MyFinePix Studio, the software that came with the camera (which you can get on the Fujifilm website as well), is supposed to allow you to view and edit your movies but, to be honest, I could not get it to work on my HD movies (1280x720 16:9).
No worries because there is StereoMovie Maker that's available for free. After having installed StereoMovie Maker, you will probably be told that it cannot open any of your movies. It's because you don't have the motion jpeg (mjpg) codec installed on your computer. Google "motion jpeg codec" and you should be able to grab one, hopefully for free. Personally, I am using "motion jpeg codec 3.2.4" from free-codecs.com but I have the bad feeling it's just a demo. There's also a mjpg codec from morgan-multimedia.com but that one is definitely a demo.
Update on mjpeg codecs: forget about all those demo mjpeg codecs! All you need is ffdshow. A big thanks to David Kesner of the fuji3d yahoo group and dddphotography. Install the ffdshow codec, open the "VFW configuration" screen, select the "Decoder" tab, select "Codecs" in the list on the left, search for the "MJPEG" format in the list on the right, and change its "Decoder" to "libavcodec". The ffdshow codec has been around for a while, is free, and is highly recommended for all kinds of video formats, not just mjpeg.
StereoMovie Maker is real easy to use and there's a pretty good html manual that comes with it so there's no need here to delve into what each button does.
StereoMovie Maker has very basic editing capabilities as it appears that it can trim a movie (actually, it doesn't cut anything, it just moves the start and/or end markers, meaning that it only trims when you save) but I don't think it can merge 2 movies together.
It's cool and all to view/edit your movie with StereoMovie Maker but it would be even nicer to put those movies on the web somewhere. That's where youtube comes in with its 3D capabilities (it's pretty recent). So, let's look at how to save movies for youtube and the whole uploading and setting up on youtube.
Before you save your movie, make sure to swap the frames so that the Right frame appears on the left and vice versa. It's because the default in youtube for side-by-side viewing is Right-Left (cross-eyed). Technically, you don't really have to switch frames but you have to remember to change the "stereoscopic video options" when editing your video, once it's uploaded (I think). Now, you're ready to save the movie you've just edited: use the "side-by-side" option, pick a video compressor (divx or xvid, for example), configure the compressor so that you have a nice balance between image quality and file size, and press ok.
You should be ready to upload to youtube now. It's just like any other video in terms of uploading but, in order for youtube to know it's actually a 3D video, you need to add yt3d:enable=true and yt3d:aspect=16:9 (if 16:9) to your tags in the video description. That's pretty much all there is to it. When you view the video you have just uploaded, there should be a 3D icon with a drop-down menu where you can choose how you want to view the video (anaglyph, parallel, cross-eyed, and more). There should also be a settings button right next to the 3D button in order to select the definition (remember that the Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W3 digital camera can shoot movies in 16:9 high definition).
Video I took of backyard birds with my Fujifilm Real 3D W3 camera (featuring a nice stereo window violation). You probably have noticed that there's no 3D button in the embed player. That's because you need to press play in order for the 3D button to show up.
I have a Fuji W3 and I can play the movies from my camera through a DVI cable but my Panasonic TV will not play the AVI files. I have not found a way to convert them to MP4 so I can play them from an SD card. I don't want to keep all my movies on the camera. Have you seen any method of conversion?
ReplyDeletei don't really do movies with the fuji w3 and i don't have a 3d tv, so my input on that question is somewhat limited. my guess is that you need to use a movie editing program like magix 'movie magic edit pro 17' or something similar to load the movie and dump it as mp4. the best part is that you should be able to edit the movie as if it were mono. look at the 3d photo forum (link in sidebar) since i know quite a few pple do movies.
DeleteA very late reply but you can use My FinePix studio to convert to wmv side by side. Use 3d tool pallet to access the trimmer function. The resultant output can be converted to MP4 format by almost any free video converter software. This will work on Panasonic 3D TV
DeleteOne thing about ffdshow: you have to install the 32bit version ffdshow even on a 64bit Windows as StereoMovie Maker is a 32bit application.
ReplyDeleteTrying to edit W3 videos is about the most frustrating experience I've ever had. I have a 120 MHz monitor that is supported by nVidia 3D Photo Viewer and Video Player. I can watch the Fuji videos with the player or with Cyberlink PowerDVD 14. I can edit the videos with Sony Movie Studio Platinum, but can't render them in the AVI format. So I end up either with anaglyphs (like your YouTube example) or with nothing.
ReplyDeleteI've downloaded the codecs you recommend, but they make no difference.
Fuji seem to have lost all interest in 3D photography and videos. So much incompatibility: such a shame!
that post is a bit old. yes, fuji has given up supporting the w3. i think you can edit videos taken with fuji w3 using magix movie edit pro. i have never used it but some folks over at http://3dphoto.net/forum use it with success.
DeleteHello friends. I bought the top of the line configuration of the ASUS ROG gaming laptop: ASUS ROG G751JY-DB73X 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop, GeForce GTX 980M 4G (G-SYNC) with the ASUS PG278Q ROG Swift 27-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor along with the Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Kit. After some painful searches (and disappointment at how difficult it is to find latest drivers on the Nvidia site) I was able to get the set up running. The screenshots of 3D games in a 3D demo was mind blowing. Seeing my own 3D photos taken with my several years old FujiFilm W3D was stunning.
ReplyDeleteBUT, no matter what I do I cannot get to see the 3D videos I have, made by that camera and others. The 3D Photo Viewer is not capable of showing videos. And running the videos with VLC, or the previous Default Windows Media Player just open TWO windows, probably of the 2 streams. How do I SEE the 3D videos in 3D on the ASUS?
I had invested in the CyberLink Director Ultimate bundle and the DVD Director in it also does not play the videos as 3D.
My whole idea of getting this expensive set up was to do 3D video editing. Not sure when I will do that if I cannot even PLAY 3D videos. Your advice and answers will be appreciated.
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i tried following these excellent instructions on a 3 second video taken on my fuji camera as a test. for some reason the compressing option didn't work so i had to save it uncompressed. somehow this 3 second video is over 400 MB. Does that make sense???
ReplyDeleteI really don't shoot videos with W3 and these instructions probably need some updating especially on the youtube side. if you have ffdshow installed, you should be able to save using divx or xvid codec and get decent size for your video. maybe ask the question on the 3dphoto.net/forum.
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