IMPORTANT NOTES - READ THIS! 23/12/18 Release note: This has been updated to (version 002) and now uses the stMaps directly from the lenses for a 100% pixel to pixel match of the real lenses. The pack includes ALL anamorphic prime lenses + a bonus two zoom anamorphics. These zooms don't have a focal length in the lens file, only distortion, so you will need to type in the focal length you want in the camera settings. It's very important that you place the "Lenses" folder in the "Content" folder and nowhere else, otherwise the links in the files to the stMaps will be unlinked due to another file path and the distortion won't work. Please read the important notes on the Gumroad page. Thanks.
Sorry, I just don't understand the procedure here. The folder I've downloaded from Gumroad is called: Tiedtke_RealCinemaLenses_v002. I've put that folder into the content folder but neither the focal lengths nor the distortion works properly.
@tiedtkeio I have the same issue, the distortion doesn't work anymore. I checked the paths for the stmap files and it is still linked. If I switch to parameter mode and enter some numbers, the distortion works. Could you put up the old version with parameters to download? Or any idea how to fix this? The textures are imported as 32bit Highres and not as Normal maps? Is that correct? Also some have very high resolutions, some have not. Any thoughts?
Running into similar issues, I can't seem to get any lens distortion/ curvature. Does the file path need to be exact for the Lenses folder, or can the lens assets be anywhere as long as they're in the Content folder?
This is, hands-down, the single most important plugIn or asset I will ever buy for Unreal. I'm nearly in tears that this even exists. You have the Panavision C series - EXACTLY the lens package I wanted. This is like Christmas. Thank You -
@tiedtke. Great the lens but want to check I'm using it correctly unreal 5.4, cameraComponant Film Back Super 35mm Crop 2.39, Squeeze Factor 2. Then Lens component using lens file (Panavision_G_series_2x_40mm), use camera settings and apply distortstion I see the effect but notice the camera compoant says the focal leng is 20.140045 is this correct?
Thank you so much, but I don't seem to get the lens profiles to work properly. They distort the image, but they don't seem to give me the correct focal length. 75mm Panavision equals to 41,95mm in the Camera settings, which is so confusing to me. I did everything exactly as you said in the video. _Create CameraActor _Set Filmback to Super 35mm or as you said in the video to 27.99mm x 19.22mm _Squeeze Factor to 2.0 _Set Crop Settings to 2.39 _Add LensComponent _Set Lens File Panavision_AutoPanatar_2x_75mm _Set Evaluation Mode to "Use Camera Settings" -> This is where the camera changes automatically to a different focal length, in my case to ~42mm. _Tick "Apply Distortion" What am I missing? I'm using UE 5.3.2
Please can you tell me if your original Anamorphic Cinema Lens Kit will work in UE5.4.2 which I have just upgraded to today, but sadly the Lens folder I used to add to the project's Content won't import, it keeps on saying 'Failed to Import', I have used the lens in previous projects and everything works amazing well. Do I have to upgrade to Version 2, and does Version 2 work in UE5.4.2. Thank you very much, really hooked on these Anamorphic Lenses of yours.
@@tiedtkeio I'm also having the same issue myself, is it something you've been able to replicate? It also has SphericalLensModel greyed out instead of Anamorphic like yours does
@@tiedtkeio thank you! Since the time of watching this video, until today, I got a pretty good grasp of U5 and the camera / volume concepts. This video tutorial was crucial. Please tag me when the Arr and Zeiss asset is available. I worked with those in real life.
I'm getting tremendous results, with your Panavision C Series lenses. The cherry on top, for my short film, would be if I could shoot certain shots with an ancient Cooke Speed Panchro. You'd earn a commendation in the 'special thanks to' section, in all caps.
Great job. Thanks for sharing a very useful tool. Maybe you can help me with camera in UE 5.3. If I look through any camera, then it is not possible to change the settings of this camera. What is the problem?
@thegabe4569 That's fantastic Gabe, thanks for contributing back! Feel free to tag me with my RUclips handle (@tiedtkeio) or link to my RUclips url (www.youtube.com/@tiedtkeio) ❤🙏
Good day, It's amazing work, thank you for it! Can you give me a tip, on how to turn it on in Unreal Engine 5.4.1? I downloaded the Plugin, copied the Lens folder into the Content folder, but it's not working.
This is really awesome stuff, great job! Any thoughts on dynamic lenses? So that the lens has focus breathing lens shifting and stuff like that. I suspect this is many times more work, it would probably require a bunch of distortion min/INF cards for each lens. Also very interested in your pipeline. how do you convert stmaps to lens files in unreal engine? Thanks
More specifically, I would like to ask how to convert stmaps from nuke to the Brown-Con model that unreal understands, using what tools? K1, K2, K3, P1, P2, Cx, Cy, Overscan , thanks!
I dowloaded and start to use it. But it didnt worked. When i checked 'filmback' to the 'lens file" it worked pretty good. But in this time anamorphic oval bokeh is turning to spherical bokeh. I guess becouse of 'lens file" setting disabled squeeze. Do you have any solution for oval bokeh? Thank you very much!
Thank you for watching! 😄 Sorry for late reply, but no, Alexa 35 is not necessary - it's just that it was the filmback used for the construction of the lens files and I'm not sure of the results if you use another filmback, but if it looks good to you then feel free to use something else! 🤗
So earlier today I was thinking about custom lenses, I opened RUclips and your video popped-up (not sure how I could have missed this one!) Does this work with ue5.3? Amazing stuff!
hey man thanks for doing these and making them available! the panavision e series seems to have some kind of glitch going on in the lower left of frame though, was wondering if yuo had any insight...?
