FCE and 3D Stereoscopy

In 3D stereoscopy the post production is at least just as imprtant as the production itself. I've been using FCE with Tim Dashwood's Stereoscopic 3D Toolbox to create the video about the rig. I thought some maybe interested. 3D stereoscopy is coming with big push early next year. the web site for that is: http://www.timdashwood.com/stereo3dtoolbox/Stereo3DToolboxHome.html .
In 3D electronic or optical stabilization has to be turned off, because the differential changes between the two views provide the wrong cues and are just counter productive. I've constructed an amateur 3D rig, which works very well and is based on the Merlin. Here is a YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THU5XeRIeOA. Better quality (but anaglyphic - requiring glasses) are at this site: http://www.vimeo.com/7281780 . The system is quite light and portable. The stereoscopic 3D is mostly in the "Pro" domain, and I am hoping that some amateurs will become interested as well, so that we can get more industry support.
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I used the Stereo3D Toolbox plugin referenced in the original post. There are several tutorials on it's use. The rest is pretty much standard FCE use. Unfortunately, due to the nature of combining two streams, there is a LOT of rendering. I combine/process individual clip pairs into side-by-side paired sequences, then re-import them and treat them as clips for actual editing (clipping, re-ordering, transitions, audio, etc.), and if necessary, re-apply the plugin and change the output mode (FCP has nesting on the menu, which is explained in the tutorials, but I could never figure it out in FCE). Look over the tutorials or search for them on YouTube under Stereo3D Toolbox. Then, if you still have questions, feel free to message me either here or on YouTube. Here is the YT link, which you can see in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZdlYm3zcTY&feature=player_embedded . It is little different in FCE, but it works with little improvisation.
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