneeye—see"EditingStereoscopicClipswiththeLeadingEye"onpage87.
Similarly,youcanmixclipswithdifferentframeratesandcolorspacesettingsontheTimeline.
Allreformattingisdoneinreal-timeduringplayback.
YoucanchangethestereoscopicformatatanytimeintheFormattaboftheProjectwindow.
Youcanalsoswitchyourprojectbetweenmonoandstereoscopic.
TheAvideditingapplicationwilladjustaccordinglyasdescribedinthefollowingscenarios:IfyouswitchtheStereoscopicoptionOffforyourproject,anystereoscopicclipsintheTimelinewillbetreatedasiftheyaremonoclips,andonlytheleadingeyeimagewillbeused.
Anyeffectsappliedtothestereoscopicclipswillremainandwillbeappliedonlytotheleadingeyeimage.
However,anysettingsthatapplytobothimages(suchasconvergencesettings),willbedisabled.
Ifyouusemonoclipsinastereoscopicproject,theTimelinewilldisplayanymonoclipsasiftheyarestereoscopicclips,usingidenticalimagesfortheleftandrighteyes.
Alsonotethatdespitetheprojectformatsettings,thesourceandrecordmonitors(andotherdisplaydevices)canbesetdifferentlytoviewyourclips.
Formoreinformation,see"MonitoringStereoscopicFootage"onpage65.
EditingFunctionsthatApplytoStereoscopicClips92EditingFunctionsthatApplytoStereoscopicClipsWhenstereoscopicclipsareplacedontheTimeline,theobjectsdonotlookanydifferentthanstandardmonoscopicclips.
Theycanbeeditedintheusualmannerwithafewspecificstereoscopicfeaturesthatarenotedbelow:nItisimportantthatyouunderstandthestereoscopicclipmodelbeforeyoubegineditingyourfootage—see"WhatisaStereoscopicClip"onpage51.
FunctionDescriptionAudioWhenyoucreatestereoscopicclips,theaudiotracksfromthesourcemasterclipsareautomaticallyrecreatedonthestereoscopicclip.
Inthecaseofafullframeclip,thetracksfromthelefteyearelistedfirst,followedbythetracksfromtherighteye.
Anystereoaudiogroupingsarepreserved.
ConsolidateWhenyouselectastereoscopicclip,stereoscopicsubclip,orsequenceinthebin,theapplicationfindsthemediausedbytheseclipsorsequence,andmakescopiesofthemediaonthetargetdrivethatyouspecify.
Sincestereoscopicclipsmayhavevariouscontributingmasterclips(left,right,sidebyside,etc.
),therequiredportionsofthemediafromallcontributorsiscopied.
DecomposeNewstereoscopicandcontributingmasterclipswillbecreatedforallclipsusedintheselectedsequence.
Asusual,thenewclipswillbebasedonlyonthelengthseditedintoasequence.
DeleteIfyouselectastereoscopicclipfordeletion,youwillhavetheoptiontodeletethestereoscopicclip,and/orthemediaassociatedwiththecontributingmasterclips.
Thecontributingmasterclipsthemselvesarenotdeleted.
RevealfileIfyouselectastereoscopicclip,itwillrevealallmediaassociatedwiththecontributingmasterclips.
Thisincludesthelefteye,righteye,framecompatiblemedia,andallresolutions.
EditingStereoscopicClipswiththeLeadingEye93EditingStereoscopicClipswiththeLeadingEyeAcommonapproachwheneditingistodomostofyourworkwhileviewingeithertheleftortherightimage.
Thissavestimewhenrenderingofeffects,aswellasspaceonyoursystemforstorageofthemedia.
Yourfacilitymighthavecommonstandardsforwhichimagetousewhileeditingfullframestereoscopicmaterial.
SubclipsYoucancreatesubclipsofstereoscopicclipsinthesamewayasstandardclips.
Whentheyarecreated,theyhavetheS3D.
Subextension.
Stereoscopicsubclipsreferencethecontributingmasterclips,andthemasterclipspointtothemedia.
Therefore,whenyoudeleteasubclip,itdoesnotdeleteanymedia.
nTip:Beforeyoubegincreatinganysubclips,Avidrecommendsthatyoufirstmergeanyadditionalmetadatathatappliestoyourmasterclips,andapplynecessarysource-sidecorrectionstothefulllengthclips.
MixdownTheresultofthemixdownwillbeinthesameS3Dformatastheproject.
Forinstance,ifyourprojectissettoSidebySide,youwillendupwithaSidebySidemasterclipaccompaniedwithaS3Dclipthatreferencesit.
Similarly,forfullframe,youwillgetaleftandarightmasterclip,alongwithaS3Dclip.
RenderWhenyourenderyoureffects,mediaisgeneratedbasedonthestereoscopicformatselectedintheprojectsettings.
Forexample,ifyouareworkinginfullframe,twofullframeprecomputeswillbegenerated(oneforeacheye).
Similarly,ifyourprojectissettoLefteyeonly,thenonlythelefteyeprecomputeisgenerated.
Afterprecomputesaregeneratedfortheclips,andyouchangethestereoscopicformat,thenonlymediathatmatchesthecurrentprojectformatwillbedisplayed.
