"Straightening" out fisheye footage in PD12

Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

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Jul 07, 2016 01:41

Hi There,

A while since i've been on the forums as i haven't had any problems with PD12.

But i have a query. I have ordered a Mobius Action Cam and i think it has a fisheye lens. Suppose to be about 120 degree lens. I would like to know if the images can be "straightened out" with PD12. I am not a fan of fisheye images, as when you see images from a moving vehicle in a straight line, that's what they are - a straight line, but with a fisheye they appear to be continuously going round corners !

I have heard that there is software that can change that. But I don't want to purchase more software if PD can do the job.

Thanks. IanB
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Jul 07, 2016 04:37

Hi Ian -

With PDR12, you're up against it. There are no Lens Correction options. PDR14 has Lens Correction as part of Fix/Enhance, with extra downloadable lens profiles from DirectorZone. PDR14 is currently available at about 55-70% off.

There are free tools that will help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fci53CD1A

I downloaded some samples from https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZm4KRZ4EqhOMXMhO05UsNnAFQvEpP1ryD7 and they're easily correctible in PDR14.

Cheers - Tony

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stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jul 08, 2016 09:04

Ian,

I don't know how much you need other than rotation and lens correction but this is what I use. Not free !

https://prodrenalin.com/prodrenalin/

There is a free trial.

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