User Manual

Creating Stereo 3D Clips
From Separate Files
If you’re working with stereo media that was either captured or created as individual left- and
right-eye files, then you need to convert each matching pair of clips into the stereo 3D clips that
you’ll need to work in DaVinci Resolve. This is a two-step procedure.
Step 1—Import and Organize Your Media
You need to import all of the left-eye and right-eye media into separate bins.
1 Open the Media page, and create three Media Pool bins named “Left,” “Right,” and
“Stereo Clips.” The exact names are not important, but the way the media is organized is.
2 Import all left-eye media into the “Left” bin, and all right-eye media into the “Right” bin.
If you’re importing stereoscopic Cineform media, you still need to create this kind of
organization, which requires you to place duplicates of each clip into each of the “Left”
and “Right” bins.
Step 2—Generate 3D Stereo Clips
Once you’ve organized your media appropriately, you’re set up to synchronize the left- and
right-eye clips using timecode.
1 Create a new bin in the Media Pool, and name it “Stereo Clips.” This is the bin that will
eventually contain the linked stereo clips you’re about to create.
How to organize media for working in stereo 3D
2 Right-click anywhere within the Media Pool and choose Stereo 3D Sync.
The Stereo 3D Sync dialog appears, with buttons for choosing the left-eye folder,
choosing the right-eye folder, choosing the output folder, and checkboxes for
specifying whether to match reel names and file names, and additional fields for
entering characters that identify left- and right-eye clips.
The Stereo Media Sync window
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