Ifnomatchingmediacanbefound,theeffectwillshowasunrendered.
TranscodeThestereoscopicprojectsettingisnotusedincaseoftranscodes.
Whenyoutranscodeyoursterescopicclips,eachcontributingmasterclipistranscodedindividually.
Thereforetranscodingasidebysideclipwillalwaysproducesidebysidemediaregardlessoftheprojectsetting.
FunctionDescriptionEditingStereoscopicClipswiththeLeadingEye94Youcanindicatewhichoftheclipscontributingtothestereoscopicclipwillbeusedastheleadingeye.
Typically,thisisthenon-reflectedor"heroeye"fromthecamerarig.
TheleadingeyeissetintheS3DLeadingEyecolumninthebin,andcanbesetonaclipbyclipbasis.
WhenyousetthestereoscopicprojectsettingtoLeadingEye,theapplicationautomaticallyusestheclipsmarkedastheleadingeye.
Tousetheleadingeyeforalleditingfunctions:1.
Inthebinview,selecttheFormattab.
2.
SettheStereoscopicoptiontoLeadingEye.
Bydefault,thelefteyeistheleadingeye.
Tosettheleadingeyetoadifferentclip,youmustchangethemasterclips'leadingeyeattribute—see"BinSettingsforStereoscopicClips"onpage53.
Foranyfullframestereoscopic(S3D)clipsplacedontheTimeline,theleadingeyewillbeusedforediting.
Thisalsomeansthatonlymediaforthelefteyewillbegeneratedforanyrenderedortranscodedclips.
Beforeyougenerateyourfinaloutputforstereoscopicdelivery,youmustswitchbacktofullframeandre-renderyourTimeline.
10ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsEffectsinyourAvideditingapplicationareavailableunderanumberofgroupings,andcanbeappliedindifferentways.
Alltheseeffectscanbeappliedtostereoscopicsegmentsortransitionsjustastheywouldwithstandardsequences;andtheycanbeappliedtobothfullframeorframecompatiblemedia.
Bydefault,anyeffectsappliedtostereoscopicclipswillbeappliedtobotheyes.
Ifnecessary,youcanchangethestereoscopicsettingintheEffectsEditortoapplyittojustoneoftheeyes.
Thestereoscopicsettingisavailableforalleffects,includingthird-partyAVX2effects.
Someeffects,liketheTitletool,havespecificstereoscopicsettingstoadjusttheparallaxbetweenthetwoeyes.
Formoreinformation,see"AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages"onpage92.
Therearealsootherstereoscopic-specificeffectsthatareavailablejusttohandleissuesinstereoscopicprojects.
TheseeffectscanbefoundundertheS3DgroupintheEffectPalette.
Theinformationinthissectiondescribescertaintechniquesforapplyingeffectstostereoscopicclips.
Forgeneralinformationonapplyingeffects,referto"EffectsConceptsandSettings"intheHelp.
EffectDescriptionStereoFloatingWindowAllowsyoutocropoutanunwantedareaofeithertheleftorrighteyeimage.
Forexample,croppingoutedgeviolationsthatarevisibleinoneeyebutnottheother.
StereoVergenceAllowsyoutoadjustthedisparitybetweenthetwoeyes.
StereoDepthTransitionWhentransitioningfromonecliptoanother,thiseffectallowsyoutoadjustthedepthontheoutgoingandincomingclipsforaseamlesstransition.
StereoSpatialAlignmentAllowsyoutorealignleftandrighteyeimagesusingtranslation,scaling,shearingorrotationalcontrols.
ThiseffectcontainsalignmenttoolsaswellastheVergenceandFloatingWindoweffects.
ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline96ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsontheTimelineWhenworkingwithstereoscopicmaterial,youcancontrolwhetheraneffectorcolorcorrectionappliestojustoneoftheeyeimages,ortobothofthem.
Inmostcases,youwanttheeffectorcolorcorrectiontoapplytobothoftheeyeimages.
Forexample,ifyouapplyaDissolveeffectbetweentwostereoscopicsegments,youwanttheeffecttoapplytobotheyeswiththesamepositionanddurationvalues.
Insomesituations,youmightwanttoapplyaneffectoracolorcorrectiontotheimagefromoneeyeonly.
(Forexample,youmightuseScratchRemovaltoremoveascratchonthelefteyeimage)Toachievethesekindsofeffects,applytheeffecttoLeftOnlyortoRightOnly,dependingonwhicheyeimagerequiresadjustment.
Incaseswhereoneeyeneedsdifferentadjustmentsthantheother,youwillneedtoapplytheeffecttwice—oneonthelefteyeandanotherontherighteye.
Thisallowsyoutosetdifferentparametersforeacheye.
nYoucanstackmultipleeffectsonaclipbypressingtheALTkeyasyoudraganeffectfromthepalettetothecliponthetimeline.
KeeptheEffectEditoropensothatyoucanseealltheeffectsappliedontheclip.
Rememberthatsomeeffectsarenotappropriateforstereoscopicmaterial,orrequirecarefuluseandagoodunderstandingofhowstereoscopicimageswork.
Forexample,someeffectscanchangetheamountofseparationbetweenthetwoeyeimagesanddisruptthethree-dimensionallook.
