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‌Chapter 15‌‌

Stereoscopic Workflows

DaVinci Resolve has robust support for a wide variety of stereoscopic workflows. Using the built-in tools of the

Studio version of DaVinci Resolve, you can edit using stereoscopic clips, grade the resulting program, adjust each clip’s stereo-specific properties such as convergence and floating windows, and

master stereoscopic output, all within DaVinci Resolve.

Contents

Stereoscopic Workflows ��������������������������������� 313

Hardware Requirements for

Working in Stereo 3D ��������������������������������������� 313 Setting Up to Display Stereo 3D via SDI ����� 314 Setting Up to Display Stereo 3D via HDMI 314 Supported Stereo 3D Media �������������������������� 315

Using Dual Sets of Media in

Any Supported Format ������������������������������������� 315 Using Stereoscopic OpenEXR Media ����������� 315 Using Stereoscopic CineForm Media����������� 315

Creating Stereo 3D Clips

From Separate Files ������������������������������������������ 316 Step 1—Import and Organize Your Media 316 Step 2—Generate 3D Stereo Clips ���������������� 316

Step 3—(Optional) Create

Optimized Media ������������������������������������������������� 318

Monitoring Stereoscopic 3D

in the Edit Page ��������������������������������������������������� 318

Converting Clips Between

Stereo and Mono������������������������������������������������ 318

Converting Stereo Clips Back to Mono ������� 318

Converting Mono Clips or an

Entire Timeline to Stereo���������������������������������� 319

Attaching Mattes to Stereo 3D Clips��������� 319

Organizing and Grading

Stereo 3D Dailies ������������������������������������������������ 320

Step 1—Create 3D Stereo Clips���������������������� 320

Step 2—Edit the New Stereo Clips

Into One or More Timelines for Grading ��� 320 Step 3—Align Your Media �������������������������������� 320 Step 4—Grading Stereo Media ���������������������� 320

Step 5—Output Offline or

Online Media for Editing ���������������������������������� 322

Conforming Projects to Stereo 3D Media 323

Grading Mastered Stereoscopic

Media From Tape������������������������������������������������� 323

Stereoscopic Workflows

Creating a stereo 3D project is a multi-step process that benefits from careful media organization. This chapter covers how to set up for working on stereoscopic projects, how to import stereoscopic projects, and how to export stereoscopic media.

First, stereoscopic pairs of clips, i.e., the individual left- and right-eye media files, are imported into the Media Pool, organized, and then linked together using the “Stereo 3D Sync” command to create a new set of linked stereo clips. Then, these clips stereo clips can be either edited or conformed to imported project data using a single Timeline. DaVinci Resolve lets you manage left- and right-eye grades and sizing in the Color page using the controls found in the shortcut menu of the Thumbnail timeline, and in the Stereo 3D palette.

If you’re using stereoscopic CineForm media, which contains muxed left-eye and right-eye image data that can be decoded by DaVinci Resolve, you still need to go through this process, although you’ll be using duplicate clips to populate Left and Right folders with matching sets of clips.

Hardware Requirements for Working in Stereo 3D

With DaVinci Resolve on Mac systems, dual 4:2:2 Y’CbCr stereoscopic video streams are output via SDI from a compatible Blackmagic Design video interface. You can select either Side-by-Side or Line Mesh output to be fed to your stereo 3D-capable display, depending on its compatibility. Alternately, if you turn on the “Enable Dual SDI 3D Monitoring” checkbox in the Video Monitoring group of the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings, your compatible Blackmagic Design video interface outputs full resolution 4:2:2 Y’CbCr for each eye to compatible displays.

When setting up a 3D-capable DaVinci Resolve workstation, keep in mind that the dual video streams of 3D projects make greater demands on disk bandwidth, media decoding via your workstation’s CPU, and effects processing via your workstation’s available GPU cards.

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