[ADDon] UPDATED Ver 2.05c - 3D Stereo Camera & ANIM Rendering - Full Version, FREE!

*** OFFICIAL ADDon THREAD *** [ ACTIVELY BEING IMPROVED / SUPPORTED ]

LIKE IMAX 3D MOVIES ? MAKE YOUR OWN 3D MOVIES for FREE!

This FREE POWERFUL Addon allows you to VERY EASILY Make 3D Stereoscopic FX, Animations, Movies, & Images !

[ ADDON WAS LAST UPDATED ON AUGUST 3, 2017 to v2.05c !]

*** NOTE: THIS ADD-ON is for BLENDER 2.78c & 2.79 ( BUT NOT 2.80 )

FULL VERSION - FREE! NO BS!


Why use this ADDOn when Blender 2.78c / 2.79 supports Stereo 3D ???

Take a look and see:



[B][B][B]* Blender’s native “Stereo 3D” is actually based off an OLD addon by Sebastian Schneider
* Blender’s native “Stereo 3D” does NOT create nodes / PRESETS to render final 3D Stereo
* Blender’s native “Stereo 3D” is very basic, and requires alot of setup…

HARD

– VERSUS –

EASY![/B][/B]

*** The 3D Stereoscopic Camera & Rendering Addon does it all for you in 1 EASY Addon PANEL!

  • Custom Heavily MODDed/Improved version of the same [B]OLD addon [B]by Sebastian Schneider that Blender used some of his code for the native “Stereo 3D”:
  • But, this ADDON is completely[/B] redesigned with better coding and added new features
    to automate the 3D STEREO rendering process - Everything is in just 1 addon panel too!
  • Optional 3D CAMERA guides can be turned on/off
  • Supports MULTIPLE 3D CAMERAS in a scene, unlike old original addon
  • Plus alot more features that Blender’s native “Stereo 3D” and old addon lack!

This is how EASY it is to use this ADDON ( vs Blender’s Native “Stereo 3D” - LOL!!! )

  • Just Create or load a project, use the addon
  • Update any camera to 3D Stereo & set options like Seperation value
  • Select what kind of Stereo 3D format you want
  • Pick Single Image or Animation, and click the addon’s “RENDER 3D STEREO” button

*** You just created your own 3D Stereo images/animations — just like that!

Watch the addon in action in this short demonstration video:

[/B]


[/B]
This addon makes 3D Stereoscopic Images and Animations very easy to create:

  • Just 1 Click of a button renders BOTH L+R Cameras & Combines them into Images/Animations !

  • Stereo Type Presets automatically creates nodes required to render
    ( Renderer uses its own small scene, with just 1 empty as a camera & composite nodes for stereo 3d)

11 Stereo Presets:

  • Interlaced ( Left-field first )

  • Side-by-Sides - FULL & HALF (Squashed) Widths

  • Over/Under

  • Anaglyph - RED/CYAN , FULL, HALF COLOR, and Greyscale (B&W)

  • Anaglyph - MAGENTA/GREEN , FULL, HALF COLOR, and Greyscale (B&W)

  • Anaglyph - AMBER (Yellow)/BLUE

  • Works with Blender Render, CYCLES - including OSL , & Disney-Pixar RENDERMAN v21.4 !

** It does NOT affect you scenes, does NOT affect any NODES in your scenes:
** Does NOT duplicate any Objects/Scenes like Original addon did ( caused crashes with Sims )
** YOU CAN USE MULTIPLE 3D CAMERAS in MULTIPLE SCENES
** YOU CAN ALSO USE COMPOSITE NODES/SEQUENCER IN YOUR SCENES NOW TOO
** The Original Addon could not do this!
** Works with Sims, such as Ocean, Cloth, Fluid, Fractures, smoke/fire, Particles, Physics, etc !
** You can create some awesome 3D Stereo Effects with this addon!