Inmostcases,it'sbesttosettheComposerviewstoshowjustoneeye.
Thisgivesyouabetterperspectivewhenapplyingyoureffect,especiallyincaseswhereyouarepaintingoraddingtextonanimage.
Toapplyaneffecttoastereoscopicsegment:1.
SelectTools>EffectPalette.
2.
Choosetheappropriateeffectgroup.
Alistofeffectswilldisplayontheright.
3.
Selecttheeffectthatyouwanttoapply,dragitoverthetransitionorsegmentintheTimeline,andreleasethemousebutton.
4.
OpentheEffectEditorbyselectingTools>EffectEditor.
Alltheeffectparameterswilldisplay.
ApplyingEffectstoStereoscopicClipsontheTimeline97Whenyouapplystandardeffectswithinastereoscopicproject,theStereoscopicgroupofparameterswilldisplaytoallowyoutochooseifyouwanttoapplytheeffecttooneorbotheyes.
(TheseparametersarenotavailableforeffectsfromtheS3DgroupasitisassumedthatS3Deffectsarealwaysappliedtobotheyes.
)5.
Adjustallparametersasrequired.
Theeffectwillbeappliedasspecified.
Someeffectsareplayableimmediatelyinreal-timewhileothersmayneedrenderingbeforeyoucanviewtheresults.
Inthecaseofstereoscopicmaterial,changingtheviewmodewillnotrequireyoutore-renderyoureffect.
Forexample,ifyouswitchyourviewermodefromside/sidetoover/under,theapplicationwillsimplyrepositiontheimagesintheviewerwiththerenderedeffect.
IfyourstereoscopicprojectissettoFullFrameformat,twoprecomputefilesarecreatedforeacheffectwhenyourenderyoureffects.
StereoscopicoptionsApplyeffectonBOTHeyesDefault.
Appliesalltheparameterstobotheyes.
ApplyeffectonLEFTeyeONLYAppliesalltheparameterstothelefteyeonly.
ApplyeffectonRIGHTeyeONLYAppliesalltheparameterstotherighteyeonly.
AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages98AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImagesStereoscopiccamerashaveatleasttwoviewpointswhichsimulatethehumaneyes.
IntheAvideditingapplication,imagesfromthesetwoviewsaresimulatedtocreatetheillusionofathree-dimensionalpicture.
Thehorizontaldistancebetweencorrespondingpointsintheleftandrightimagesisknownasparallax,andiskeytoreproducingthestereoscopicdeptheffect.
Inastereoscopic3Dimage,objectscanappearonthescreenplane,infrontofthescreenplane,orbehindthescreenplane.
Objectsthatfallonthescreenplanehavenodisparitybetweentheleftandrightimages,andthuswillbeperfectlyinline.
Objectsthatarefurtherinthebackground,haveaconvergencepointthatfallsbehindthescreenplane.
Thismeansthattheseparticularobjectsintheimagearefurtherapartfromeachother.
Anyobjectsthatappeartobecomingoutofthescreentowardthevieweractuallyhaveaconvergencepointthatfallsinfrontofthescreenplane.
Theseobjectsintheimagearefurtherapartfromeachotherbutintheinversedirectionfromthosebehindthescreen.
Thereforetheobjectsintheleftimagewillappearfurthertotheright,andtheobjectsinrightimagewillappearfurthertotheleft.
(Refertotheillustrationbelowthatshowstheactualplacementoftheseimagesonthescreenplane.
)Objectsinfrontofthescreenarereferredtoasbeinginnegativespace,andobjectsbehindthescreenareinpositivespace.
AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages99Inordertoproduceacoherentimage,youmayneedtoadjusttheconvergencepointtoplacethedesiredobjectattheappropriatepositioninrelationtothescreenplane.
Youalsoneedtorespectthenearandfarlimitstokeeptheoverallviewingexperiencecomfortable.
Toallowtheeditingapplicationtoprovideyouwithguidelinesonkeepingyourimageswithintheproperdepthbudget,youneedtoprovidecertainparametersbasedontheviewingdimensionsofthefinaloutput.
TheseneedtobeenteredintheS3DsettingssothattheAvideditingapplicationcanbecalibratedforanydepthadjustmentsthatyouneedtomakeinyouroverallsequence.
ToentertheS3DSettingsfortheproject:1.
FromtheProjectwindow,selecttheSettingstab.
2.
Double-clickS3DSettings.
TheS3DSettingsdialogdisplays.
Enterthenecessaryparametersasdescribedin"SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions"onpage76.
Toadjustthedistancebetweeneyesusingthevergencecontrols:1.
Selectthecliponthetimelinethatrequiresdepthgrading.
2.
FromtheToolsmenu,selectEffectPalette.
3.
FromtheleftsideoftheEffectPalettewindow,selectS3D.
Alistofstereoscopiceffectsisdisplayedontheright.
SCREENPLANEDEPTHLIMIT:FAR(POSITIVESPACE)DEPTHLIMIT:NEAR(NEGATIVESPACE)INTEROCULARDISTANCE(EYESEPARATION)CONVERGENCEPOINT:NEARCONVERGENCEPOINT:FARLEFTRIGHTLEFTEYERIGHTEYERIGHTLEFTVIEWINGDISTANCEAdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages1004.
