P3D Re: Making anaglyph video

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If you have access to Compuserve, there was an old, old DOS program in
>their graphics SIG for manipulating video, which included this feature. It
>was called DTA (for Dave's Something Something). I wouldn't recommend it if
>you're one of those "newcomers" who has always turned up his nose at DOS
>commands, because it needs 'em. Of course if money is no object, Adobe
>Premiere has an anaglyph filter, but we're talking professional level (and
>cost) software here.

It sounds simple enough, but I spent dozens of hours with the Premiere
anaglyph filter with horrible results.  I use Premiere for non-stereo, and
it's a great program, but I was really disappointed with the filter. I'm
sure the guys who wrote the anaglyph filter never actually used it to view
stereo.

Of course, the software is only part of the problem.  There are all sorts
of technical issues which make computer-generated anaglyph video
problematic, like color space and computer-to-video conversion.  After a
ton of wasted time, my results were a muddy mess.

Tom



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