Man Stereo Maker 2

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 8

StereoMaker 2.

0
Manual

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 1


Index
System Requirements..............................................................2
What is StereoMaker 2?..........................................................3
How can i use StereoMaker 2?.............................................3
If you want to generate a stereoscopic 3D Image............ 3
If you want to generate a stereoscopic 3D Movie............3
Choosing a format....................................................................4
Anaglyphs...................................................................................4
Interleaved..................................................................................5
Interlaced.................................................................................... 6
LR................................................................................................ 6
TD................................................................................................ 7
Menus..........................................................................................7

System Requirements

Windows™
- Pentium 75 MHz or faster processor
- Win95+DirectX / 98 / ME / NT+SP3 / 2000
- 16 MB RAM and 35 MB free hard disk space
- Video display capable of 640 x 480, 16-bit (thousands of colours)
- DirectX and QuickTime for Windows

Apple® Macintosh
- 66 MHz Power PC or faster processor
- System 8.1 or better
- 6 MB free RAM and 35 MB free hard disk space
- Video display capable of 640 x 480, 16-bit (thousands of colours)
- QuickTime

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 2


What is StereoMaker 2?
StereoMaker is a program that generates 3D images/movies from two source images/movies. There
are many different format for viewing stereoscopic images and StereMaker 2.0 support most of them.
You can create the source images/movies with a real camera or with 3D software applications like
Infini-D, Form-Z.

How can i use StereoMaker 2?


After installing StereoMaker 2 and launching it the main window opens and looks like:

StereoMaker main window (Windows and Macintosh)

If you want to generate a stereoscopic 3D Image...


Select Left Image: click on this button to select the image you want to use for the left eye
Select Right Image: click on this button to select the image you want to use for the right eye
Generate 3D Image: click on this button to select the name of the output image and let StereoMaker
generate it.
If you want to select a different format for your 3D image then click on the Output Settings button:

If you want to generate a stereoscopic 3D Movie...


Select Left Movie: click on this button to select the movie you want to use for the left eye
Select Right Movie: click on this button to select the movie you want to use for the right eye
Generate 3D Movie: click on this button to select the name of the output movie and let StereoMaker
generate it.
Movie Compressor: click on this button to select the compression you want to use for your movies.
Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 3
Choosing a format...

If you want to select a different format for your 3D movie then click on the Output Settings button:

Output Settings Dialog (Windows&Macintosh versions shown)

Anaglyphs
Red-Blue Anaglyph click on this button to generate a 3D image that can be viewed by using a
standard pair of red-blue glasses.

example of a red-blue anaglyph 3D image

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 4


Soften Colors check this box if you want to reduce the contrast in your anaglyph image: this
changes the overall contrast of the image but can improve the stereoscopic vision. This option only
works for the Red-Blue Anaglyph format.

example of a red-blue anaglyph 3D image with contrast reduction

Interleaved
Interleaved Frames click on this button to generate a movie with interleaved frames.

example of a movie with interleaved frames, frame 0 and 1 shown (left comes first)

Note: This format only works for movies, LR format (see below) is used for images

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 5


Interlaced
Interlaced Frames click on this button to generate a movie or image with interlaced frames.
This is a very popular format and can be viewed with a standard pair of LCD shutter glasses.

example of an interlaced 3D image

LR
LR Frames click on this button to generate a movie or image with left-right frames.

example of an LR 3D image

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 6


TD
TD Frames click on this button to generate a movie or image with top-down frames.

example of a TD 3D image

Menus...
The file menu just contains exactly the same options listed above included the
command Quit to leave the application.

Thank you!
Thank you for trying or buying StereoMaker 2! Any suggestions for making this application even
better are welcome! Watch out for new versions/updates on www.foundationcompany.com!

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 7


SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER "AS IS". THE
FOUNDATION COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE FOUNDATION COMPANY BE LIABLE


FOR DAMAGES (INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL)
RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SOFTWARE. IN NO EVENT WILL THE FOUNDATION COMPANY
LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $1.

BY INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU AGREE THE ABOVE CONDITIONS

The Foundation Company


POBox 1339
CH-6601 Locarno 1
Switzerland
www.foundationcompany.com
[email protected]

Stereomaker 2 Manual - ©2001 The Foundation Company, all rights reserved 8

You might also like