Hey! Quick question. When i apply lens after squeeze from camera settings, oval bokeh are not visible. Bokehs are turn to spherical. Is there any solution?
Update. For bokeh, after adding lens, dubble click to lens file and open it, from calibration step window, open camera info. Make squeeze factor 2, and sensor dimensions 46x40
Finally, someone did it in a proper way like it meant to be. Amazing work! Have you tried the 3DE or Syntheyes to get more accurate distortion coefficients from grids and somehow use them inside unreal's Lens Distortion model? I'm struggling with spherical lenses and can't figure out how to convert 3DE's distortion model parameters to Unreal's (Brown?) distortion model. It should greatly improve the accuracy and you won't need to manually adjust it inside unreal Any chance you could do another tutorial on how to replicate certain optical flares for any of your lenses?
Thank you so much!! Yes, I personally felt these tools were missing when I myself needed them for a feature film I'm working on. I have not yet tried 3DE or Syntheyes, although it sounds interesting if they can help me speed up this process haha. Yes, a lens flare tutorial is coming! I'm pretty happy with the emulated lens flare I got going with the Panavision C-series on my end. 😍🙌
Any way to get a Zoom-in to work with these lens components? Seems like they override any of my keyframed Zooms on the sequencer. Awesome plugin, thanks for sharing!
@@tiedtkeio The growing list for 2.0 looks great! Quick question (kind of unrelated): What was your workflow for the headlights? Did you use spot lights to project onto the ground but use an point light in the headlights for look? Curious. Thanks!
@derekheisler2058 Exactly what you wrote haha, 2x spot lights for the beam (there's also height fog in the scene that amplifies the beams), then there's 4x point lights inside each headlight behind a glass material, only for the look. 🙌
Hello there! Truly great stuff, but to be totally true I'm also curious whats up with your Cine Camera settings in the project? If I'm not wrong you have pre-made ARRI cine cam, right? With tracking point? Can you, please, say a few words about it also? :) Cheers!
Sure! I talk about it here: 2:42. It a basic cine camera in UE5 that I changed some settings on to match the real life ARRI Alexa35 cinema camera. I matched the image sensor resolution, aspect ratio and ISO range. I also made sure the crop setting is 2,39, the squeeze factor is 2x and the lens diagraph blade count is set to 16. 😊
Thanks for the reply, mate! I've checked your new Unreal camera rig video, and with the info about tracking point my need for answers is fulfilled ;) Cheers! @@tiedtkeio
When I apply distortion, it seems I can see some curves going on in the middle of the screen but not so much on the sides. Almost seems like the distortion is inverted .. is this as intended ? I always thought distortion would mostly happen on the edges of the frame
It should yes, I've just come up with a new solution for troubleshooting this since I get it to work everytime for myself. Would you mind screen record your screen with a software like the free OBS Studio or similar when trying to apply the lenses following the steps provided here in the comments? Then send me that screen recording via a message on my Artstation profile so I can have a look at the issue? www.artstation.com/tiedtke
This might be a dumb question, but is the camera you have in the scene from the start an ordinary ...CineCameraActor that you have renamed ARRI Alexa35 and set its Filmback settings to Sensor Width 27.99 and Sensor Height 19.21, which you then go on and change its Lens to one of the 5 Lenses in your Lens Kit. Thank You
Thank you for these lenses. Will the sensor width and height and squeeze factor be the same for all of the lenses? I’m just getting started with filming in Unreal.
This is truly an incredible asset to use! Thank you for providing it, especially for free! However, there is a major technical issue going on with it, as the Cryptomatte (or Material ID pass) does not match the render? Is there a way to correct the Cryptomatte to match the distortion of the Beauty plate?
Hey there, I just found out about this, and it seems you launched that v002 yesterday? Might there be a chance that there are still some bugs in there? I'm eager to try this out, yet, I don't see any distortion happening. Panavision_C_Series_40mm looks exactly the same as Atlas_Orion_2x_40mm for example. I've enabled the grid overlays in the cinematic viewport and I can see that everything still looks very straight and linear. I've truly set this up 3 times, step by step. Any chance that v001 is still available somewhere? This is exacly what I'm looking for and it could help sooo much with the current project I'm doing. Thank you for the incredible work and hopefully you get a chance to look into this (and maybe temporarily re-release that v001!
Hi there! I've just checked and confirmed that everything is setup correct and working. What I probably only touched upon briefly in the video is that the sensor settings are important, as the grids were shot on a S35 4:3 sensor with de-squeeze in post. So having a small/larger sensor (MFT, LF, 65mm) won't show the correct distortion. Try enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion", change to a S35 filmback, squeeze to 2x (if it's a 2x lens) and crop settings to 2,39. ☺
And of course check that the checkbox for distortion is enabled in the lens file added to the camera actor. Should be on by default, but might not for some reason.
