Install and activate LensNode

1. Sign in to your Video Village Account and find your LensNode license page.
2. Download the Video Village Plugins app.
3. On the license page, select Activate on this device to launch the Video Village Plugins app and install your license automatically.
4. In the Video Village Plugins app, select Adobe, then select Install. (Premiere Pro and After Effects must not be running during installation.)

Add LensNode as an effect

Premiere Pro

1. Choose Window → Effects to open the Effects panel.
2. Type LensNode in the search field.
3. Drag LensNode onto a clip or an adjustment layer in the timeline.
4. Select that clip or adjustment layer, then choose Window → Effect Controls to access the plugin controls.

After Effects

Open a composition. To affect several layers at once, choose Layer → New → Adjustment Layer and place it above the layers you want to affect. You can also apply LensNode directly to a footage layer.

1. Choose Window → Effects & Presets and type LensNode in the search field.
2. Drag LensNode from the search results onto the footage layer or adjustment layer in the Timeline panel.
3. With that layer selected, use the Effect Controls panel to adjust the plugin. Press F3 if the panel is hidden.

Keep LensNode after any technical input conversions and after any creative corrections, but before your conversion to your final output color space or film emulation.

Set your input color space

LensNode expects a scene-referred input. If your footage is camera log, set Input Color Space to the matching camera space. If another transform has already adapted the image into an intermediate working space, set Input Color Space to that space instead.

Pick a lens and shape the look

Pick a lens with the Manufacturer, Family, and Variant dropdowns, then shape the result with Master Blend and Overdrive, and refine each characteristic in Individual Controls. The full guide covers every parameter.

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