SelecttheS3DVergenceeffect.
Theeffectisappliedtotheselectedstereoscopiccliponthetimeline.
nOthereffectssuchasTitletool,Mattekeyand3DWarpalsohavevergencecontrols.
5.
SelectTools>EffectEditortoopentheS3DVergenceeffect.
Forparameterdescriptions,see"S3DVergenceEffectEditorReference"onpage95.
6.
Right-clickontheRecordorFSPviewerandsettheS3DmodetoMix,Difference,orAnaglyph.
Thisallowsyoutoseetheoverlapbetweenobjectsmoreclearly.
7.
Right-clickontheRecordorFSPviewerandsettheS3DOverlayModetoParallaxNear,ParallaxFarorboth.
Thisdisplaystheparallaxguidesontheviewersothatyoucanseethemaximumdepthallowedforyour3Dimages.
AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages101Thedepthbudgetforobjectsinfrontofthescreen(near)istheregionbetweentwoadjacentgreenlines.
Thedepthbudgetforobjectsbehindthescreen(far)istheregionbetweentwoadjacentbluelines.
Inordernottoexceedthedepthlimits,theoverlappingregionbetweenthetwoobjectsintheimagemustfallwithintheguides.
Keepinmindthattheguidesaresetfortheoverall3Dspaceofasequence,andtheyareusefulforlonger3Dsceneswhereyouneedtominimizeanyviewerdiscomfort.
Therefore,youmayhavemoreflexibilityinthedepthbudgetfromoneshottothenext(forexample,whenthecamerazoomsinorzoomsfarout).
Insomecases,whereyouwanttoheightentheimpactofa3Deffectforaverybrieflengthoftime,youmayexceedthesuggesteddepthbudget.
nIfthelinesareveryclosetogether,youmayneedtozoomintotheapplicationviewertomakevergenceadjustments.
8.
UsetheStereoVergenceslidertoconvergeordivergethetwoimages.
9.
Ifmovingtheimagescausesblackareastoappearalongthesides,thenyoucanselecttheAuto-Zoomoptionwhichscalestheimagestocropouttheblackareas.
YoucanalsodeselecttheAuto-ZoomandusetheZoomslidertomanuallyscaletheimage.
S3DVergenceEffectEditorReferenceTheS3DVergenceeffectcontainsalignmenttoolsthatallowyoutoadjustthedisparitybetweentheleftandrighteyeimages.
ParallaxGuidesDepthBudgetParallaxofLeftandRightimagesexceedsthedepthbudgetParallaxofLeftandRightimageswithinthedepthbudgetDepthBudgetAdjustingtheDepthbetweenStereoscopicTransitions102Youcansetkeyframesatcertainpointsintimetoanimatethechangestoeachimage—see"ManipulatingAdvancedKeyframes"intheHelp.
AdjustingtheDepthbetweenStereoscopicTransitionsItisimportanttoensuredepthcontinuityfromoneshottothenext.
Objectsneedtobekeptatthesamerelativedistancefromthescreenplanesothattheydon'tinappropriatelyjumpinandoutofthescene.
Fortheviewer,thiscanbeparticularlydiscomfortingduringfast-pacedactionsceneswithnumerouscuts.
ToentertheS3DSettingsfortheproject:1.
FromtheProjectwindow,selecttheSettingstab.
2.
Double-clickS3DSettings.
TheS3DSettingsdialogdisplays.
Enterthenecessaryparametersasdescribedin"SettingtheDepthBudgetandStereoscopicDimensions"onpage76.
Toapplythedepthtransition:1.
Selectthetransitionpointbetweentwoclipsonthetimeline.
2.
FromtheToolsmenu,selectEffectPalette.
OptionDescriptionDrop-downselection:SymmetricAllowsyoutoadjustbotheyesequally.
LockLeftEyeLocksthelefteyewhileyouadjusttherighteye.
LockRightEyeLockstherighteyewhileyouadjustthelefteye.
VergenceMovethesliderrightorlefttorepositiontheimagehorizontally.
Auto-ZoomAutomaticallyzoomsintoproportionallyscaletheimageandcropouttheblackareas.
Deselectthisoptionifyouprefertoperformthismanually.
ZoomMovethesliderleftorrighttomanuallyscaletheimagetocropouttheblackareas.
AdjustingtheDepthbetweenStereoscopicTransitions103nTheDepthTransitionisalsoavailableintheQuickTransitiondialogbox.
3.
FromtheleftsideoftheEffectPalettewindow,selectS3D.
Alistofstereoscopiceffectsisdisplayedontheright.
4.
DragtheDepthTransitioneffecttoacutpointonthetimeline.
Atransitionicondisplaysonthetimeline.
5.
SelecttheDepthTransitioniconandselectTools>EffectEditor.
6.
SettheS3DViewModeintheRecordmonitortoDifference.
Thisdisplaysablendofboththeleftandrighteyes,andhighlightsthedifferenceindepthwithdarkgreypixels.
7.
Adjustthevergenceoftheoutgoingshotwiththe'A-Side'slider,settingittoaneutralparallax.
Thiswillbethenewconvergencepointatthecut.
nReferto"AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages"onpage92formoreinformationonparallaxandhowitaffectsdepthperception.