I've checked those steps. Yet without result. All lens files have a 'SphericalLensModel' as lens model, instead of the 'AnamorphicLensModel' and all Distortion Parameters are N/A. That doesn't seem right, right? Or am I not seeing something that these parameters need to be read from somewhere else?@@tiedtkeio
Sorry for such late reply! I'm sorry but I really don't understand this issue haha. If I follow these steps I get the correct distortion: 1. Import the "Lenses" folder to the Content Browser through Windows Explorer. 2. Enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion" - Restart UE5. 3. Create a Cine Camera. 4. In the camera settings change "Crop Settings" to 2.39. 5. In the camera settings change "Squeeze Factor" to 2,0. 6. In the camera settings change "Filmback" to Super 35mm. 7. Up at the CineCameraActor in details panel click +Add and add an lens. 8. In the lens change to any lens, such as the 25mm Elite MK4. 9. Underneath change "Evaluation Mode" to Use Camera Settings. 10. Click the "Apply Distortion" in details panel. I've tried this combination in lots of different ways now and different engine versions and every time I get the correct distortion from the lenses. Are you really doing all these steps? 😅
I am also following these exact steps and not really getting any distortion, it’s just changing the fov a little bit but I see no curvature on the edges of the camera.
Hey man! Thank you for this and highly appreciated!! Thank yoyu again! Unfortunately I ran into the same issue. No lens distortion visible under 5.3.2. Repeated your tutorial 1:1 several times (btw your tut doesnt mention the crop settings) but no luck. Idea if this is an engine issue or (most likely) my stupidity. ;-) Thanks man! I can make a video out of the workflow here that you might see, what i am missing. @@tiedtkeio
Alright, I'm sorry but I really don't understand this issue haha. If I follow these steps I get the correct distortion: 1. Import the "Lenses" folder to the Content Browser through Windows Explorer. 2. Enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion" - Restart UE5. 3. Create a Cine Camera. 4. In the camera settings change "Crop Settings" to 2.39. 5. In the camera settings change "Squeeze Factor" to 2,0. 6. In the camera settings change "Filmback" to Super 35mm. 7. Up at the CineCameraActor in details panel click +Add and add an lens. 8. In the lens change to any lens, such as the 25mm Elite MK4. 9. Underneath change "Evaluation Mode" to Use Camera Settings. 10. Click the "Apply Distortion" in details panel. I've tried this combination in lots of different ways now and different engine versions and every time I get the correct distortion from the lenses. Are you really doing all these steps? 😅
@@tiedtkeio Sorry, I just noticed what you wrote...in general, everything is correct. To be more precise, my distortions are strange. All +- lenses have the same distortion and for some reason they work strongly in the center and weakly at the edges. It was different in version 001. Thanks again!)
This is impressive! At first I followed the steps in the tutorial and couldn't get the apply distortion to work. Your comment below helped a lot! Thank you so much for the help and for creating these packs! Since you have the most experience with these lenses, is it possible to list these lenses from the most distorting to least distorting so during lens selection one can use that as a cheat sheet?
Wow! This looks amazing! The lens distortion is such a big part of the anamorphic look, and being able to simulate real life lenses in Unreal i fantastic! Can't wait to try them out. Great ressource and really cool work!
hey man, this is amazing. do you plan on also releasing the ST maps? I would pay for them, for sure! since our next short film will also involve lots of nuke comp i'd be more than happy to have these ST maps available in post.
Thank you so much Dee!! ❤ My goal is to make all my tools accessible to indie developers and filmmakers, and the donations I get from amazing people like you go into spending more time making new tools, tutorials and assets! 😊🙏
Hey Man! Nice work. Wanted to ask if you managed to build shift focus breathing effect. I did some tests on anamorphic sets and they mostly really deform shapes while you shitf focus. Any idea how to recreate that?
Really cool, thanks so much for putting this together. I just bought it from your gumroad page. I noticed the Panavision C 30mm file seems to be incorrect, it's using a 20mm focal length. Do you know how I could fix it or could you send me the fixed file? Thanks again.
Please, could you tell me if it is possible to make an Alexa 35 camera, an Alexa 65 camera, or will your new package be required for this? For example, I want to make a different version of your Alexa 35 camera (Alexa 65), I will change the width and height in mm as in Alexa 65, and apply your distortion maps, will this lead to problems? will it look the same as in a real Alexa 65 camera? If this is not the case, could you add a preset for the Alexa 65 camera. Your work is amazing, it's the first time I've seen lenses work so well in unreal, it's incredible
Hi Kirill! Yes, you are correct! If you change the sensor size in the Unreal Engine camera to match the Alexa65 sensor size it will look exactly the same as it would in real life. However these lenses (both in real life and in UE5) are made to have the FOV according to the S35 sensor/film size standard. That means one of "my" 50mm anamorphic lenses will be more zoomed out on a Alexa65 sensor. In real life they would have a vignette as the optics wouldn't match the sensor size, but they will work in UE5. You would have to keep this in mind. A 50mm lens on a Alexa65 doesn't look the same as a 50mm on a Alexa35 FOV wise.
Yup. I'm having the same issue. The Cryptomatte (or Material ID) pass that's output from EXR renders do not match up the distortion. Would love a remedy to fix this. It would be such a shame to not be able to use this plugin, as it's nearly perfect.
@@sybexstudio Unfortunately not. I attempted to reach out to Michael on ArtStation, but he did not continue to respond after initial contact was made. Upon further experimentation for the past month, there is no way to apply the Lens Distortion that does not break the Utility passes - whether you’re using Lumen or Path Tracer. Sorry. It works for Beauty pass only if you do not need to use Utility passes in post.
Amazing work and thank you so much for making this! Quick question - how do you handle depth of field after you add this lens component? When I add it to the cinecamera I lose the capability (or it seems to be that way) to set the aperture and I lose the depth of field, eg it goes from an F2 to just no background blur. Any ideas?
