Tri-DVD Plugins for Adobe Premiere

These three plugins enable you to create Neotek format stereoscopic video using Adobe Premiere for Windows, version 4.2 or above. They should run on all 32 bit Windows platforms. To install them, simply copy them to your Adobe Premiere plugins folder.

Fx-TriD.prm

This is a "transition" which combines separate left and right (A and B) clips into a single Neotek format stereoscopic clip. Choose "TriDVD" from the transitions window in Premiere. The Custom Settings dialog allows you the following options:

  • Specify which clip will be sent to the top half of the output. This should always be the left eye view for the Neotek stereoscopic format.
  • Adjust the vertical width of the black horizontal band between the top and bottom images. Use five percent for proper vertical alignment of left and right views on most monitors.
  • Choose “Crop and Stretch Horizontally” to crop approximately three percent off each side of the source images. This can clean up rough edges of film transfers and improve the aspect ratio of the output.

Fl-TriD.prm

This is a "filter" which converts field sequential stereoscopic clips into Neotek stereoscopic format. Choose "TriDVD" from the filters menu. The Setup dialog allows you the following options:

  • Specify whether odd or even lines will be sent to the top half of the output. The left eye view should always be on top for the Neotek stereoscopic format.
  • Adjust the vertical width of the black horizontal band between the top and bottom images. Use five percent for proper vertical alignment of left and right views on most monitors.
  • Choose “Crop and Stretch Horizontally” to crop approximately three percent off each side of the source images. This can clean up rough edges of film transfers and improve the aspect ratio of the output.
  • Some video capture devices change the field alignment of interlaced video. Choose “Realign Fields” to correct this.

Fl-TriD2.prm

This filter is like Fl-TriD.prm above, but with an extended setup dialog to allow parallax correction on a scene-by-scene basis. The preview window is designed for viewing with 3DTV SpaceSpex anaglyphic glasses, but parallax can be adjusted without glasses. Choose "TriDVD 2" from the filters menu in Premiere. As of August 1998 this filter is still under development and has not been tested extensively. The Setup dialog allows you the following options:

  • Specify whether odd or even lines will be sent to the top half of the output. The left eye view should always be on top for the Neotek stereoscopic format.
  • Adjust the vertical width of the black horizontal band between the top and bottom images. Use five percent for proper vertical alignment of left and right views on most monitors.
  • Choose “Crop and Stretch Horizontally” to crop approximately three percent off each side of the source images. This can clean up rough edges of film transfers and improve the aspect ratio of the output.
  • Some video capture devices change the field alignment of interlaced video. Choose “Realign Fields” to correct this.
  • The “Parallax...” dialog allows you to adjust the horizontal and vertical position of each view, while displaying a preview in SpaceSpex anaglyphic format. Up, down, left and right buttons for each view move the image by one pixel each time they are clicked. The center button resets both vertical and horizontal adjustments to zero.