Rendering a stereoscopic 3D project

When you render your project, the Stereoscopic 3D mode setting from the Video tab in the Project Properties dialog is used by default.

If you want to use a different rendering format (to deliver separate left- and right-eye masters, for example, or to create multiple versions of your project), you can change the rendering mode.

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Supported 3D rendering formats:

  • Video in a frame-compatible format. Set your project's Stereoscopic 3D mode to Side by side (half), Top/bottom (half), or Line alternate and render using a standard file format template.

  • CineForm Neo3D (requires CineForm NeoHD, Neo4k, or Neo3D 5.1 or later). You can create a custom QuickTime or AVI render template that uses CineForm as your video format. Rendering with this template will create a Neo3D file that can be used by any application that supports the CineForm stereoscopic 3D format.

  • Two separate files. You can create two custom templates and use the Project tab in the Custom Settings dialog to set the Stereoscopic 3D mode for one template to Left Only and the other to Right Only. You can then render the files separately or use Tools | Scripting | Batch Render to render the left- and right-eye files.

  • Rendering using the Sony AVC/MVC plug-in with one of the following templates creates two files when you render your stereoscopic 3D video:

    • MVC 1280x720-60p, 25 Mbps video stream

    • MVC 1280x720-50p, 25 Mbps video stream

    • MVC 1920x1080-24p, 25 Mbps video stream

    The base stream is a full-resolution 2D AVC video, and the dependent stream is an MVC video that contains video data for the other eye.

  • Rendering using a custom Sony AVC/MVC template with the following settings will create a single AVC/H.264 file with SEI frame packing arrangement metadata to indicate stereoscopic 3D playback:

    • Video format: AVC

    • Stereoscopic 3D mode: Side by side (half)

  1. From the File menu, choose Render As to display the Render As dialog.

  2. Use the Folder boxto choose where you want to save your file:

    1. The Folder box displays the path to the folder where your file will be saved. Click the down arrow to choose a recently used folder, or click the Browse button to specify a new folder.

    2. Type a name in the Name box, or click the Browse button and select a file in the browse window to replace an existing file.

  3. Use the Format box to choose the type of file you want to create.

    The Formats box displays the file types and formats you can use to render your file. Once you have selected a format the Templates box will list all of the available templates for that format.

  4. Click the Customize Template button to create a new template.

  5. In the Custom Settings dialog, click the Project tab.

  6. From the Stereoscopic 3D mode drop-down list, choose the setting that you want to use for rendering your project.

    Choose Use project settings if you want to use the setting from the Video tab in the Project Properties dialog, or choose another mode if you want to override the project setting when rendering.

    7. Setting

    Description

    Use project settings

    Uses the setting from the Video tab in the Project Properties dialog.

    Side by side (half)

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will contain left- and right-eye views in a single frame.

    Left- and right-eye views are displayed as half of the available horizontal resolution.

    YouTube 3D

    YouTube 3D uses frame-compatible video, so you can create a custom render template using a format that is compatible with YouTube, such as XDCAM EX, Windows Media Video, or MainConcept MPEG-2. For the custom template, set the stereoscopic 3D mode to Side by side (half) and select the Swap Left/Right checkbox since YouTube 3D defaults to this layout.

    When you upload your video to YouTube, add yt3d:enable=LR as a tag to enable 3D viewing. Also add yt3d:aspect=16:9 (or yt3d:aspect=4:3) to set the viewing frame aspect ratio.

    Side by side (full)

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will contain left- and right-eye views in a single frame.

    Left- and right-eye views are displayed using the full horizontal resolution.

    Top/bottom (half)

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will contain left- and right-eye views stacked in a single frame.

    Left- and right-eye views are displayed as half of the available vertical resolution.

    Top/bottom (full)

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will contain left- and right-eye views stacked in a single frame.

    Left- and right-eye views are displayed using the full vertical resolution.

    Anaglyphic (red/cyan)

    Anaglyphic (amber/blue)

    Anaglyphic (green/magenta

    Left- and right-eye views use color filters to allow anaglyphic glasses to separate the left- and right-eye views.

    Line alternate

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will be displayed on a line-alternate 3D monitor.

    Left- and right-eye views are interlaced using half of the available vertical resolution.

    Checkerboard

    Choose this setting when your rendered video will be displayed on a DLP-based 3D monitor.

    Left- and right-eye views are tiled using half of the available horizontal and vertical resolution.

    Left only

    Right only

    Choose the Left only or Right only setting if you're creating separate renders for the left- and right-eye outputs. These settings are useful when your output format requires separately rendered files for the left and right eyes.

    TIP You can use the Batch Render script to automate the process. Create two custom rendering templates: for one template, set the stereoscopic 3D mode to Left only and set the other template's stereoscopic 3D mode to Right only. Then choose Tools | Scripting | Batch Render, select your format and select the checkbox for your two templates, set the destination folder and file name, and click OK. VEGAS Pro will render each file with the name of the template appended to the file name.

    Blend

    Choose this setting to blend the left- and right-eye images. This setting is useful when adjusting events.

    Difference

    Choose this setting when performing vertical adjustments to minimize vertical disparity.

  7. Select the Swap Left/Right checkbox if you need to switch the left- and right-eye pictures. This setting is useful if you're using a line-alternate display that displays the right eye on top, if you're using magenta/green anaglyphic glasses, or to create cross-eye free-view 3D.

  8. Drag the Crosstalk cancellation slider if you experience image bleed-through. For example, if you see right-eye images in your left eye, you can adjust the Crosstalk cancellation slider to compensate.

    When your project's Stereoscopic 3D mode is set to Side by side, Top/bottom, Line alternate, or Checkerboard mode, crosstalk cancellation is active only when the Full-resolution rendering quality drop-down list is set to Good or Best. When using anaglyphic modes, crosstalk cancellation is active for any quality level.

  9. Save your template for future use:

    1. Type a name in the Template box to identify your rendering template.

    2. Click the Save Template button .

    3. Click OK to return to the Render As dialog.

  10. Click Render to render your project using your new template.