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Anaglyph 3D Video Effect

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Settings are written to the URL as you change them. Nothing differs from the defaults yet.

Pull the color channels of a clip apart so every edge carries a red and a cyan outline, the look of an old 3D movie viewed without the glasses.

Separation distance and angle

Separation Distance sets how far the two channel groups move from the center. Separation Angle sets the direction: 0° is the horizontal split of stereoscopic footage, 90° splits vertically, and anything between gives a diagonal offset. The offset is the same across the frame, unlike the radial fringing of the chromatic aberration video effect.

Motion and the split

Because the offset is fixed, fast horizontal motion along the split direction can make the two copies seem to trail each other. Slow movement and static shots read most clearly. Ghosting at 20% to 40% keeps faces solid when the separation is large.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. A true anaglyph needs two views filmed from slightly different positions. This effect offsets the color channels of one view, which gives the look of anaglyph footage but no depth through the glasses.

It blends the original frame back into the center of the split, so the subject stays readable while the separated color outlines remain around its edges.

Red / Cyan, the classic 3D glasses pair; Green / Magenta; and Yellow / Blue, which reads like misregistered comic printing.

It is copied into the export unchanged when the container can hold its codec, and re-encoded when it cannot. A note under the export button says which happened.

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