Your first ten minutes

1. 1

   Launch Studio

   Open the application and confirm that it reaches the import screen without a GPU warning.

2. 2

   Add media

   Drop one or more supported camera files, or choose Open Files. Keep every required companion or segment file beside the selected file.

3. 3

   Complete calibration

   If Studio asks for stereo calibration or sensor orientation, finish that guided flow before judging the final picture.

4. 4

   Choose the motion

   Open Stabilization, enable VRadical Flow when needed, then add Lock Vertical Direction and/or Chicken Head Stabilization as intentional modifiers.

5. 5

   Shape the image

   Open Media Processing for color, LUT, image correction, and camera-specific geometry controls.

6. 6

   Set a range

   Use the left and right bracket controls to mark In and Out points when you only need part of a video.

7. 7

   Deliver

   Choose Export, build a Timeline, or start a DeoVR stream. Studio keeps the camera pipeline attached to every clip.

A tiny glossary before we roll

Install on macOS

1. 1

   Open the DMG

   Use the VRadical Studio disk image supplied for your edition.

2. 2

   Copy the app

   Drag VRadical Studio into Applications. Keep the application bundle intact because it contains the GUI, CLI, libraries, and calibration tools.

3. 3

   Launch

   Open VRadical Studio from Applications. If macOS asks for confirmation, verify that you are opening the delivery you received.

4. 4

   Upgrade

   In an updater-enabled customer build, choose Help > Check for Updates or open Settings > General > Updates. A manually delivered build can still be replaced while Studio is closed.

Install on Windows

1. 1

   Run the installer

   Open VRadicalStudioSetup.exe. Windows may show an unknown-publisher UAC prompt for the current unsigned installer.

2. 2

   Choose the destination

   The default is Program Files. The installer can create Start menu and desktop shortcuts.

3. 3

   Finish prerequisites

   Allow the installer to add the Microsoft Visual C++ x64 runtime when needed.

4. 4

   Upgrade

   Use Help > Check for Updates in an updater-enabled customer build, or quit Studio and run a newer installer over the existing installation.

First-launch checks

• CHECKThe import screen appears and remains responsive.
• CHECKNo Apple Silicon or Direct3D 11 compatibility message appears.
• CHECKThe version shown in Settings matches the delivery notes.
• CHECKYour camera family is enabled in this edition. Camera support is build-specific.
• CHECKThere is enough fast local storage for camera originals, exports, and temporary calibration data.

Accepted containers

Video profile coverage

Photo profile coverage

Canon CRM first-use workflow

1. 1

   Open the original CRM

   Studio opens a neutral native GPU preview before full visual motion analysis, so you can inspect and calibrate the source immediately.

2. 2

   Confirm the Canon recipe

   Studio requires the official Canon recipe LUT from the normally installed Canon resource. It never substitutes a guessed look.

3. 3

   Calibrate video geometry

   Complete Auto-Calibration for the matching EOS R5 Mark II and lens before final preview, export, Timeline, or streaming.

4. 4

   Enable stabilization when needed

   Studio generates and caches the visual trajectory on demand. The progress panel can be cancelled cleanly.

5. 5

   Monitor audio

   CRM exposes four 48 kHz, 24-bit mono channels. Monitoring defaults to channels 1 and 2.

Companion-file rules

Import one or many files

1. 1

   Choose media

   Use File > Open the files, the Open Files/Add files button, or drag supported files into the window.

2. 2

   Wait for the batch

   Studio probes and validates the entire selection before it exposes the first active clip.

3. 3

   Read the summary

   If some files are rejected, one summary lists every rejected name and reason. Accepted media arrives together.

4. 4

   Handle calibration

   If the active import needs calibration, that flow starts only after loading and the rejection summary are finished.

Per-media session state

• Every loaded medium keeps its own color, LUT and strength, anti-flicker, image correction, audio mode, and stabilization choices for the current session.
• Switching media restores that medium's state; it never inherits the settings of the clip that was just visible.
• Restored grade values remain exact, but the named color-profile selector returns to (None) because the session snapshot stores values rather than a live preset association.
• Removing a medium forgets its session state. Remove All clears the whole session, and restarting Studio does not restore these creative settings.
• Aliases of the same logical multipart recording share one state because Studio treats them as one inseparable medium.
• A Timeline clip starts from the source medium's current snapshot, then becomes independently editable inside the project.