** VERY EASY TO USE! ( See the BASIC TUTORIAL VIDEO below after Attachment Download link )

*** CREDITS: This is an EXTREMELY MODIFIED & IMPROVED VERSION OF AN OLD BLENDER ADDON
*** by Sebastian Schneider in 2013, and was released under GNU GPL License.
*** Alot of code was removed, some code updated for new blender 2.78c API,
*** and alot new code has been added. It is far superior than his old original version.


ALL IMAGES AND SAMPLE ANIMATION VIDEOS POSTED IN THIS THREAD (except screenshots)
WERE CREATED USING THIS 3D STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA & RENDERING ADDON!

** PLEASE VIEW ALL ANAGLYPH VIDEOS and IMAGES with RED/CYAN 3D GLASSES ! **
** IN THIS THREAD TO SEE THE TRUE 3D STEREO EFFECTS OF THIS GREAT ADDON! **


                 ====================================
                 | SAMPLE ANAGLYPH VIDEO CREATED USING THIS ADDON:  |
                 ====================================

(Medley of Images & Animations combined into 1 video to clean up OP)


SAMPLE IMAGE ( see More Samples posted below after this OP ):


3D Anaglyph with BLENDER RENDER

*** CREDITS/ACKNOWLEDGEMNETS:
Created in Blender 2.78c Fracture Modifier build* ( http://df-vfx.de/fracturemodifier/ )
Models created Using MakeHuman v1.1.1 ( http://www.makehuman.org ), MH Community Assets , MHX2 Exporter / Blender MHX2 Importer ( http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/downloads.html )
Beach Water and Sand images used were found on google images.


* Keep OpenSource FREE, Dont charge for Addons! * Asking for donations is OK - but CHARGING for them is NOT!

*** I actually modded this for my own personal use
*** I like it so much, I decided to share this addon

I want to give back to the community & share! I Know others will find this addon
VERY USEFUL & HELPFUL if you are into 3D Stereoscopy.

################################################## ########

Extract just the .PY file to your Blender ADDONS folder, and enable it in USER PREFERENCES/ADDONS: Category: OBJECT - 3D Stereoscopic Camera


“OpenSource needs to be FREE, and so should ADDons for OpenSource Apps…”


[B]Last Update August 3, 2017
*** VERSION 2.05c ***
( For Blender 2.78c & 2.79 )

*** BOOKMARK THIS PAGE! THIS ADDON is ACTIVELY & RAPIDLY BEING IMPROVED ***
*** BE SURE TO CHECK BACK HERE FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES ***
[/B]
[B]DOWNLOAD HERE (v2.05c) ----> sebastian_stereoscopic_Blender278c_MOD.py.zip (17.4 KB)

version 2.05c - added enhancements: Now the MAIN CAMERA’s (“Center Camera”) settings, such as clipping distances, lens type, focus, dof, etc are now copied to the “L” & “R” cameras ( “APPLY SETTINGS” in addon after changing main camera’s settings for the L+R to update )

[/B]

WATCH THE BASIC TUTORIAL VIDEO to see how to use this ADDon

I am NOT asking for any money or donations:
This addon has taken up ALOT of my free time to create, test, and support updates:

SO please SHOW SOME LOVE, give back just a little bit of your time,
and POST some PICS/VIDEOS or LINKS of your 3D STEREO works
created with this addon, to this thread. Doing so would make me very happy. Thank you!

Please Register & log in to BlenderArtists.org to Download attachments and to post replies.
It is FREE, so please take the time to do so if you haven’t already. Its Quick and Easy.

This is a MODDED version of the Original add-on by Sebastian:
( The Original addon was Free / was included in Blender )

This Version works with Blender 2.78c, including Fracture Modifier build

*** This special modded version is FREE - DO NOT PAY ANYONE FOR THIS ADD-ON!

It is a single .PY file - unzip and copy the .py addon to your SCRIPTS/ADDONS folder
then ENABLE it using the USER PREFERENCES, ADDONS

FEATURES:

  • It does NOT duplicate the SCENE
    ( Orig addon used linked objects in extra L+R scenes, and SIMs were causing crashes when rendering )

  • You can make multiple 3D-Cameras

  • All controls/options are under CAMERA PROPERTIES icon

  • Automated - Very Easy to use!

