StereoPhoto Maker vs Anaglyph Maker: One Trick vs the Whole Workbench
Anaglyph Maker does one thing: it turns a stereo pair into an anaglyph. It comes from the same Japanese stereo-software circle as StereoPhoto Maker and has been the quick route to red-cyan images for years. The question is whether one thing is all you need.
| Aspect | StereoPhoto Maker | The other tool |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Complete stereo editor and converter | Dedicated anaglyph creation |
| Anaglyph options | Colour/greyscale; Red-Cyan, Red-Green, Red-Blue, Amber/Blue; gamma correction | Anaglyph-focused controls |
| Alignment | Full auto alignment before you make the anaglyph | Assumes a usable pair; alignment is not its job |
| Everything else | SBS/MPO/interlaced conversion, batch folders, cards, VR180, HEIC | Not applicable — by design |
| Cost | Freeware | Freeware — distributed via the author’s page on stereo.jpn.org |
The honest verdict
If your pairs come off a stereo camera already aligned and all you ever export is anaglyphs, Anaglyph Maker is admirably direct. The moment a pair needs alignment, a window adjustment, a batch run or a non-anaglyph output, you are in SPM territory — and SPM’s anaglyph mode (with gamma correction, the main ghosting lever) covers the anaglyph job itself. Most users end up doing what the tools’ authors implicitly suggest: SPM as the workbench, dedicated tools for single tricks. See our anaglyph tutorial and the ghosting guide.