Thank you for watching my videos! That's really odd. Hard to say as it must be something on your end. I don't have that issue with any of the lenses. 😅
@@tiedtkeio It seems like a lot of work to make these and you are giving for free so take your time haha!! To be fully transparent half of the lenses listed I've never even seen or if so, was not aware it was them. The ARRI and Panavision ones do seem nice though! Not sure if you've considered doing macro probes as part of a future set but something like the VENUS Laowa probe 24mm T14 Macro would be a game changer for many people maybe?? At any rate, keep up the great work and thanks again for sharing the knowledge and tools.
Wow thanks very much! Maybe noob question, but does it mean there's potential quality loss where the distortion occurs or is taking into account before final image ?
There's no quality loss where the distortion occurs, however it is worth noting that this is a permanent look for the image and when you render you cannot undo the distortion. Just like in real life, once the anamorphic glass has distorted the light in the optics and recorded the image on the film the look cannot be undone. 🙂
IMPORTANT NOTES - READ THIS! 23/12/18 Release note: This has been updated to (version 002) and now uses the stMaps directly from the lenses for a 100% pixel to pixel match of the real lenses. The pack includes ALL anamorphic prime lenses + a bonus two zoom anamorphics. These zooms don't have a focal length in the lens file, only distortion, so you will need to type in the focal length you want in the camera settings. It's very important that you place the "Lenses" folder in the "Content" folder and nowhere else, otherwise the links in the files to the stMaps will be unlinked due to another file path and the distortion won't work. Please read the important notes on the Gumroad page. Thanks.
Sorry, I just don't understand the procedure here. The folder I've downloaded from Gumroad is called: Tiedtke_RealCinemaLenses_v002. I've put that folder into the content folder but neither the focal lengths nor the distortion works properly.
@tiedtkeio I have the same issue, the distortion doesn't work anymore. I checked the paths for the stmap files and it is still linked. If I switch to parameter mode and enter some numbers, the distortion works. Could you put up the old version with parameters to download? Or any idea how to fix this? The textures are imported as 32bit Highres and not as Normal maps? Is that correct? Also some have very high resolutions, some have not. Any thoughts?
@@ProjektZeitsand Thanks, I will look into this.
Running into similar issues, I can't seem to get any lens distortion/ curvature.
Does the file path need to be exact for the Lenses folder, or can the lens assets be anywhere as long as they're in the Content folder?
@@tiedtkeio Thanks for the asset pack - just picked them up. Also not seeing any distortion, have you had a chance to look into this?
This is, hands-down, the single most important plugIn or asset I will ever buy for Unreal. I'm nearly in tears that this even exists. You have the Panavision C series - EXACTLY the lens package I wanted. This is like Christmas. Thank You -
Haha wow thank you so much! That makes my day to hear. Feel free to share videos or renders you create with it, I'd love to see! 😍
I really like people you who help other Enthusiasts by offering some free Stuff... Thank you so much
Thanks for your kind word! I've gotten a lot of help by the community myself so it feels natural to continue help others too! 😊🙏 Thanks for watching!
4:39 - YES!! Finally!! Thank you so much!!!
@tiedtke. Great the lens but want to check I'm using it correctly
unreal 5.4, cameraComponant Film Back Super 35mm Crop 2.39, Squeeze Factor 2.
Then Lens component using lens file (Panavision_G_series_2x_40mm), use camera settings and apply distortstion I see the effect but notice the camera compoant says the focal leng is 20.140045
is this correct?
Thank you so much, but I don't seem to get the lens profiles to work properly. They distort the image, but they don't seem to give me the correct focal length. 75mm Panavision equals to 41,95mm in the Camera settings, which is so confusing to me. I did everything exactly as you said in the video.
_Create CameraActor
_Set Filmback to Super 35mm or as you said in the video to 27.99mm x 19.22mm
_Squeeze Factor to 2.0
_Set Crop Settings to 2.39
_Add LensComponent
_Set Lens File Panavision_AutoPanatar_2x_75mm
_Set Evaluation Mode to "Use Camera Settings"
-> This is where the camera changes automatically to a different focal length, in my case to ~42mm.
_Tick "Apply Distortion"
What am I missing? I'm using UE 5.3.2
Bro I had same issue but when I put lenses file into content file (nowhere else!) and it worked for me.
Please can you tell me if your original Anamorphic Cinema Lens Kit will work in UE5.4.2 which I have just upgraded to today, but sadly the Lens folder I used to add to the project's Content won't import, it keeps on saying 'Failed to Import', I have used the lens in previous projects and everything works amazing well. Do I have to upgrade to Version 2, and does Version 2 work in UE5.4.2. Thank you very much, really hooked on these Anamorphic Lenses of yours.
Hello! It's amazing! But distortion doesn't work UE5.3.
Have you tried restarting the engine? Sometimes it doesn't work right away.
@@tiedtkeio I'm also having the same issue myself, is it something you've been able to replicate? It also has SphericalLensModel greyed out instead of Anamorphic like yours does
Yes, prioritize the Arri and the Zeiss assets. Please.
Alright, will do! 🙂
@@tiedtkeio thank you!
Since the time of watching this video, until today, I got a pretty good grasp of U5 and the camera / volume concepts. This video tutorial was crucial. Please tag me when the Arr and Zeiss asset is available. I worked with those in real life.
