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The 3D Glasses effect creates a single 3D image by combining a left and right 3D view. You can use images from 3D programs or stereoscopic cameras as sources for each view. The method you use to create the combined images dictates how you view them. For example, you can use 3D Glasses to create an anaglyphic image, which is an image containing two slightly different perspectives of the same subject that are tinted contrasting colors and superimposed on each other. To create an anaglyphic image, first combine views and tint each one a different color. Then, use 3D glasses that have either red and green lenses or red and blue lenses, to view the resulting image stereoscopically.


Balanced Color Red Blue selected (left) and Interlaced Upper L Lower R selected (right)

To avoid problems with flipped views, keep the following guidelines in mind:

• Use the same vertical dimensions for the composition and source images. One pixel difference produces the same result as moving the position one pixel vertically.
• Make sure that the layer's Position values are whole numbers (such as 240 instead of 239.7).
• If your left and right view images are interlaced, deinterlace them before using 3D Glasses, to avoid field mismatch.
• Because 3D Glasses creates interlaced frames, do not select an interlace option in the Render Settings dialog box.

Related Subtopics:

3D Glasses controls
Understanding red, blue, and green lenses
Understanding ghost effects