  • Does NOT affect any nodes in your scenes - You can use composite nodes!

  • Render Button automatically creates everything, including nodes, using its own special “scene”
    (the special “scene” is a scene with an “empty” as a camera to use nodes to produce final render

  • You can render a single image or animations

  • Does Side-by-Side full and half widths, Over/Under, Anaglyph, etc - just like the orig addon had

  • Works with BLENDER RENDER and CYCLES

  • Does NOT crash / Segment fault when using SIMs ( Particles, Fluid, Smoke, Fracture, etc )
    as the original addon does. ( It would render a few frames then crashes blender.
    had something to do with LINKED DATA objects and the SIMs causing the crashes.
    This MODDED version doesnt use any linked data, nor mess with your scenes or nodes.

  • Check out the FRACTURE MODIFIER build of Blender 2.78c !
    Link to it : http://df-vfx.de/fracturemodifier/

HOW IT WORKS:

Basically, it renders the “L” & “R” cameras as .PNG images, then combines them into Stereoscopic Images or Video!

*** NOTE: When Rendering, NO PROGRESS IS SHOWN - RENDERING ANIM CAN TAKE A VERY LONG TIME!
Recommend rendering SINGLE IMAGE(s) BEFORE rendering ANIMS to make sure things look right!

I spent an entire week referencing the 2.78c API and writing python code + testing/debugging.
I wanted to give back to the community, rather than keeping this to myself, or worse, by being
GREEDY and trying to CHARGE others for an addon for a GPL opensource Application!

I hope others enjoy this addon as much as I do!

DOWLOAD THE ADDON HERE: ( .ZIP ) - UPDATED Jun 21, 2017
sebastian_stereoscopic_Blender278c_MOD.py.zip (12.5 KB)

( Check back here on this OP for UPDATES )

SCREENSHOTS:


*** NOTE: A CAMERA MUST BE SELECTED IN OUTLINER for ADDON to APPEAR!

(1) Select any Camera ( that isnt already 3D )
(2) Under CAMERA PROPERTIES, click SET 3D CAMERA button to turn it into a 3D Stereo Camera
(3) Tweak settings, such as camera type, 3D Stereo type, parallex, etc
(4) Render Single Images to make sure 3D Stereoscopic Effects appear correctly for viewing
(5) Render Full Animations

**** Rendering Notes: Set other options under RENDERING properties
such as Output Type ( PNG, AVI, etc ) , Image Size, etc, etc

                             When Rendering ANIMs, it will render from Start Frame to End Frame,
                             so you can set the range to render anims.

YOU MUST USE THE “RENDER 3D STEREO” button in the ADDON to RENDER 3D STEREO
( ADDON ONLY SHOWS UNDER CAMERA PROPERTIES & ONLY WHEN A CAMERA IS SELECTED )

DO NOT USE THE REGULAR RENDER BUTTONS in the RENDER PROPERTIES

( The Native Blender Stereoscopic doesn’t work properly for me.
Also, this ADDON does all the work of creating the nodes required for 3D Stereo renders.
This Addon is VERY EASY to USE and IT WORKS GREAT - TRY IT & SEE! )

*** PLEASE POST A THUMBNAIL & LINK TO YOUR 3D-STEREO MOVIES ( ie Youtube )
IF YOU CREATED ANY AWESOME 3D ANIMS USING THIS MODDED ADDON

                             I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM!

Attachments


Excuse me Sir but your attachment link don’t work?

I don’t get the point of using that addon : Isn’t Blender natively support Stereoscopy since some versions ?

dont know why the attachment doesnt work from above.

Try this: stereoscopic_Blender278c_MOD.zip (12.5 KB)

The native Stereoscopic render does not work for me in 2.78
btw, the native blender stereoscopic is based off the same Sebastian addon.

