How are stereoscopic movies formatted?
There are many, many methodologies and no standard as of yet. First – a stereoscopic movie requires two images, one for the left eye and one for the right eye. Quite common is for these images to be stored together in a single image either above and below each other, or side-by-side. The highest quality method uses the full image from each eye, resulting in a canvas that is either twice as tall or twice as wide. This method is often referred to as an Above/Below Full or Side-by-Side Full. However, sometimes they are “squished” in half either vertically or horizontally in order to maintain the original bandwidth. In this case they are then “stretched” upon playback to their original aspect ratio. This method is often referred to as an anamorphic Above/Below or Side-by-Side. There are many other methods, including interlaced, rotated side-by-sides, sync doubled, even anaglyph. All of these input formats are supported by DepthQ®PlayerTM. When an industry-wide standard is eventually adopte