8.
Similarly,adjustthevergenceoftheincomingshotwiththe'B-Side'slidertomatchthesameneutralparallax.
Atthecut,thiswillbethenewconvergencepointoftheincomingshot.
Thevergencewillautomaticallyanimatebetweenthetwoclips.
Theoutgoingclipanimatesfromtheoriginalconvergencepointatthebeginningofthetransitiontothenewneutralpositionatthecutpoint.
Theincomingclipanimatesfromthemodifiedconvergencepointtotheoriginalconvergencepointattheendofthetransition.
Thiswillautomaticallyanimatethegradualrefocusingofthedepthfromoneframetothenext.
CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClips1049.
Advanceframebyframethroughthetransitiontomakesurethatthedepthvelocityisn'ttooquickandnoticeable.
Ifitis,thenadjusttheA-orB-sideslidersaccordingly.
10.
Youmayalsoneedtoadjustthedurationofthetransition.
Theamountthatyoucanmovethevergenceslidersislimitedtothelengthofthetransition.
Youmayhavetoaddorremoveframesonyourclipstoallowenoughtimeforthedepthtorefocus.
11.
YoucanalsoapplyaDissolvetoblendthevideoimagesontheoutgoingframeswiththeincomingframes.
TheDissolvesliderallowsyoutosetthedissolvedurationtoapercentageofthetransitionduration.
S3DDepthTransitionEditorReferenceTheS3DDepthTransitioneffectcontainsalignmenttoolstoallowyoutomaintainthedepthasyoumakeatransitionfromoneshottothenext.
The3Ddepthofthefocalobjectintheoutgoingclipshouldbekeptsimilartothedepthofthefocalobjectintheincomingclip.
Youcansetkeyframesatcertainpointsintimetoanimatethechangestoeachimage—see"ManipulatingAdvancedKeyframes"intheHelp.
CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClipsTheFloatingWindoweffectisusefulifyouwanttoremoveedgeviolationsorreframeanimage.
Thiseffectisspecificallyforstereoscopicclipsasitallowsyoutoviewbotheyesandmakethechangestooneorbotheyessimultaneously.
OptionDescriptionA-SideVergenceAdjustthevergencebetweentheleftandrightimagesintheoutgoingclip.
B-SideVergenceAdjustthevergencebetweentheleftandrightimagesintheincomingclip.
Theapplicationwillanimatethevergenceastheoutgoingcliptransitionstotheincomingclip.
Thedepthrangewillgraduallyrefocusoverthespanoftheduration.
DissolveAppliesadissolveontheimagesthemselves.
Thisblendstheoutgoingframeswiththeincomingframesovertime.
CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClips105Tocropoutunwantedareas:1.
Selecttheappropriatecliponthetimeline,andsetyourrecordmonitormodetoasidebysideview.
2.
FromtheToolsmenu,selectEffectPalette.
3.
FromtheleftsideoftheEffectPalettewindow,selectS3D.
Alistofstereoscopiceffectsisdisplayedontheright.
4.
SelecttheS3DFloatingWindoweffect.
Theeffectisappliedtotheselectedstereoscopiccliponthetimeline.
nOthereffectssuchastheSpatialAlignmenteffectalsohavethesecontrols.
5.
SelectTools>EffectEditortodisplaytheFloatingWindoweffecteditor.
Forparameterdescriptions,see"S3DFloatingWindowEffectEditorReference"onpage99.
6.
Adjustthecontrolsasnecessary.
S3DFloatingWindowEffectEditorReferenceTheS3DFloatingWindoweffectcontainscontrolstoremoveedgeviolationsortoreframeanimage.
Thiseffectisspecificallyforstereoscopicclipsasitallowsyoutoviewbotheyesandmakethechangestooneorbotheyessimultaneously.
FixingtheSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips106Youcansetkeyframesatcertainpointsintimetoanimatethechangestoeachimage—see"ManipulatingAdvancedKeyframes"intheonlineHelp.
FixingtheSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClipsUsetheS3DSpatialAlignmenteffectifthereareanyverticalorrotationalalignmentsthatneedtobedoneontherightandlefteyes.
Thiseffectalsoincludestoolstocropoutedgeviolationsoradjusthorizontaldisparitybetweenthetwoeyes.
Thiseffectcanbeappliedeitheronthesourceclipsinthebin,oronclipsthatareonthetimeline.
Formoreinformationonapplyingtheeffectonthesourceclips,see"FixingSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips(Source-Side)"onpage79.
OptionDescriptionThefollowingcropcontrolsareavailablefortheleftandrighteyes:SymmetricAllowsyoutocropbotheyesequally.
LeftEyeCropsthelefteyeimage.
LeftMovetheslidertocroptheleftsideoftheimage.
RightMovetheslidertocroptherightsideoftheimage.
RightEyeCropstherighteyeimage.
LeftMovetheslidertocroptheleftsideoftheimage.
RightMovetheslidertocroptherightsideoftheimage.
FixingtheSpatialAlignmentonStereoscopicClips107Tofixspatialalignment:1.
IntheEffectEditor,expandtheS3DSpatialAlignmentgrouptoviewtheparametersthatallowyoutoadjusttheimages.
