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To align one or more clips automatically:
1 Select one or more stereo clips in the Thumbnail timeline of the Color page.
2 Choose which frame of each clip you want to use for the analysis by opening the
Stereo 3D palette, clicking the Option menu, and choosing Auto Process > First or Auto
Process > Middle.
3 Click either of the Stereo Alignment buttons. The button to the left is for Automatic
Transform, while the button to the right is for Automatic Vertical Skew.
If you selected multiple clips, then the Stereo Alignment window appears, and a
progress bar shows the remaining time this operation will take.
Auto ProcessColor Matching
Due to the design of different stereo 3D rigs, sometimes the color and contrast of one eye’s
media doesn’t precisely match that of the corresponding eye. DaVinci Resolve provides two
commands for quickly and automatically matching two eyes together.
Stereo Color Match (Primary Controls): Uses the Lift/Gamma/Gain controls to match
one eye to the other. The result is a simple adjustment that’s easy to customize, but
may not work as well as Custom Curves in some instances.
Stereo Color Match (Custom Curves): Uses the Custom Curves to create a multipoint
adjustment to match one eye to the other. The result can be more effective with
challenging shots.
Stereo Color Match (Dense Color Match): Performs a pixel by pixel, frame by frame
color match that is incredibly accurate. This operation is processor intensive, so if you’re
going to batch process many clips, or if you’re matching long clips, you’ll want to make
sure you have adequate time. Because this is so precise match, it’s recommended to
use Dense Color Match after you’ve used one of the stereo alignment commands.
TIP: For the best results, it’s recommended to use automatic color matching in a
separate node, independent of other corrections.
Stereo 3D color match works differently depending on whether or not one of the stereo
3D-paired clips has already been graded. The following procedure shows how to match a pair
of left- and right-eye clips before you make any manual adjustments of any kind.
To match a pair of left- and right-eye clips automatically:
1 Select one or more clips in the Thumbnail timeline of the Color page.
2 Open the Stereo 3D palette, and click one of the three Color Match controls.
The Color Matching window appears, and a progress bar shows the remaining time this
operation will take. You can also use automatic color matching to match an ungraded clip to a
paired clip that’s already been graded. This only works for grades consisting of one or more
primary corrections; secondary corrections cannot be auto-matched.
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