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# Spatial Video Editing workflow
- URL: https://www.michaelverdi.com/spatial-video-editing-workflow/
- Published: 2024-02-19T23:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T21:53:16.000Z
- Description: Here's how I'm editing spatial videos shot with the iPhone.
- Author: Michael Verdi
- Tags: Process

- Convert MV-HEVC into Left & Right videos.  
  - Drag video files out of Photos. Put them in a folder with “Left” and “Right” subfolders. CD to the directory and use this terminal command to make L & R files to edit.  
    - Requires the [Spatial command line tool by Mike Swanson](https://blog.mikeswanson.com/spatial?ref=michaelverdi.com) (I installed this using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/?ref=michaelverdi.com) so the spatial commands below are not prefixed with ./
    - `for f in *.MOV; do spatial export -i "$f" --vcodec proRes422 -o "Left/${f%}" -o "Right/${f%}";done`
- Edit your video in DaVinci Resolve Studio (need the paid version)  
  - Project settings – 1920 x 1080, 30fps
  - Create a “Left” and “Right” bin and drag the corresponding clips into each one.
  - Right-click the master bin and choose 3D stereo sync. Pick the left and right eye folder. Set the output folder to the master bin. You should end up with a bunch of clips with 3D labels on them.  
    - *There is a bug in DR. My clips get paired with the wrong clip unless I sync one clip at a time. Super annoying.*
  - Now you can edit as usual.
  - When you are done color grading – use the 3D tab on the Color page to adjust the alignment and 3D depth.  
    - Use the stereo alignment tools if you have vertical mismatch.
    - You can use the convergence setting to make things farther out or farther in.
  - Finally – export a left eye video and a right eye video.
- Convert Left & Right videos to MV-HEVC  
  - Run this terminal command on the L & R videos you exported from DaVinci Resolve:  
    - `spatial make -i LEFT.mov -i RIGHT.mov --bitrate 20M --cdist 19.24 --hfov 63.4 --hadjust 0.02 --primary right --projection rect -o VIDEO-spatial.mov`
  - When finished, drag the video to the Photos app where you can access it in AVP.