Source: [DaVinci Resolve Quick Start](https://videovillage.com/learn/lensnode/getting-started/resolve)

# DaVinci Resolve Quick Start

## Install and activate LensNode

1. Sign in to your [Video Village Account](https://license.videovillage.com) 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.

### If you can't open the activation link

Select `Get activation code` on the license page and copy the code. Open the Video Village Plugins app, select `Activate a product`, then paste the code when prompted.

4. In the Video Village Plugins app, select `OpenFX`, then select `Install`. (DaVinci Resolve must not be running during installation.)

## Add LensNode to a node

Launch Resolve. On the Color page, select a clip, open the `Effects` pane, and locate **LensNode** under **OpenFX › Video Village**. Drag LensNode onto a node in the node graph. 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.

### Supported versions

LensNode supports DaVinci Resolve 20 and later, on both the free and Studio versions.

## Set your input color space

Set **Input Color Space** to match the image being supplied to LensNode. Best results will come from camera log inputs or linear spaces; in Resolve Color Management or ACES this is usually your timeline working space, and in a manual node tree it’s usually the camera log space.

## Pick a lens and shape the look

![The LensNode panel showing the Manufacturer, Family, and Variant lens dropdowns and the Master Blend, Overdrive, Sensor Size, and f-Stop Sharpener sliders](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/lensnode/interface-panel-8936e6ac.png)

Pick a lens with the **Manufacturer** , **Family** , and **Variant** dropdowns. From there, use **Master Blend** to dial the overall strength up or down, reach for **Overdrive** if you want to exaggerate the captured profile, and open **Individual Controls** to tune each characteristic on its own. The full guide explains every parameter in detail.

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