I'm getting tremendous results, with your Panavision C Series lenses. The cherry on top, for my short film, would be if I could shoot certain shots with an ancient Cooke Speed Panchro. You'd earn a commendation in the 'special thanks to' section, in all caps.
Sorry for such late reply! I'll see if I can make this happen! 😀
FUCKING BANANAS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Haha! I'm really happy you like it! Thanks for watching! 😀🙏
Great job. Thanks for sharing a very useful tool. Maybe you can help me with camera in UE 5.3. If I look through any camera, then it is not possible to change the settings of this camera. What is the problem?
Thank you ilona! You should be able to change any setting, just not focal length. Did you change "override filmback" in the lens component?
These look great! Can they be used for realtime or are they intended for cinematic/ renders?
Realtime! 🙂
He Tiedtke! I Hope all is well. I came back to this since I was wondering about the status of V3 its a amazing kit definitely going to buy/donate it!
AMAZING WORK!....love the cinematic look the lenses provide ❤❤🙏🙏
Fantastic! Happy to hear you liked them and thanks for watching Gabe! 😃
@@tiedtkeio I'd like to give you credit in my Unreal short. If that's OK, how would you like to be credited?
@thegabe4569 That's fantastic Gabe, thanks for contributing back! Feel free to tag me with my RUclips handle (@tiedtkeio) or link to my RUclips url (www.youtube.com/@tiedtkeio) ❤🙏
@@tiedtkeio Absolutely! Looking forward to the third version! 😎🤙
Would Love to see the Laowa Proteus 45mm 2x anamorphic.
Thank you so much :)
Thank you for watching and being part of the community! 🙏
Amazing asset!
Works wonders for virtual production postproduction goodies.
It would be ideal to have the Canon series, specially the FDD one!
Yo bro, can you please work on Panavision T Series 2x anamorphic lenses for your kit? It’s up to you.
And can you also work on Panavision Ultra-Vista 1.65x anamorphic lenses for version 003 of your anamorphic lens kit?
Sure thing, will try to get this done asap! 🙂
@@tiedtkeio And make sure to do both lenses.
Good day, It's amazing work, thank you for it! Can you give me a tip, on how to turn it on in Unreal Engine 5.4.1? I downloaded the Plugin, copied the Lens folder into the Content folder, but it's not working.
Thank you man. I really appreciate that!
Thank you Robert for watching! 🥰
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful lens pack. Wonderful job! Congratulations
Thank you so much for watching my videos! 😊
Thank you very much. It saved my life! Thanks again
That's amazing! I'm happy to have helped! 🥰
Great job! What was the process of creating these profiles?
Thank you man
Happy to help! Thank you for watching!
This is really awesome stuff, great job! Any thoughts on dynamic lenses? So that the lens has focus breathing lens shifting and stuff like that. I suspect this is many times more work, it would probably require a bunch of distortion min/INF cards for each lens. Also very interested in your pipeline. how do you convert stmaps to lens files in unreal engine? Thanks
More specifically, I would like to ask how to convert stmaps from nuke to the Brown-Con model that unreal understands, using what tools?
K1, K2, K3, P1, P2, Cx, Cy, Overscan , thanks!
I dowloaded and start to use it. But it didnt worked. When i checked 'filmback' to the 'lens file" it worked pretty good. But in this time anamorphic oval bokeh is turning to spherical bokeh. I guess becouse of 'lens file" setting disabled squeeze. Do you have any solution for oval bokeh? Thank you very much!
So awesome. Thank you.🎬
Thank you so much Jake!! Let me know if you got questions or anything. 😍🙏
Beauty, danke schon
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much man you rock! One question, do we have to use Alexa 35 or can we use them with other cameras as well?
Thank you for watching! 😄 Sorry for late reply, but no, Alexa 35 is not necessary - it's just that it was the filmback used for the construction of the lens files and I'm not sure of the results if you use another filmback, but if it looks good to you then feel free to use something else! 🤗
@@tiedtkeio thanks again you rock!
god i love volvos
Yeah they're great!! ☺️🙏
So earlier today I was thinking about custom lenses, I opened RUclips and your video popped-up (not sure how I could have missed this one!) Does this work with ue5.3? Amazing stuff!
Hey Wayne! Sorry for such late reply. I'm happy to hear that haha! Yes, works for UE5.1 to UE5.3 😃
@@tiedtkeiono worries! And thank you! Any update on the v2 version? Can’t wait to buy it. Edit: Nevermind I see your pinned comment! 🎉
@@wayne9954 🤗🙏🙏
hey man thanks for doing these and making them available! the panavision e series seems to have some kind of glitch going on in the lower left of frame though, was wondering if yuo had any insight...?
Thank you for watching and trying them out! 🙂 Which lens? Or all lenses?
@@tiedtkeio specifically the 28, 35 and 40. i can't see any glitch in the others but not sure if that means it doesn't exist :)
@@tiedtkeio were you able to verify?
@@ryanisanart Sorry been super busy! I'll have a look tomorrow! 🙂🙌
@@tiedtkeio no problem thanks a lot! lmk if its anything i can fix on my side
Hey! Quick question. When i apply lens after squeeze from camera settings, oval bokeh are not visible. Bokehs are turn to spherical. Is there any solution?
Update. For bokeh, after adding lens, dubble click to lens file and open it, from calibration step window, open camera info. Make squeeze factor 2, and sensor dimensions 46x40
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!!
Finally, someone did it in a proper way like it meant to be. Amazing work!