Transport controls

Playback details that matter

• Fractional rates such as 29.97 and 59.94 use a high-resolution schedule rather than an integer-millisecond timer.
• When processing is late, Studio displays frames as soon as possible instead of skipping source frames to catch up.
• At end of playback, the last rendered frame stays visible. Press Play to restart from the active range.
• The preview remains centered when the window is resized.
• Photos intentionally hide playback, audio, stabilization, streaming, and In/Out controls.

Automatic calibration workflow

1. 1

   Load a calibration-capable video

   Use a clear, textured scene with useful detail across both eyes and several moments through the clip.

2. 2

   Open Media Processing

   Expand Calibration and choose Auto-Calibration. Confirm replacement if a usable calibration already exists.

3. 3

   Let Studio extract samples

   The native GPU renders several final-output eye pairs. Do not move, rename, or disconnect the source during the run.

4. 4

   Let the solver finish

   Studio prepares stereo matches, rejects weak samples, solves shared rectification and output translation, and validates the result.

5. 5

   Load automatically

   The resulting camera/profile INI is saved and applied immediately. The same profile loads automatically next time.

Modified DJI sensor orientation

• On first setup, Studio may determine cardinal sensor orientation before parallax calibration.
• Automatic setup measures stabilization ON and OFF states, then saves one complete Mod profile.
• If the scene is ambiguous, Studio does not guess. Use the calibration-purpose manual preview to capture both states, then retry calibration.
• An existing Mod profile is authoritative, including an all-zero profile created elsewhere.

Photo calibration identity

Calibration troubleshooting

A reliable setup order

1. 1

   Turn on VRadical Flow

   Start with the camera policy defaults and play a representative moving section.

2. 2

   Decide on vertical lock

   Enable Lock Vertical Direction if horizon stability matters more than retaining the camera's pitch motion.

3. 3

   Try Chicken Head only when intentional

   Use it for a fixed-forward experience, not as a generic extra smoothing switch.

4. 4

   Check source limits

   Large framing corrections or extreme motion can expose honest black borders where no source pixels exist.

5. 5

   Preview the export range

   Scrub the first, fastest, and last motion in the marked range before export.

Camera-specific controls

• GoPro BERS1 uses fixed native rolling-shutter behavior. Gyro-fusion and residual rolling-shutter sliders remain hidden.
• Older GoPro BERS0/EAC profiles can expose Gyroscope and camera-specific rolling-shutter factor controls.
• DJI Osmo 360 uses one rigid motion basis for both eyes and native metadata rolling shutter.
• Insta360 EVO, X4, X5, One R/RS, and 1-inch profiles use dense FlowState motion, automatic metadata rolling shutter, and one shared trajectory for both eyes. Residual rolling-shutter sliders stay hidden.
• On X4/X5 clips recorded with both sensors down, Studio can retry left +90/right -90 automatically when no authoritative Mod profile exists, then save the working orientation.
• Kandao Q3U keeps its validated centered yaw/pitch path and accepts only 24, 25, or 30 fps families within a 0.5 fps tolerance. Chicken Head fixes initial yaw.
• Canon CRM offers Off, VRadical/EOS VR Utility Flow, Lock Vertical Direction, and Chicken Head. It uses a 12.8 ms global gyro window and never exposes gyro-fusion or residual rolling-shutter controls.
• Photos are static sources and do not expose stabilization controls.

Color grading controls

Import and save a LUT workflow

1. 1

   Open Color Grading

   Expand the section and choose New beside LUT.

2. 2

   Select a .cube file

   Studio copies the LUT into your personal VRadical LUT folder so it remains available.

3. 3

   Set intensity

   Start around 30 to 60 percent, then tune exposure and tonal sliders.

4. 4

   Save a profile

   Use Save to name the complete grade for reuse.

5. 5

   Reset safely

   Reset returns the active clip's grade to neutral without deleting saved profiles or LUT files.

Image correction controls

Audio modes

Open and finish a photo

1. 1

   Import the original

   Open a supported .36p, .jpg, .cr3, .insp, or .dng whose camera family is enabled. Canon .jpeg is not an accepted alias.

2. 2

   Resolve geometry

   Use matching video calibration or choose a compatible video serial when the DJI/Q3U route offers it. Canon photos use a transient single-frame correction instead.

3. 3

   Inspect both eyes

   Check vertical alignment, scale, seams, and common visibility at the center and borders.

4. 4

   Frame the shot

   Use Color Grading and supported image-correction controls. Photos do not expose audio or stabilization.