2.
ExpandtheAlignmentgroupandtherespectiveRightandLefteyegroups.
3.
SelectthenecessaryoptionsundertheAlignmentgrouptomove,scale,rotateorsheartheimages—see"S3DSpatialAlignmentEffectEditorReference"onpage81.
4.
Ifyouneedtoconvergeordivergethetwoeyes,expandtheVergencegroupandsee"AdjustingtheConvergencePointofStereoImages"onpage92.
5.
Ifyouneedtocropthetwoeyes—see"CroppingOutUnwantedAreasinStereoscopicClips"onpage98.
6.
Movingtheimagesmayresultinblackareasappearingaroundtheedges.
YoucanexpandtheZoomgroupandselecttheAuto-Zoomoptionwhichscalestheimagestocropouttheblackareas.
YoucanalsousetheZoomslidertomanuallyscaletheimage.
AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments108AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegmentsTitlesorothergraphicobjectsappliedinastereoscopicprojecthavecontrolsbuiltintotheireffecteditorstoallowyoutocreate3Deffectsthatemergefromthescreenplane.
nTitlesforstereoscopicprojectsmustbecreatedintheAvideditingapplication.
Youcannotimportthemfrom3rd-partyapplications.
Tocreateastereoscopictitle:1.
Movethepositionindicatortotheappropriatelocationonaclip.
2.
SelectClip>NewTitleorTools>TitleTool,andselecteitherMarqueeortheTitleTool.
3.
EnteryourTitleandsaveit.
Thisautomaticallycreatesanewclipwithanalphachannelinyourbin.
4.
Dragthetitleclipfromthebinoverasegmentonthetimelinewhereyouwanttoapplyit.
Thetitleeffectisattachedtotheleadingeyeclip.
5.
OpentheEffectEditor.
Thetitleisautomaticallyappliedtobotheyes.
AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments1096.
MovetheVergenceslidertoadjustthedistancebetweenthetwoeyesandcreateatitlethatappearsinfrontorbehindthescreenplane.
Keepthedistancebetweentheleftandrightimagesatarealisticpointsothattheresultingimagecanbeinterpretedcorrectlyandcomfortablybythehumaneye.
7.
Youcanalsopromotethistitletoa3Deffectbyclickingthe3DPromotebutton.
Thiswillgiveyouadditionalfeatureslike3Dborders,dropshadow,pagecurls,smoothcurvemovement,androtation.
AddingTitlestoStereoscopicSegments11011OutputtingStereoscopicProjectsYoucanoutputastereoscopicsequencetoabasebanddevice(suchasatapedeckordiscrecorder),oryoucanexportthesequencetoafileformatsuchasQuickTime.
Youcanalsoexportyoursequencetoanothersystemforfinishing.
AvideditingapplicationscanexportanAAF,ALE,orEDLfilethatcontainstheeditinginformation(metadata)fortheselectedsequence,alongwiththevideoandaudiomediafilesforthemasterclipswithinthesequence.
OutputtingStereoscopicSequencestoaBasebandDeviceSinceyoucanoutputstereoscopicsequencesinfullframeorframecompatibleformat,youshouldensurethattheproperformathasbeenselectedforoutput.
Framecompatibleformatrequiresasingleoutputstream,whereasfullframerequiresdual-streamoutput.
Thefullframeoutputcapabilitywilldependonyourhardwareinput/outputdevice—see"HardwareSupportforStandardandStereoscopicMedia"onpage113.
(Youmaycurrentlyonlyoutputtotapeinasinglepass.
)Bydefault,theapplicationwillusetheformatspecifiedbythestereoscopicprojectformat.
TheVideoOutputtoolalsohasvariousoptionstoallowoutputofmonoscopic,framecompatible,andfullframeformats.
ThisoptioncanbesetindependentlyofyourProjectformat—see"ViewingStereoscopicMaterialonaAvidNitrisSystem"onpage70.
Whenoutputtingstereoscopicsequencestoabasebanddevice,followthesameproceduresasyouwouldforstandardsequences—see"GeneratingOutput"intheMediaComposerhelp.
ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFilesThemediaformatsforwhichyoucanoutputstereoscopicmediaincludethefollowing—QuickTime(MOV,AVI),WindowsMedia(WMV),MPEG,HDV,DVStream,single-framegraphics(PNG,TIFF,BMP,etc.
).
ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles112Whenyouexportafullframestereoscopicsequence,separatemediafilesarecreatedfortheleftandrighteyes.
Ifyouexportaframecompatiblesequence,thenonemediafileiscreatedwithboththeleftandrighteyes.
Refertothetablebelowformorespecificdetails:Beforeyououtputyoursequence,referto"PreparingtoExportaSequence"intheHelpforyoureditingapplication.
StereoscopicFormatDescriptionResultingfilenamesFullFullframeformatthatusesboththeleftandrighteyeimagesinfullresolution.
Ifyouhaveanystandard(non-stereo)materialinthesequence,itwillusethesameimageforboththeleftandrighteye.
Filesarecreatedforeacheye,onewith_Landtheotherwith_R,forthemediaformatthatyouwanttooutput.
filename_L.
mediaformatfilename_R.
mediaformatSidebySideFramecompatibleformatthatusestheleftandrighteyeimagesonebesidetheotherusinghorizontalhalfresforeacheye.