This ADDON will definitely render 3D side-by-side, over-under, Anaglyph IMAGES & ANIMATIONS

Just MAKE a CAMERA into 3D-CAMERA with ADD-ON, set options such as parallex,etc
then click the RENDER 3D button, and it will do everything for you.

Sorry, dont know what happened. I’ve edited the OP and fixed the attachment.
Maybe due to only 3 attachments allow per post, the addon was the 4th.
I deleted 1 image and re-uploaded/attached new ZIP

It appears to work now.

Make ANY camera(s) in ANY scenes into 3D Stereoscopic Cameras
Renders 3D Stereo Animations too! *This ADDON is for BLENDER 2.78c

Make 3D Stereoscopic Videos/Movies/Images using this addon!

Addon does EVERYTHING Automatically for you.

Anaglyph Image Rendered using this addon:
created in Blender FM (Fracture Modifier) build v2.78c
using MHX2 Import/Export + Makehuman 1.1.1


Sorry, this is a duplicated thread.

Please see the ACTIVE THREAD here to download the Addon.
Updates will be posted there as well.

Use the link below to go to the Official Thread

https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?432942-ADDon-UPDATED-3D-Stereoscopic-Camera-amp-ANIM-Rendering-Addon-for-BLENDER-2-78

Attachments



the OP disappeared, idk why ( Maybe its waiting for moderator??? )

Sorry, I seem to be having issues with this website :mad:

I have started a NEW thread ( again )

it is called: [AddOn] *** UPDATED *** 3D Stereoscopic Camera …

June 22, 2017

Waiting for moderators to approve it.

you can find the addon here:

https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?432942-ADDon-UPDATED-3D-Stereoscopic-Camera-amp-ANIM-Rendering-Addon-for-BLENDER-2-78

Reserved for OP

In response to the above 2 posts,
(1) The Attachment is downloadable
(2) This addon basically does everything for you automatically, including nodes needed.
It is super easy to use and very convenient. But if you like doing things the HARD way,
be my guest and DO NOT USE this addon ( LoL! )

Here are a few sample renders created using Blender 2.78c Fracture Modifier Build,
Models created using MakeHuman 1.1.1 & MHX2 Exporter w/Poses & Expressions:

These Images are BLENDER RENDER, not cycles.






SBS (Side-by-Side, FULL Width) Sample

You can make true Stereoscopic Videos using this addon!

If you use SBS or Over/Under, you can use BINO, VLC, or SMPLAYER to view 3D videos as Anaglyph, etc.

Blender 2.78 Fracture Modifier @ http://df-vfx.de/fracturemodifier/
Makehuman 1.1.1 can be found @ http://makehuman.org

Sorry the OP disappeared or accidentially got erased or something.
IDK what happened.

You can download the addon here + see screenshots & INFO

https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?432942-ADDon-UPDATED-3D-Stereoscopic-Camera-amp-ANIM-Rendering-Addon-for-BLENDER-2-78&highlight=

Thks bossco,
very cool! Congratulations and good Luck.

Seriously…

thanks, great work & keep up the spirit

Thanks a lot, like burnin said




    Anaglyph                    Anaglyph                  SBS (full)

Created using BLENDER 2.78c (Fracture Modifier build) with MHX2 Importer,
and MakeHuman 1.1.1 with MHX2 Export ( w/ Poses + Expressions ) including MH Community Assets

This was rendered using CYCLES… to show addon works with CYCLES


and this one below is a BLENDER RENDER using FIRE/SMOKE SIM + FRACTURE MODIFIER (Exploded Cube)
to show that addon works with SIMs.





    Anaglyph               SBS Full Width               Anaglygh

( Cycles Render ) ( Blender Render ) ( Blender Render )

PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE RUNNING THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS ADDON.

IT HAS BEEN UPDATED DAILY, TO FIX A FEW SMALL BUGS DISCOVERED.

I Believe v2.04b has fixed all known issues.