Lens distortion correction in Premiere CS6?

[berriganator]

I'm trying to correct the distortion caused by a wide-angle lens in Premiere CS6. From what I can tell, there is no filter or transform / distort feature within Premiere itself. I followed the steps in this tutorial to open the MPEG4 in Photoshop, apply the lens correction filter, and then export the video again to be re-imported to Premiere. http://podcasts.creativecow.net/adobe-premiere-tutorials-podcast/correcting-lens-distortion

However this tutorial is for CS5. I am seeing no adjustment or filter layer in my layers panel, as it appears in the tutorial. When I go to export the video, it seems the Adaptive Wide Angle filter or the Lens Correction filter has only applied to a single frame of the whole clip. Bummer.

Any other suggestions for fixing lens distortion in Premiere?

Thanks!

[Ann Bens]

If the camera supplies mp4 or mov you could try the free Cineform Studio software which has fisheye correction.

http://gopro.com/3d-cineform-studio-software-download/

[excited_Genie16B8]

people tell me to use AEFX without pointing me in any directions of how to do that.

That's because I don't know how myself.  But if you asked in the After Effects forum, where the After Effects exports hang out, you have a decent chance of getting that answer.

[shooternz]

Both these replies are a bit rude and unhelpful.

I gave you an answer to your question  in my post #2 .

Jim and I also gave you same advice that After Effects would be a better solution.

But I was hoping to find out how to make Photoshop filters apply to video.

That would have been a better question if thats what you wanted and maybe ask it int he PS Forum as well.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

As mentioned, Lens Correction is available in Premiere CS6, so not sure why we're having the big AE and PS discussion. But prior to CS6, I did use Photoshop for this. I believe PS is partial to .mov files, which my source was not, so from Premiere I exported the video as an image sequence (all stills), then batch-processed them in PS and brought the results back to Pr.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera

Safe Harbor Computers

[berriganator]

@Jeff, if you can provide some detailed path information / screen shots showing how to find this Lens Correction filter in Premiere, I would appreciate it. I have gone through every Video Effects folder looking for one (or even a distort effect that would do the same), and couldn't find one. I posted this question hoping someone would have such information (and if not, how to fix it otherwise). Hence the journey into solutions via AEFX and Photoshop. Which, BTW, are fine and I found links (above) that show how to do this. But I would prefer to not have to go outside of Premiere and then back in for such a simple and common effect. Thanks.

[SAFEHARBOR11]

At the top of the Effects panel, there is a search window - enter "lens" and up comes "Lens Distortion". Sorry I called it Lens "Correction" earlier, just winging it from memory most of the time 😉

Jeff

[berriganator]

The only thing that comes up for me is 'Lens Flare.' I'm on a Mac. Not sure if there are differences between the Mac/PC platforms. Or else perhaps you downloaded it from somewhere?

[vincenzo108]

In Premiere 6 go under Effect, Presets, Lens Distortion Removal, then choose the camera type.