Ifyouhaveanystandard(non-stereo)materialinthesequence,itwillusethesameimageinboththeleftandrightframes.
Asinglefileiscreatedandappendedwith_SS,forthemediaformatthatyouwanttooutput.
filename_SS.
mediaformatOver/UnderFramecompatibleformatthatusestheleftandrighteyeimagesoneovertheotherusingverticalhalfresforeacheye.
Ifyouhaveanystandard(non-stereo)materialinthesequence,itwillusethesameimageinboththetopandbottomframes.
Asinglefileiscreatedandappendedwith_OU,forthemediaformatthatyouwanttooutput.
filename_OU.
mediaformatLeadingeye,Lefteyeonly,Righteyeonly.
Usesonlytheimagefromthespecifiedeye.
Asinglefileiscreatedforthemediaformatthatyouwanttooutput.
filename.
mediaformatExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles113Toselectthesectionforexport:1.
Identifytheportionofthesequencethatyouwanttoexport.
nForinformationonsettingoptionsintheExportSettingsdialogbox,seetheHelp.
2.
Selectthecliporsequencebydoingoneofthefollowing:tClickthemonitorthatdisplaysthecliporsequenceyouwanttoexport.
tClickthecliporsequenceinabin.
Ctrl+click(Windows)orShift+click(Macintosh)toselectmultipleclipsorsequences.
3.
Dooneofthefollowing:tSelectFile>Export.
tRight-clickthecliporsequence,andthenselectExport.
TheExportAsdialogboxopenswithadefaultfilenameintheFilenametextbox(Windows)ortheSaveAstextbox(Macintosh),basedonthefiletype.
4.
ClicktheExportSettingmenu,andselectoneofthepredeterminedsettings.
Thismenuliststhepossibleformatsinwhichyoucanexportyourselection.
Italsodeterminesthetypeoffile(s)thatwillbeexported.
Forexample,ifyouselectSorensonSqueeze,thenaQuickTimereferencefilewillbeexported.
Herearethepossibleoptionswhenexportingtomediafiles:OptionDescriptionToexportspecifictracksinacliporsequence:EnablethetracksintheTrackSelectorpanel,anddisableallothers.
EnsurethatUseEnabledTracksisselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexportasingle-framegraphic:MarkanINpointtoexportthemarkedframefromabinoramonitor,ormovethepositionindicatortotheframeyouwanttoexport.
EnsurethatUseMarksisselectedandthatSequentialFilesisdeselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexportpartofacliporsequence:MarkINandOUTpointstoexportthemarkedrangefromabinoramonitor.
IfyoumarkanINpointandnoOUTpoint,yourAvideditingapplicationexportsfromtheINpointtotheendofthecliporsequence.
EnsurethatUseMarksisselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexporttheentirecliporsequence:Makesurethetopmosttrackismonitored.
EnsurethatUseEnabledTracksandUseMarksaredeselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
ExportingStereoscopicSequencestoMediaFiles114nIfnoneofthesemeetyourneeds,thenselectUntitledandclickOptionstocreateacustomizedexportsetting.
5.
IfyouwanttoviewormodifythecurrentExportSetting,clickOptions.
TheExportSettingsdialogboxopens.
Theexportsettingsforsomeformatscanbecomplicated.
Insomecases,optionsintheExportSettingsdialogboxopenadditionaldialogboxeswithfurtheroptions.
IfyouaremodifyingtheExportsettings,consult"CommonExportSettings"intheHelp.
ClosetheExportSettingsdialogboxtoreturntotheExportAsdialogbox.
6.
Selectthedestinationfolderforthefile.
7.
EnteraFilenamefortheselectionthatwillbeexported.
TheextensionwilldependontheExportSettingthatyouchose.
8.
ClickSave.
ExportSettingExportFormatAvid3DAudioWAVAvidProToolsLE(Mbox-Ref)MOVFast-ExportQuickTimeNTSCMOVFast-ExportQuickTimePALMOVMacintoshImageNTSCTIFMacintoshImagePALTIFMakeNew-QuickTimeReferenceMOVProToolsQuickTime(ref)MOVQuickTimeReferenceMOVQuickTimeReferenceDVCodecMOVSendtoQTMovieMOVSorensonSqueezeMOVSorensonSqueeze-EncodeforDVDMOVWindowsImageNTSCBMPWindowsImagePALBMPExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL115YourAvideditingapplicationexportsthefile.
IfyouaborttheExportwhileitisinprogress,anyfilesthatwerecreated,willbedeleted.
ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDLIfadditionalfinishingisrequired,thenyoucansendthesequencemetadata(AAF/EDL)toastereoscopic3D-capablefinishingsystem.
YourAvideditingapplicationallowsyoutoexportpart,orallyoursequencetoaprojectdatafilewithorwithoutalongwiththevideoandaudiomediafilesforthemasterclipswithinthesequence.
Toselectthesectionforexport:1.
Identifytheportionthatyouwanttoexport.
nForinformationonsettingoptionsintheExportSettingsdialogbox,seetheHelp.
2.
