Edit and Preview 3D video with SMS 12

Tas Hobart wrote on 7/28/2013, 11:55 AM

I have Sony Movie Studio 12 Platinum Suite installed on a Toshiba Qosmio X875 with an i7 3630QM CPU and an NVIDIA GXT 670M graphics card.

I am trying to edit side-by-side stereoscopic video shot with a Panasonic SDT750.

The SMS 12 instructions suggest various project setup or preview settings. I am able to designate the GXT 670M graphics card for the project settings, and indicate side-by-side. However, then I pick the preview device settings, the menu choices allow only for Windows Graphics Card or an external monitor (which I don't connect or use). The GXT 670 does not appear on the list.

The preview screen shows only the two side-by-side images, not anything my NVIDIA glasses will perceive as 3D. Is the preview screen simply unable to display 3D?

Another question: is there a toggle or switch to allow full screen preview? Or is preview possibly only with the tiny window?

Any advice or guidance welcome.

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Tas Hobart wrote on 7/28/2013, 6:32 PM

I learned via a TrustedReviews video that it is necessary to "tell" Sony Movie Studio 12 that imported clips are actually 3d media. I right click the clips, pick the media tab, and then indicate that a clip is half-screen side-by-side. This causes the thumbnails on the timeline to appear as a single image, rather than dual side-by-side.

Strange this is not mentioned in the SMS 12 manual or knowledge base.

Unfortunately, the preview screen continues to show a side-by-side half screen. It does not matter whether I indicate that the preview device settings should "match project settings" or that it is 3d side-by-side half screen. Nothing changes, either, if I try the red-cyan or other settings.

By picking the "external monitor" button, I get SMS to preview a clip using the full screen, but the stereo images remain split and the resolution is rather low.

Another curiosity: SMS 12 allows me to pick 1280x720 resolution for 3D Blu-ray, but 1920x1080 for internet 3D. This is odd, since Blu-ray ought to allow for higher bitrate and resolution, while web-streaming must usually be low quality to keep viewers from balking over buffer delays. To work-around this oddity, can one export a 1920x1080 60i 3D file and then use it in a 1920x1080 Blu-ray disc?

Any comments or guidance welcome. Thanks.

Markk655 wrote on 7/28/2013, 7:58 PM

At the top of the page, there is a link to Support. Select Training. Watch the webinar for Vegas Pro 10d on stereoscopic editing. You'll find the tip described below there. direct link