Have you tried the 3DE or Syntheyes to get more accurate distortion coefficients from grids and somehow use them inside unreal's Lens Distortion model? I'm struggling with spherical lenses and can't figure out how to convert 3DE's distortion model parameters to Unreal's (Brown?) distortion model. It should greatly improve the accuracy and you won't need to manually adjust it inside unreal
Any chance you could do another tutorial on how to replicate certain optical flares for any of your lenses?
Thank you so much!! Yes, I personally felt these tools were missing when I myself needed them for a feature film I'm working on. I have not yet tried 3DE or Syntheyes, although it sounds interesting if they can help me speed up this process haha. Yes, a lens flare tutorial is coming! I'm pretty happy with the emulated lens flare I got going with the Panavision C-series on my end. 😍🙌
@@tiedtkeioReally looking forward to that! I’d sponsor you if you had. Patreon!
I know nothing about how to build this supermagic lens stuff but THANK YOU for sharing them for free with us!
It's my pleasure, thank you for watching my videos! 🤓🙏
Any way to get a Zoom-in to work with these lens components? Seems like they override any of my keyframed Zooms on the sequencer. Awesome plugin, thanks for sharing!
The v002 has two zoom lenses now! :)
This is awesome, thanks for doing this. Just wish I'd known about it before rendering everything for the last project!
Hahah, yeah you find new things every day. 😅❤
wow! very cool! how about IMAX? 70, 80mm
Doesn't work I'm afraid, the maps responible for making the distortions from the real lenses were shot on Super 35mm.
Amazing breakdown and assets impressive and thanks
Thank you so much Travis!! I'm really happy you like it. 🙏
Amazing man! Threw $15 your way for the pack. Thank you very very much.
Thank you so much Derek! Please let me know if you'd like me to focus on a lens set in the list too! 😀❤
@@tiedtkeio The growing list for 2.0 looks great! Quick question (kind of unrelated): What was your workflow for the headlights? Did you use spot lights to project onto the ground but use an point light in the headlights for look? Curious. Thanks!
@derekheisler2058 Exactly what you wrote haha, 2x spot lights for the beam (there's also height fog in the scene that amplifies the beams), then there's 4x point lights inside each headlight behind a glass material, only for the look. 🙌
All of this for free thank you 🤩
Yes! More anamorphic films for the people! 😍
Hi! what lens would you recomend for a macro shot?
Hi Diego! I would try the Hawk V-Lite Vintage74 2x 110mm, that's a great fit for Macro!
Hello there! Truly great stuff, but to be totally true I'm also curious whats up with your Cine Camera settings in the project? If I'm not wrong you have pre-made ARRI cine cam, right? With tracking point? Can you, please, say a few words about it also? :) Cheers!
Sure! I talk about it here: 2:42. It a basic cine camera in UE5 that I changed some settings on to match the real life ARRI Alexa35 cinema camera. I matched the image sensor resolution, aspect ratio and ISO range. I also made sure the crop setting is 2,39, the squeeze factor is 2x and the lens diagraph blade count is set to 16. 😊
Thanks for the reply, mate! I've checked your new Unreal camera rig video, and with the info about tracking point my need for answers is fulfilled ;) Cheers!
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Oh! I'm sorry haha, I thought it was this video, I mixed them together.. 😅@@oneforce2551
When I apply distortion, it seems I can see some curves going on in the middle of the screen but not so much on the sides. Almost seems like the distortion is inverted .. is this as intended ? I always thought distortion would mostly happen on the edges of the frame
It should yes, I've just come up with a new solution for troubleshooting this since I get it to work everytime for myself. Would you mind screen record your screen with a software like the free OBS Studio or similar when trying to apply the lenses following the steps provided here in the comments? Then send me that screen recording via a message on my Artstation profile so I can have a look at the issue? www.artstation.com/tiedtke
Cool yeah I’ll do that
So great that you share this! How did you get it work with the render movie quee? Fine greetings
This might be a dumb question, but is the camera you have in the scene from the start an ordinary ...CineCameraActor that you have renamed ARRI Alexa35 and set its Filmback settings to Sensor Width 27.99 and Sensor Height 19.21, which you then go on and change its Lens to one of the 5 Lenses in your Lens Kit. Thank You
Not a dumb question, I should probably been a bit clearer there. Yes, exactly what you wrote. 🙂
Thank you for these lenses. Will the sensor width and height and squeeze factor be the same for all of the lenses? I’m just getting started with filming in Unreal.
This is truly an incredible asset to use! Thank you for providing it, especially for free! However, there is a major technical issue going on with it, as the Cryptomatte (or Material ID pass) does not match the render? Is there a way to correct the Cryptomatte to match the distortion of the Beauty plate?
Hey there,
I just found out about this, and it seems you launched that v002 yesterday? Might there be a chance that there are still some bugs in there? I'm eager to try this out, yet, I don't see any distortion happening. Panavision_C_Series_40mm looks exactly the same as Atlas_Orion_2x_40mm for example. I've enabled the grid overlays in the cinematic viewport and I can see that everything still looks very straight and linear. I've truly set this up 3 times, step by step. Any chance that v001 is still available somewhere? This is exacly what I'm looking for and it could help sooo much with the current project I'm doing.
Thank you for the incredible work and hopefully you get a chance to look into this (and maybe temporarily re-release that v001!
