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Old April 12th, 2010, 02:16 AM   #1
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Stereo 3D Toolbox V2 any news?

Has anyone heard about this?
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Old April 14th, 2010, 08:44 PM   #2
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Yes, I just met Tim Dashwood at NAB and saw a demo. There is also a demo on stereo3dtoolbox web site. It is at beta level and will be released soon.
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Old April 20th, 2010, 05:36 PM   #3
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Thanks, I can't see the demo on the site, do you have a link please?
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Old April 20th, 2010, 05:59 PM   #4
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Thank you for your interest in the new versions of Stereo3D Toolbox. The response at NAB2010 was amazing and we are working hard to implement many new requests.
You can download the beta of the Stereo3D Toolbox v2.0 suite of plugins as well as "LE" by filling out the form below. These plugins are compatible with After Effects CS4 or CS5 and Final Cut Studio 2 or 3 on Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard. Please send your feedback to beta@stereo3dtoolbox.com, especially if you think you have found a bug. Please include as much information as possible about your hardware configuration and software versions.

Stereo3D Toolbox LE will be released for purchase for $99 by April 25th. Stereo3D Toolbox v2.0 will be available as soon as this beta phase is complete.
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You can download and install demo versions of Stereo 3D Toolbox V2 and LE by filling out the following form.
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Old April 21st, 2010, 03:04 AM   #5
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So what is the difference between the current version and version 2?
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Old April 21st, 2010, 12:23 PM   #6
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Actually there are a lot of improvements and enhancements, such as keystoning correction, coarse and fine slider adjustments, sub-pixel adjustments, etc. I don't know that there is a specific document listing the improvements. It maybe best to download the demo version and see it.
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Old April 21st, 2010, 02:29 PM   #7
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I'm sorry I've been off the grid for so many days. The response at NAB was overwhelming and I'll probably still be responding to requests for another two weeks.

We have two new products, Stereo3D Toolbox LE and Stereo3D Toolbox v2.0 suite. We are also working on some other applications that we previewed at NAB. More on those later.

In the meantime here are some of the details of the new plugins (all subject to change during the beta testing phase):

Stereo3D Toolbox™ LE (single plug-in filter designed for beginners & hobbyists)
Available Soon for $99
  • input from L/R image wells or side by side format
  • repair vertical, zoom and rotational disparity with "ping-pong" sliders
  • adjust and keyframe convergence
  • ”Autoscale” automatically scales/crops to clean edges
  • output as red/cyan anaglyph or side-by-side for YouTube3D


Stereo3D Toolbox™ v2 (full suite of plug-in filters & generators)
Public Beta available for download from stereo3Dtoolbox.com
Price still TBD.

Included plug-in filters & generators for FCP, Motion & After Effects:
  • Stereo3D Geometry
    • rewritten code to be much faster than v1!
    • repair vertical, zoom, rotational and keystone disparity
    • individually adjust left and right eye x/y/z geometry
    • input and demux interleaved, side by side or over/under formats or individual L/R
    • accepts 2D input for 3D placement
    • Flip & Flop Left and/or Right
    • Outputs Side by Side, Over/Under, Row Interleaved, Column Interleaved, Checkerboard or Anaglyph
    • Fully adjustable anaglyph output includes red/cyan, blue/amber & green/magenta
    • Difference mode and superimpose with adjustable opacity for disparity correction
    • Solo left or right corrected output
    • Globally set output mode
    • Coarse and fine control of convergence and y-disparity
    • Sub-pixel accuracy & splits fields before squeezing to over/under
    • input sliders in scalable % (for use with low-res offline proxies)
    • Master reframe controls (x,y,rotation & scale)
    • option to automatically scale and crop to clean edges after adjustments are made
    • save master user presets or just disparity corrections(ie. different presets for different sets of lenses or S3D rigs)
    • supports XML export to Stereo3D XML Translator app

  • Stereo3D Text Generator
    • place 2D text in 3D space -suitable for S3D subtitles in 3D space
    • select any font or size
    • custom color fill and drop shadow
    • Outputs Side by Side, Over/Under, Row Interleaved, Column Interleaved, Checkerboard or Anaglyph
    • Solo left or right corrected output
    • Globally set output mode