5. 5

   Export

   Choose JPG final SBS/VR180, or DNG only when the source route and output contract support it.

Camera-specific photo behavior

Photos in a Timeline

• A photo becomes a silent static visual clip with a default duration of 2 seconds.
• Trim or stretch the block to change how long the same rendered frame remains on screen.
• Photo clips support placement, transitions, color/LUT, and image correction.
• Photo clips never expose audio or stabilization controls.
• Timeline export renders the calibrated native still at the Timeline cadence for the block's duration.

Export a clip

1. 1

   Set In and Out

   Mark the range in the player, or leave the full clip active.

2. 2

   Open Export

   Choose the green export button at the lower right.

3. 3

   Name the file

   Choose a destination and a meaningful filename. Studio adds a numeric suffix when the name already exists.

4. 4

   Choose the picture

   Set resolution, projection, frame rate, codec, bit depth, denoise, and sharpening.

5. 5

   Confirm motion and metadata

   Review stabilization, hardware acceleration, and VR metadata.

6. 6

   Start Export

   The validated job enters the Export Queue. You can keep working while it runs.

Core export controls

Codec and container guide

Built-in YouTube profiles

Photo export settings

Mixed batch export

1. 1

   Select several media items

   Include supported videos and photos from one or more enabled camera families.

2. 2

   Choose Export

   Studio groups the selection by camera family and media kind.

3. 3

   Review every tab

   Each group keeps its original video or photo export controls. A fixed camera policy can override an incompatible tab choice.

4. 4

   Resolve names

   Choose output names and let Studio avoid collisions with unique suffixes.

5. 5

   Validate the complete batch

   Studio checks every photo/video job before queuing any of them.

6. 6

   Enqueue atomically

   If validation succeeds, the full batch enters the queue and executes sequentially.

Export Queue

Queue context actions

• Export Settings - review the frozen job settings.
• Show in Finder / Explorer - reveal a completed output.
• Retry - rebuild a failed or cancelled attempt from its job contract.
• Show Error - read the complete failure reason.
• Remove from list - clear a finished entry without deleting its output.
• Cancel export - request a clean stop for an active job.

Publish after export

Build a project

1. 1

   Load source media

   Import every video and photo you plan to use. Referenced media also loads when you open a Timeline project.

2. 2

   Enter Timeline

   Choose the Timeline button on the right rail.

3. 3

   Add visual clips

   Double-click or drag supported media into the visual track.

4. 4

   Add external audio

   Use + Audio for WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, or FLAC from the file picker.

5. 5

   Arrange and trim

   Drag clips, adjust edges, split at the playhead, and remove unwanted blocks.

6. 6

   Polish each clip

   Open clip-specific audio, color, image correction, or stabilization where supported.

7. 7

   Save

   Write a .vradical-timeline project before export or streaming.

Editing operations

Transitions

Per-clip settings

• Video clips can carry their own stabilization mode, audio mode, color/LUT grade, and image correction.
• A new clip is initialized from its source medium's current session snapshot; later Timeline edits belong to that clip.
• Photo clips carry color/LUT, image correction, placement, trim duration, and transitions, but no audio or stabilization.
• Sensor rotations and Mod profiles are materialized per camera serial before a job is assembled.
• A Timeline may mix clips from different registered camera profiles on the same visual track.
• If a referenced logical multipart source changes, Studio fails closed and asks you to reload instead of rendering new physical members silently.

Save, reopen, export, and stream

• Save projects with the .vradical-timeline extension.
• Keep project media at stable paths, with companion and multipart files intact.
• Opening a project imports referenced photos and videos into the left media list.
• Timeline export uses the same camera route per clip and the selected global output cadence/codec.
• Timeline DeoVR streaming uses the same local HLS workflow as a video clip.
• Preview the frames around every cut and transition before a long master export.

Start a stream

1. 1

   Load a video or Timeline

   Photos cannot be streamed.

2. 2

   Set the range

   Optional In and Out points define the streamed section.

3. 3

   Open Stream to DeoVR

   Choose the headset button in the lower-right transport area.

4. 4

   Choose port and resolution

   Port 8080 and 4K are the defaults. Available sizes are 4K, 5.7K, 6K, and 8K. Resolutions above 4K require a very powerful GPU.

5. 5

   Review stabilization

   Use the same motion choices you previewed for the clip.

6. 6

   Start Streaming

   Wait through Buffering until Studio reports Streaming and displays the URL.

7. 7

   Open DeoVR

   On a reachable device, open http://<computer-ip>:<port>/deovr.

