My 1st stereoscopic image gone wrong - please help

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

i thought it would be the focus point misplaced badly...
thank you for the pointers Lasse!!!

how do you work with the stereo 3D when you want to render vray DOF though....that might be tricky with the close focus point no?

[Da_elf]

as far as i understand it 3D will give you the illusion of precieving depth. DOF is just where your eyes are focused to. even in real life even if we are focused on one object and others in the distance are out of focus we can still precieve whats infront of something else. this is what the stereoscopic view does for us

[LarsSonparsson]

Yep. Usually I'm not rendering with dof. In stereo renders, your eyes will focus to different depths, like in real life. So you don't get dof from camera, but your eyes will do it naturally.
It's not so easy to see that from anaglyphic (red/cyan) images, but if you get chance to view your renders from real 3D monitor, it's working really well.

In situations where you have to break stereo rules and let eye distance to be too much, small post dof helps a lot. In those situations there is visible ghosting effect in near and far objects. Blurring those will make the ghosting not so visible, easier to watch.

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

great guys thanks you very much for sharing your knowledge!

Kind Regards