hi guys i need some help does any one know how to make an avi into anaglypgh using stereo movie maker and get a fairly good 3d effect or is there guide out.
i need step by step if possible as this is my first time.
btw hi guys
many thanks for your help.
rob

Do you have 3d video you recorded you want to make anaglyph (as in a left and right video stream)? Or are you trying to convert a 2D video into 3D? I don't believe Stereo Movie Maker does any sort of conversion.

hi cybereality as i understand it it does a 2d to 3d conversion im just not sure how to go about it and the help file online just tells you what the buttons etc do.. thanks for the reply
rob

Stereomoviemaker needs a stereomovie from beginning i think. For instance left and right from a stereocamera etc. The latest powerdvd support 2d-3d conversions as well as well as the 3dfier filter. The results are pretty bad and not close to real stereoscopic media though.

here is a test file i made its a quick and ugly text from windows movie maker convertted to mpg opened stmm schose open left and right and chose the same file twice and moved the arrows at bottom to test. i think i am getting some where but a tut would be more helpful any suggestions?

Doing this will only shift one image sideways but you'll still lack the volumetric depth which is important for a proper 3d-experience. The image will still look flat even if it appears in front of or behind the screendepth. However you're of course able to make some good effects with this but the final result isn't 3d.
And once again: Stereomoviemaker needs both left as well as right eye images from beginning. It doesn't create the missing missing volumetric depth. 3dfier and powerdvd has their own converting algorithms but as said the results aren't good enough to choose simulated 3d before 2d yet.

If you have only one VIDEO camera you could move the camera from left to right on the same horizontal plane then input the results into StereoMovie maker.

Load the same file for both left and right eye sides then click the "forward one frame" button (located near the bottom of the window) for the left or right eye, check the results with your 3D glasses and adjust again if needed.



Sometimes it takes 3-5 clicks of the "forward one frame" button to get good depth, if you don't see any depth, reload the file for left & right again and click the forward button for the other eye this time.

If using a PHOTO camera just take the picture of the subject, then move the camera about 2.5 to 3 inches to the right (less for close subjects like flowers and more for far subjects like mountains).

Now you have a left and right picture that will show real depth when combined using StereoMovie Maker or StereoPhoto Maker!