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At this time, StereoMovie Maker does not have a Hue adjustment filter or a Channel Mixer filter, so you can’t optimize anaglyphs by using just StereoMovie Maker. Hopefully, Masuji will someday add this ability (as in StereoPhoto Maker).
However…
You can optimize and tweak anaglyphs, using identical methods as I used in my other anaglyph optimization tutorials, by using VirtualDub for the first couple of steps, frameserving to the AviSynth script (just as in the VirtualDub tutorial), then opening the script in StereoMovie Maker instead of a third application of VirtualDub. This way, you are able to use the stereoscopic alignment tools in StereoMovie Maker, if you prefer (but there are also VirtualDub filters that will work for alignment, too).
Just follow the VirtualDub tutorial, then open the AviSynth script in StereoMovie Maker:
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Assuming you use VirtualDub for the Hue adjustments and the Channer Mixer settings (which is the whole point of my anaglyph optimization method), be sure to use the standard anaglyph conversion in StereoMovie Maker (Stereo > Color anaglyph > Red/Cyan), i.e. don’t use a Half Color conversion or something other than the standard red/cyan conversion… all the optimizing is done in VirtualDub.

Have fun!

Here’s how to set up StereoPhoto Maker using the same optimization and tweaks that I used in my After Effects, The GIMP, Photoshop and VirtualDub
tutorials. Again, if you use the settings (or something very close to them) that I entered into the Channel Mixer (Stereo > ColorAnaglyph > Optimized Anaglyph Setting), you can tweak the colors with the Color Adjustment tool (Adjust > Color adjustment) any way you prefer, and the optimization will remain intact (very little retinal rivalry). Also,
remember to raise the gamma level of the left image a bit (e.g. to about 1.35 or 1.50 or so), and you can do that with either the Color adjustment tool or in the Channel Mixer (Optimized Anaglyph) settings… just be sure not to do it twice.
The most important thing to remember is to make sure that you apply the same _exact_ color adjustments to _both_ perspectives (equally) with the Color adjustment tool. This is the key to optimization tweaking victory! Also, the hue adjustment filters are all very similar in the various programs I tried, but there are some subtle differences. If you have problems with the colors, try using different combinations of color tweaks. Eventually, you should find a formula that works for you… or you might end up with a couple of different settings for different purposes.
Lastly, once you get the color settings that you want, you can batch convert images (File > Multi-Conversion).