Hi there! I've just checked and confirmed that everything is setup correct and working. What I probably only touched upon briefly in the video is that the sensor settings are important, as the grids were shot on a S35 4:3 sensor with de-squeeze in post. So having a small/larger sensor (MFT, LF, 65mm) won't show the correct distortion. Try enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion", change to a S35 filmback, squeeze to 2x (if it's a 2x lens) and crop settings to 2,39. ☺
And of course check that the checkbox for distortion is enabled in the lens file added to the camera actor. Should be on by default, but might not for some reason.
I've checked those steps. Yet without result. All lens files have a 'SphericalLensModel' as lens model, instead of the 'AnamorphicLensModel' and all Distortion Parameters are N/A. That doesn't seem right, right? Or am I not seeing something that these parameters need to be read from somewhere else?@@tiedtkeio
I had the same issue - I found I needed to enable "Filmback Override - Lens File" in the Lens settings@@tiedtkeio
@@Safferandco I will look into this today, I'll get back to you with this! ☺️
I've having the same issue that "Apply Distortion" doesn't work, the aperture and focal length are also fixed. I'm using UE 5.3.2.
Sorry for such late reply! I'm sorry but I really don't understand this issue haha. If I follow these steps I get the correct distortion:
1. Import the "Lenses" folder to the Content Browser through Windows Explorer.
2. Enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion" - Restart UE5.
3. Create a Cine Camera.
4. In the camera settings change "Crop Settings" to 2.39.
5. In the camera settings change "Squeeze Factor" to 2,0.
6. In the camera settings change "Filmback" to Super 35mm.
7. Up at the CineCameraActor in details panel click +Add and add an lens.
8. In the lens change to any lens, such as the 25mm Elite MK4.
9. Underneath change "Evaluation Mode" to Use Camera Settings.
10. Click the "Apply Distortion" in details panel. I've tried this combination in lots of different ways now and different engine versions and every time I get the correct distortion from the lenses.
Are you really doing all these steps? 😅
@@tiedtkeio I tried again, and some suggestions in the comment, all to no avail.
I am also following these exact steps and not really getting any distortion, it’s just changing the fov a little bit but I see no curvature on the edges of the camera.
Hey man! Thank you for this and highly appreciated!! Thank yoyu again! Unfortunately I ran into the same issue. No lens distortion visible under 5.3.2. Repeated your tutorial 1:1 several times (btw your tut doesnt mention the crop settings) but no luck. Idea if this is an engine issue or (most likely) my stupidity. ;-) Thanks man! I can make a video out of the workflow here that you might see, what i am missing.
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You are Amazing !
Thanks for watching!! 😊
Thank you so much.
Thank you Obiorah for watching! 🤓
Hello! thanks for the work you've done! but we have problems with STMap in v002...Lack of any distortion.
Thank you! Hmm, I will look into it! 🤔
Alright, I'm sorry but I really don't understand this issue haha. If I follow these steps I get the correct distortion:
1. Import the "Lenses" folder to the Content Browser through Windows Explorer.
2. Enable the plugins "Camera Calibration" and "OpenCV Lens Distortion" - Restart UE5.
3. Create a Cine Camera.
4. In the camera settings change "Crop Settings" to 2.39.
5. In the camera settings change "Squeeze Factor" to 2,0.
6. In the camera settings change "Filmback" to Super 35mm.
7. Up at the CineCameraActor in details panel click +Add and add an lens.
8. In the lens change to any lens, such as the 25mm Elite MK4.
9. Underneath change "Evaluation Mode" to Use Camera Settings.
10. Click the "Apply Distortion" in details panel. I've tried this combination in lots of different ways now and different engine versions and every time I get the correct distortion from the lenses.
Are you really doing all these steps? 😅
@@tiedtkeio Sorry, I just noticed what you wrote...in general, everything is correct. To be more precise, my distortions are strange. All +- lenses have the same distortion and for some reason they work strongly in the center and weakly at the edges. It was different in version 001. Thanks again!)
@@tiedtkeio thanks for the step by step instruction. you should put this on the video description!
This is impressive! At first I followed the steps in the tutorial and couldn't get the apply distortion to work. Your comment below helped a lot! Thank you so much for the help and for creating these packs! Since you have the most experience with these lenses, is it possible to list these lenses from the most distorting to least distorting so during lens selection one can use that as a cheat sheet?
Subbed btw, 10/10 content and explanation!
Wow! This looks amazing! The lens distortion is such a big part of the anamorphic look, and being able to simulate real life lenses in Unreal i fantastic! Can't wait to try them out. Great ressource and really cool work!
love it!!
🙂🙏
hey man, this is amazing. do you plan on also releasing the ST maps? I would pay for them, for sure! since our next short film will also involve lots of nuke comp i'd be more than happy to have these ST maps available in post.
Sorry for late reply, but yes, the v002 will include the stMaps too. Done soon! 😃
@@tiedtkeio amazing! This will be of great value for a lot of cg artists in my bubble 💙
SuperNice! Going to get those right away:) But not for free...that would be nonsense with all th e work you did!
Thank you so much Dee!! ❤ My goal is to make all my tools accessible to indie developers and filmmakers, and the donations I get from amazing people like you go into spending more time making new tools, tutorials and assets! 😊🙏
will these go into 5.3 ok? anybody tested it?
They will! And the v002 is almost done now. 😀
Hey Man! Nice work. Wanted to ask if you managed to build shift focus breathing effect. I did some tests on anamorphic sets and they mostly really deform shapes while you shitf focus. Any idea how to recreate that?
