Lens distortion compensation

Using the Adjust clip plugin of the Catalyst Prepare Plugin, You can correct the distortion aberrations caused by the digital camera lens.

The Adjust clip plugin cannot be used on clips located on FTP devices, volumes of XDCAM station via CIFS, XDCAM decks, XDCAM drive units, or Optical Disc Archive volumes.

Here are the steps to perform Lens distortion compensation in the Cut, Edit, of DaVinci Resolve/DaVinci Resolve Studio.

  1. Add a clip from the Media Pool to the timeline.

    For information on the camera settings required to enable corrections using metadata, visit https://www.sony.net/catalyst/help.

  2. Click on the OpenFx > Filters > Sony > Catalyst Prepare Plugin > Adjust clip in the Effects panel to add the Adjust clip.

  3. Select the Apply check box for Lens distortion compensation to enable Lens distortion compensation.

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

  4. Click the Analyze button to analyze the selected clip. The results of the correction will be reflected in the preview display.

    After analysis, the corrected resolution will be displayed in the Export summary section.