Lens distortion compensation

With Catalyst Browse, you can correct the distortion aberrations caused by the digital camera lens.

  1. Click the Browse in the upper part of the Catalyst Browse window to show the media browser.

  2. Select the clip you want to correct. By clicking the thumbnail of [Adjust Clip] , you can check whether or not that clip includes the [Lens distortion compensation] metadata.

    The Lens distortion compensation icon is not shown in the FTP device, the volume of the CIFS-mediated XDCAM Station, the XDCAM deck, the XDCAM drive unit, or the clip in the Optical Disc Archive volume.

  3. To show the Adjust clip workspace, perform any of the following operations.

    • Click the [Adjust clip] located below the Catalyst Browse window.

    • Right-click the clip inside theBrowse pane, then click the Adjust clip from the shortcut menu.

    If multiple clips are selected, you cannot use the Adjust clip .
    Below the Catalyst Browse window, you can see the Adjust clip. If you click it, you can use the corrections from the Stabilization . Additionally, by clicking the Adjust Color , you can also adjust the color.

  4. Use the Adjust clip workspace to preview and adjust the Lens distortion correction settings for the selected clip.

    1. Set the Mark In/Out points to indicate the portion of the clip you want to correct. For more information, see "Marking in and out points for playback."

    2. Turn on Lens distortion compensation to enable lens distortion correction.

      To change the lens distortion correction to ON or OFF, you need to turn OFF other corrections.

  5. Click the Analyze button to analyze the selected clip and update the preview to show the stabilized clip.

    After analysis, the Summary section of the Info panel displays the corrected crop resolution.

  6. Click the Before/After button at the top of the video preview to choose a preview mode so you can compare your original and stabilized video before applying the changes, and then use the transport controls above the timeline to preview the clip.

    • Before: the clip is displayed in its original state.

    • After: the cropped and stabilized clip is displayed.

    • 2 Up: two full frames are displayed in a split-screen view with the original video on the left and the stabilized video on the right.

  7. To save a clip with the stabilization settings, click the Export button at the top of the Catalyst Browse window, and use the Export pane to choose a destination and format for your exported files. Click the Export button at the bottom of the Export pane to start exporting the selected clip.

    For more information about the controls, please see "Saving and sharing clips".