  • Stereo3D Parallax Guides Generator
    • set target display size (horizontal or diagonal) and resolution
    • set native parallax or custom parallax % (0.1% to 10%)
    • draws maximum parallax/divergence guides based on display size
    • customize number of horizon lines
    • displays Native Pixel Parallax and other stats

  • Stereo3D Image Balance
    • adjust picture disparities between left and right eyes
    • adjusts overall exposure, levels, shadows and highlights
    • White Balance adjust
    • adjust each eye individually

  • Stereo3D Floating Windows (Note: Beta1 does not contain the 4-point mask option)
    • custom adjust left, right, top, bottom masks
    • soft and smooth mask edges
    • animate masks with keyframes

  • Stereo3D Monitor Output
    • output to desktop "3D" monitors that don't support full HD
    • presets for popular brands & models like Hyundai, iZ3D, Zalman, etc.
    • uses Desktop Preview in Raw mode via graphics card's 2nd DVI port
    • scale, crop or letterbox to monitor's native aspect ratio

  • Stereo3D Ghost Toaster™ (Note:This plugin is designed to reduce polarization cross-talk and not anaglyph crosstalk)
    • generates crosstalk test pattern
    • set crosstalk % with slider
    • outputs "ghost toasted" side by side, over/under, interleaved or anaglyph

  • Stereo3D Clip Coupler
    • simple filter for creating nested stereo pairs
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Old April 22nd, 2010, 11:47 AM   #8
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I took a stereo clip of Tim and Stereo3D Toolbox Co. exhibit at NAB 2010, together with the new Panasonic 3D camcorder they had in their space. Some of you might be interested. After all, he is the moderator of this forum and father of one of the coolest 3D post-processing S/W around. I apologize for the poor quality. The lights, contrast and crowds were tough to deal with, it was like taking video in a cave without any light control. I recommend either dedicated 3D display or cross-eye viewing, but have included anaglyph as well. YouTube version is here: YouTube - CES 2010 Exhibits - Stereo3D Toolbox v2, Panasonic 3D Camcorder, etc - 3D HD Stereoscopic and Vimeo here:
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Old April 22nd, 2010, 01:33 PM   #9
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Thanks, Pavle. Speaking for myself, I certainly appreciate all those informative 3D videos you make.
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Old April 22nd, 2010, 02:22 PM   #10
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Dekuji Adame. I appreciate the feedback. I figure that some people don't have the good fortune to attend these shows and it is interesting to get a different angle of view than what comes from the official media, so I am posting my amateurish videos to satisfy some interests. It is good to hear that it provides what it was intended to do. Thanks.
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Old April 28th, 2010, 04:26 PM   #11
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Quick question to you guys. Is it o.k. to have both the original version of the Stereo3D Toolbox as well as the Version 2 co-resident with the Final Cut without any issues? Thanks.
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Old April 28th, 2010, 05:27 PM   #12
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Hi Pavel,

The v2.0 beta will not overwrite your existing v1.1 install. However FxFactory may give you a warning that both exist. They will show up in separate folders in your effects list.

When the upgrade is released and installed the original v1.1 will be made invisible but still exist for backwards compatibility with older projects. The current beta testers will then have to remove the beta version.
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Old April 28th, 2010, 05:48 PM   #13
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Thank you Tim. I will download the beta tonight, it sounds too good not to try.
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Old April 28th, 2010, 07:56 PM   #14
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Actually, Huston, I have a problem. The V2.0 DID replace the 1.1 and it will not load at all now. I get an error message that" The effects cannot be loaded ...". I am on FCE, maybe that's it. Can someone let me know how to get back? Thanks.
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Old April 28th, 2010, 08:33 PM   #15
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One other person mentioned this and I'm trying to figure out why it is happening for some people. Did you run the FxFactory 2.1.5 installer before installing the beta?

If you have overwritten the old version the fix is to just rerun the FxFactory 2.1.5 installer and it will re-install v1.1
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