Is there a red & blue 3d glasses filter?

I've not seen a filter for FCP that does 3-d red/blue imagery.

Just for the record... slapping a red/blue s-d filter onto existing footage only creates a pseudo-3d image. It will have a 3d 'effect' and, as you say, it will 'look' 3d with your little glasses on, but it is not true stereoscopic imagery.

As Shane said, to create true 3d using the red/blue method, you need to film everything with 2 cameras (2 'eyes') positioned slightly apart.

sjtaylor84 ,
Should you decide (in the future) to shoot 3D videos in substitution of the filter, depending on what you want to achieve you will need not only two cameras but a LANC synchronizer to synchronize recording buttons and zoom control on both cameras.

not really. You can use a slate (clapper) or even just clap your hands in front of the camera to use to line up the two video clips. And you can shoot with 2 matching cameras at either end of the lens or in the case of more sophisticated cameras you can match the "zoom" amount. I've worked on productions with very sophisticated "stereoscopic" setups but we've also shot tests with a pair of dvx100's that turned out OK>

Okay - Beta version of my plugin - Anaglyph - available for free at:

http://straylight.tv/pluginz/index.html

It'll take two stereoscopic images, or use a user settable artifical offset (if you don't put anything in the clip well, it will use just your one clip).

Lemme know what you think - like I said - it's beta and it's currently free.

Patrick

I've played with still stereoscopic images, and found that it was really easy to get the camera offsets too far apart... It varied on a per-scene basis, but it seemed like 4-6 inches was reasonable. I thought also about playing with "wiggle stereoscopy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Stereowiggle3D.gif putting one camera on v1 the other on v2, then oscillating between the two.

I also got a lot of headaches trying to look at these images...

Actually, the best 3d effect for me is sort of a variation on the wiggle thing. You actually alternate frames, and you have lcd shutter glasses that actually alternate open states between the eyes. It requires synchronization with the video and a CRT but it's the best stereoscopic effect I've seen. I think this is what the early Imax theaters were using, but I suspect that prooved to be too expensive and breakable.

Unless it was shot with two cameras next to eachother slightly apart, you will not get the 3D effect you are looking for. That is how they did it on CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.

Shane

After Effects also has this feature.

CaptM

On a more positive note.... I found this forum:

http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=97687

which explains exactly how to achieve the desired 3d effect.

J

Nice post James. I wonder how it looks through the glasses? Regardless, you deserve a greenie on this one.

You rock!

Thank you, James - did you try it?

Patrick