Selectthecliporsequencebydoingoneofthefollowing:tClickthemonitorthatdisplaysthecliporsequenceyouwanttoexport.
tClickthecliporsequenceinabin.
Ctrl+click(Windows)orShift+click(Macintosh)toselectmultipleclipsorsequences.
3.
Dooneofthefollowing:OptionDescriptionToexportspecifictracksinacliporsequence:EnablethetracksintheTrackSelectorpanel,anddisableallothers.
EnsurethatUseEnabledTracksisselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexportasingle-framegraphic:MarkanINpointtoexportthemarkedframefromabinoramonitor,ormovethepositionindicatortotheframeyouwanttoexport.
EnsurethatUseMarksisselectedandthatSequentialFilesisdeselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexportpartofacliporsequence:MarkINandOUTpointstoexportthemarkedrangefromabinoramonitor.
IfyoumarkanINpointandnoOUTpoint,yourAvideditingapplicationexportsfromtheINpointtotheendofthecliporsequence.
EnsurethatUseMarksisselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
Toexporttheentirecliporsequence:Makesurethetopmosttrackismonitored.
EnsurethatUseEnabledTracksandUseMarksaredeselectedintheExportSettingsdialogbox.
ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL116tSelectFile>Export.
tRight-clickthecliporsequence,andthenselectExport.
TheExportAsdialogboxopenswithadefaultfilenameintheFilenametextbox(Windows)ortheSaveAstextbox(Macintosh),basedonthefiletype.
4.
ClicktheExportSettingmenu,andselectoneofthepredeterminedsettings.
Thismenuliststhepossibleformatsinwhichyoucanexportyourselection.
Italsodeterminesthetypeoffile(s)thatwillbeexported.
Forexample,ifyouselectExporttoProTools,thenanAAFmetadatafilewillbeexported.
Herearethepossibleoptions:nIfnoneofthesemeetyourneeds,thenselectUntitledandclickOptionstocreateacustomizedexportsetting.
5.
IfyouwanttoviewormodifythecurrentExportSetting,clickOptions.
TheExportSettingsdialogboxopens.
Theexportsettingsforsomeformatscanbecomplicated.
Insomecases,optionsintheExportSettingsdialogboxopenadditionaldialogboxeswithfurtheroptions.
IfyouaremodifyingtheExportsettings,consult"CommonExportSettings"intheHelp.
ExportSettingExportFormatAudioVisionAAFAvid3DVideoAAFAvidProToolsLE(002)AAFAvidProToolsLE(Mbox-AAF)AAFAvidDSAFEConsolidateAudiotoFolderAAFConsolidate-EmbedAudioOnlyOMFConsolidate-LinkAudioandVideoAAFExporttoProToolsAAFLinktoAudioOnlyAAFLinktoAudioandVideoAAFLinktoAudioandVideoMixdownAAFExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL117ClosetheExportSettingsdialogboxtoreturntotheExportAsdialogbox.
6.
Selectthedestinationfolderforthefile.
7.
EnteraFilenamefortheselectionthatwillbeexported.
TheextensionwilldependontheExportSettingthatyouchose.
8.
ClickSave.
YourAvideditingapplicationexportsthefile.
IfyouaborttheExportwhileitisinprogress,anyfilesthatwerecreated,willbedeleted.
ExportingSequencesviaAAForEDL11812HardwareSupportforStandardandStereoscopicMediaAvideditingapplicationsprovideyouwitharangeofresolutions,bothcompressedanduncompressed,thatyoucanuseatvariousstagesofyourproject.
Dependingonthecapabilitiesofyoursystem,yourAvideditingapplicationsletyoucapture/import,play,edit,render,transcode,exporttofile,oroutputwithreal-timeuncompressed(1:1)HDstandardandstereoscopicmedia.
DependingonyourAvidinput/outputhardware,youcanhaveeithersingleordual-streaminputoroutput.
Togetrealtimeplaybackoffullframemediafromsharedstorage,youwillrequirea10GBethernetconnection.
Foralistofperformanceexpectations,refertotheReadmedocumentforyourAvideditingapplication.
ThefollowingtablecoversallpossibleAvidconfigurationsthatalloweditingofcompressed/uncompressedHDstandardandstereoscopicmedia.
Themaindifferencesareinthecaptureandoutputcapabilitiesasshownbelow:ConfigurationMediaBasebandCaptureOutputSoftware-onlyStandardN/AN/AStereoscopic:FramecompatibleN/AN/AStereoscopic:FullframeN/AN/AMojoDXStandardYesYesStereoscopic:FramecompatibleYesYesStereo:Fullframe(two-pass)YesNotapplicableStereo:Fullframe(single-pass)NoNoNitrisDXStandardYesYesStereoscopic:FramecompatibleYesYesStereo:Fullframe(two-pass)YesNotapplicable120Stereo:Fullframe(single-pass)UncompressedonlyYes3rdPartyHardwareI/OsupportthroughOpenI/OStandardYesYesStereoscopic:FramecompatibleYesYesStereoscopic:Fullframe(two-pass)YesNoStereoscopic:Fullframe(single-pass)NoNoConfigurationMediaBasebandCaptureOutputAvid75NetworkDriveBurlington,MA01803-2756USATechnicalSupport(USA)VisittheOnlineSupportCenteratwww.
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