Your rig works well.
I should definitively spend more time using Magix, I bough at the end of last year and haven't found the time to properly using it...
Pierre Meindre.
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I've been trying to come up with a way to shoot 720p HD 3D video. This idea seems to work well: I made a twin-rig using two Vado HD pocket video cams (I chose them because of the wider angle lens than that on the Flip, Kodak, or other pocket cams). They arrived from Amazon earlier this week, I tested them out on Tuesday on a snowy day. See the 5-minute video here:
Best viewed at 720p full-screen (see technical info below).
Duke
Tech talk:
The Vado cams are extremely simple: fixed focus lens with no optical zoom (2X digital), and no manual adjustments.
Video quality at the highest setting is quite good, IMO.
My rig allows a variable stereo base from 2 1/4" inches to 12 inches (57mm to 30.5cm).
Files are copied to the computer, then edited in Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus which has 3D editing capabilities.
This software allows direct upload to YouTube (.mp4 file) in the proper format for the YouTube 3D player.
Alignment is actually more precise in Stereo Movie Maker, but more time consuming.
YouTube info:
The YouTube 3D player defaults in anaglyph format. Click on "3D" at lower right for three choices:
Full color, Dubois, and Grayscale. In the case of my video, I preferred full color (Dubois looked too green).
Grayscale, of course, changes it into a black and white video
To view in 3D crosseye format:
Click on "3D" at lower right and open menu.
Click on the top option "Red/cyan (Change)"
(next page) Click on the last option "View video with no 3D device"
A page opens with an example of a crosseye 3D video.
Click on "It Works! Take me back to my video."
You will now see side-by-side pairs.
As with anaglyph, select 720p and full screen (the icon in the lower right corner).
Lots of hoops to jump through! :-)
