Abstract: A method includes the steps of: providing a computer readable non-transitory storage medium including a computer readable code configured to run on a computer and configured to perform a process to edit a stereoscopic 3D video on a 2D computer screen by use of a 2D editing application user interface (UI); processing a left eye video pipeline and a right eye video pipeline according to controls of the 2D editing application UI; and displaying simultaneously both of the stereoscopic 3D video in stereoscopic 3D and the 2D editing application user interface (UI) in 2D on a common 2D display. A system to perform the method is also described.