8. 8

   Stop when finished

   Choose Stop Streaming so the server closes and temporary segments are removed.

Streaming fixes

General

Authenticated updates

1. 1

   Open Updates

   In an updater-enabled customer build, choose Help > Check for Updates... or Settings > General > Updates.

2. 2

   Connect GitHub

   Choose Connect. In Connect VRadical Studio to GitHub, use Copy Code and Open GitHub, complete the device flow in your browser, then return to Studio.

3. 3

   Choose automatic checks

   Automatically check for updates is off by default. Enabling it shows a privacy consent before Studio contacts GitHub in the background.

4. 4

   Check

   Use Check Now or Retry. The panel shows GitHub status and Last check without blocking the rest of Studio.

5. 5

   Download

   Choose Download Update. Downloads are always user-initiated and the signed manifest is verified before installation is offered.

6. 6

   Install safely

   Choose Install Update.... Studio waits for preview/export/streaming/calibration work to reach a safe state, then installs and relaunches.

Create or edit a Mod profile

1. 1

   Open Mod Settings

   Open Settings, then choose Mod Settings.

2. 2

   Choose New or a profile

   Create a profile or select an existing camera serial from the list.

3. 3

   Enter the exact serial

   Camera serial is a semantic identity. Preserve all characters and boundary whitespace exactly as supplied by Studio.

4. 4

   Set both stabilization states

   Choose left/right cardinal sensor rotations for Stabilization ON and OFF.

5. 5

   Set eye order and focal distance

   Use Swap Left/Right Eyes and the profile focal-distance default only when the physical rig requires them.

6. 6

   Save and Apply

   Save Profile, then Apply/OK. A matching loaded camera updates immediately.

Where Studio keeps personal data

Packaged executable

Inspect a camera file

vradical-cli --json "/path/to/clip.360"

Export an 8K HEVC video

vradical-cli "/path/to/clip.360" \
  --export "/path/to/output.mp4" \
  --resolution 8K --codec hevc --depth 10 \
  --bitrate 120M --fps 0

Export a Timeline master

vradical-cli "/path/to/project.vradical-timeline" \
  --export "/path/to/timeline.mov" \
  --codec prores --resolution 7680x3840

Export a supported DNG photo

vradical-cli "/path/to/photo.dng" \
  --export "/path/to/photo-output.dng" \
  --photo-format dng --resolution source

Start a local DeoVR stream

vradical-cli "/path/to/clip.360" \
  --deovr --port 8080 --resolution 4K

User-facing option groups

Collect useful diagnostics

1. 1

   Record version/build

   Open Settings and note the exact version and build.

2. 2

   Record the action

   State whether the failure happened during import, preview, calibration, Timeline, export, publish, or streaming.

3. 3

   Copy the exact error

   Use Show Error in the queue or copy the complete popup text.

4. 4

   Capture console output

   Launch the executable from Terminal or PowerShell when support asks. Studio has no dedicated persistent log file.

5. 5

   Review before sharing

   Console output can contain media paths, calibration paths, and camera serials. Redact anything you do not want to disclose.

Before contacting support

• CHECKKeep the original camera file and all companion/multipart members.
• CHECKDo not transcode the failing source.
• CHECKNote the camera model, exact serial, Studio version/build, operating system, and GPU.
• CHECKInclude the exact route: preview, calibration, photo, Timeline, export, publish, or DeoVR.
• CHECKInclude the exact error and the smallest reproducible range.
• CHECKContact ChelouteVR via reddit u/cheloutevr or email cheloute.vr@gmail.com when the installed build instructs you to do so.

Global shortcuts

Timeline shortcuts

Final export checklist

• CHECKThe correct camera/profile appears in File Properties.
• CHECKCalibration is loaded and both eyes align in near, mid, and far regions.
• CHECKSensor rotations and eye order match the final SBS viewer convention.
• CHECKStabilization behaves correctly at the start, fastest motion, and end.
• CHECKYaw, pitch, and focal distance do not reveal unintended source borders.
• CHECKLUT and tonal controls look consistent in both eyes.
• CHECKAudio mode and monitoring volume are intentional.
• CHECKIn/Out points or Timeline duration are correct.
• CHECKProjection, resolution, frame rate, codec, depth, bitrate, and metadata match the destination.
• CHECKA short sample export has been checked in the target player/headset.
• CHECKThe final output folder has enough space and the queue is monitored through completion.

Fast glossary