Create 3D with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro PLUS
Many video editors give users the ability to create 3D images in post production, but many do not allow users to import images from separate sources, and then combine the two videos into a single three-dimensional image. When creating a
true 3D movie it is important to have software that supports this. Movie Edit Pro PLUS from MAGIX began offering this option in 2010, seeing that creating 3D imaging software was necessary because of the quickly progressing technology of 3D
capable monitors and home television screens. With even simple displays, red/blue or red/cyan 3D can achieve 3D illusions. YouTube began offering 3D online video feeds using a variety of 3D formats.
To create 3D images
and videos, there are several different methods you can use. Each use two images filmed from a distance apart, and then viewed separately. This process is known as stereoscopy, and like audio stereo, the two images create an illusion of
depth with a binary input. These inputs are separated by using some of these different methods listed below:
Different mehtods to create 3D
- Anaglyph – this uses red/blue or red/cyan colored filters and specialized glasses. This has been one of the most common and popular because of its ease of use, and relative cheapness. Two colors are superimposed over an image and separated with the colored lenses creating the illusion of depth.
- Polarization systems – Polarization separates the images by using differently polarized lenses, this allows viewer to retain some of the color information on the screen, and it widely used in theaters now. The cost of the glasses is a little more expensive than anaglyph, but still relatively low.
- Eclipse method or shuttered glasses – Eclipse or shuttered lenses run a different shutter speed for each eye creating the illusion of 3D. Shuttered LCD glasses are the most common now, for high definition displays, computer screens. The drawback with this method is that the glasses are often expensive and are required for each viewer to get the full effect.
Spectral separation – uses specialized film on glasses that makes object colored red look closer than colors that are blue.
New systems without glasses – some system has been released that do not require the use of glasses
to view the 3D effect. These screens, originally designed by Sharp create the appearance of 3D images on a screen are known as autostereoscopic displays. These displays are commonly found on high-end laptops and are beginning to appear on
hand held gaming systems.
MAGIX has moved into this field with its movie editing programs that even in older version will allow you to create 3D effects by combining cameras shot at different angles and using color effects,
you can separate the images for viewing with red/blue or any number of lenses.