Really cool, thanks so much for putting this together. I just bought it from your gumroad page. I noticed the Panavision C 30mm file seems to be incorrect, it's using a 20mm focal length.
Do you know how I could fix it or could you send me the fixed file?
Thanks again.
Thank you Ruben!! Oh noes, thank you for pointing it out! I will have a look at it asap! 🙏
Please, could you tell me if it is possible to make an Alexa 35 camera, an Alexa 65 camera, or will your new package be required for this? For example, I want to make a different version of your Alexa 35 camera (Alexa 65), I will change the width and height in mm as in Alexa 65, and apply your distortion maps, will this lead to problems? will it look the same as in a real Alexa 65 camera? If this is not the case, could you add a preset for the Alexa 65 camera. Your work is amazing, it's the first time I've seen lenses work so well in unreal, it's incredible
Hi Kirill! Yes, you are correct! If you change the sensor size in the Unreal Engine camera to match the Alexa65 sensor size it will look exactly the same as it would in real life. However these lenses (both in real life and in UE5) are made to have the FOV according to the S35 sensor/film size standard. That means one of "my" 50mm anamorphic lenses will be more zoomed out on a Alexa65 sensor. In real life they would have a vignette as the optics wouldn't match the sensor size, but they will work in UE5. You would have to keep this in mind. A 50mm lens on a Alexa65 doesn't look the same as a 50mm on a Alexa35 FOV wise.
Okay I get it thanks for the detailed answer@@tiedtkeio
Very helpful video need more
Thank you!! Do you need more videos or more lenses shown in this video? 😄
@@tiedtkeio more videos related to automotive
wow thank you for these incredible assets. Do you know if they are usable in 5.0 or 5.1 by any chance?
They should work just fine, although I can't guarantee it. But please try to import them and let me know if you run into any issues. 😃
The lens does not distort the world depth and any other pass that's being used. Is there any way to avoid that ?
Yup. I'm having the same issue. The Cryptomatte (or Material ID) pass that's output from EXR renders do not match up the distortion. Would love a remedy to fix this. It would be such a shame to not be able to use this plugin, as it's nearly perfect.
Update on this?
@@sybexstudio Unfortunately not. I attempted to reach out to Michael on ArtStation, but he did not continue to respond after initial contact was made.
Upon further experimentation for the past month, there is no way to apply the Lens Distortion that does not break the Utility passes - whether you’re using Lumen or Path Tracer.
Sorry. It works for Beauty pass only if you do not need to use Utility passes in post.
@@RedEyedHolloway Ah thanks for the info. Wonder if it’s good for virtual production since it will match onset cameras.
@@sybexstudio That could be an absolutely fantastic application for it!
Awesome work! Thank you for sharing!
Happy that you like them! Thanks! 😃
awesome
Thanks! Glad you like it! 😀
Thanks so much
Thank you Simon for watching! Happy to help! ☺️🙏
what happened to the anamorphic lens flare
Not purpose of video
AMAZING!!!
Thank you! Hope you make something awesome with them!! 😍
Awesome.
Thank you!! 🙂
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much!
Happy to hear you like them!! 😍
this adds a lot of realism to the shot, looks great 🙏
It does! Thanks! :)
Thanks for sharing!
And thank you for watching my videos! 😀
WOW...that's truly amazing!!! what a job bro. This will be really really helpful
Really happy to share this with the UE community! Thanks for watching Andreas! 😍
This is absolute amazing. Really nice lenses for more cinematic realism. Congrats and thank you very much!
Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear that you liked them, and like mentioned in the video will add more lenses to download and use soon. 😅🙏
Amazing work and thank you so much for making this! Quick question - how do you handle depth of field after you add this lens component? When I add it to the cinecamera I lose the capability (or it seems to be that way) to set the aperture and I lose the depth of field, eg it goes from an F2 to just no background blur. Any ideas?
Thank you for watching my videos! That's really odd. Hard to say as it must be something on your end. I don't have that issue with any of the lenses. 😅
Thanks so much for sharing these with the community and the concise explanation. Subscribed and looking forward to v2 of these!
Thank you Wayne! Happy to hear that. Any specific lens series to priorities for a potential v1.5 if v2 takes a while to make? 😄
@@tiedtkeio It seems like a lot of work to make these and you are giving for free so take your time haha!!
To be fully transparent half of the lenses listed I've never even seen or if so, was not aware it was them. The ARRI and Panavision ones do seem nice though!
Not sure if you've considered doing macro probes as part of a future set but something like the VENUS Laowa probe 24mm T14 Macro would be a game changer for many people maybe?? At any rate, keep up the great work and thanks again for sharing the knowledge and tools.
Wow thanks very much!
Maybe noob question, but does it mean there's potential quality loss where the distortion occurs or is taking into account before final image ?
There's no quality loss where the distortion occurs, however it is worth noting that this is a permanent look for the image and when you render you cannot undo the distortion. Just like in real life, once the anamorphic glass has distorted the light in the optics and recorded the image on the film the look cannot be undone. 🙂
Plus one.
Thank you for your sharing and work.
All the very best with your future.
Thank you so much and thanks for watching my videos! 🙂
Omg this is incredible
Late reply but thank you so much!! Happy to hear that!
Nice work! :)
Thanks! Glad you like it! 😀
Great👍...
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Thanks
Thank you Imad for watching! 😃
So cool!! Thanks!
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