Spatialify app adds Spatial Photo Camera option

 The Spatialify App now includes a Spatial Camera option for taking 3d photos.  

The app works great along with i3DSteroid if you want to align or convert to other formats like anaglyph.

StereoMovie Maker to process 3D Videos for YouTube

 

StereoMovie Maker

StereoMovie Maker has a feature for preparing 3D files for YouTube

File -> Convert to 3D video for YouTube

The compressed and converted file can be then be uploaded to YouTube.

iPhone 15 Pro Spatial Video: Spatialify app and my workflow in Final Cut Pro X for YouTube 3D

The spatial videos from the  iPhone 15 Pro can be converted into Full Side By Side Clips with the Spatialify app. (It works on both iOS and on the Mac.)

Currently (version Fcpx 10.7.1), Final Cut Pro X does not support direct editing of MV-HEVC 3D videos, so the files needed to be converted to full SBS clips.

Launch Spatialify and select the spatial video clip you wish to convert.

The video opens and you can preview it in side by side.

Export your file as Full Side by Side (I want the highest quality and resolution, so I choose Full Side By Side (3840x1080) with Horizontal Disparity Adjustment. This option means no additional need to adjust stereo window.)

Once the file is done converting, SAVE the new file.

(The exported file will have FSBS in the name)

Import the Full SBS files into Final Cut Pro X into a new event.

Let's start editing:

Create a new project at 4K, 30fps. 

Place your  SBS clips to the project timeline.

 Transform the clips by scaling Y to 200%.  

This results in a Half SBS 4K file.

(If you are doing multiple clips --- copy and paste attributes from one clip to the rest to make it easier)

Once project editing is complete, I export a high quality ProRes movie.

Next, I use ffworks (ffmpeg front end) to encode the ProRes file into a MKV with the proper metadata for YouTube.

My preset adds the following metadata to the General>Custom Encode options

-x264opts "frame-packing=3" -metadata:s:v:0 stereo_mode=left_right

The encoded MKV is ready for upload to YouTube.

One could do a Final Cut Pro Project as 3840x1080 at 30fps without doing the scaling of Y and it would work fine that way also, but you may have to set the aspect ratio as 16:9 when encoding the final file for YouTube.

Cool 3D Stereoscopic Video Links

Some useful and informative links for 3D:

Tim Dashwood on Shooting Great Stereoscopic Video:

https://moviola.com/technique/shooting-great-stereoscopic-3d/

Masuji Suto's StereoMovie Maker app (for processing 3D video)

https://stereo.jpn.org/

OWL Viewer Lite:

https://myscienceshop.com/product/stem-toy/81116

Setting the Stereo Base by John Wattie

https://nzphoto.tripod.com/3d/300stereobaseintro.html