What's new with LensNode?

New Features

• New host support: LensNode 2 now runs in Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, FilmLight Baselight, and DaVinci Resolve for Linux alongside the existing DaVinci Resolve versions for Windows and macOS.
• Performance boost: LensNode is noticeably faster across the board. It’s up to around twice as fast in some cases thanks to the new 16-bit processing mode.
• Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) controls: independently adjust low-, mid-, and high-frequency contrast to add creative sharpness or softness on top of a lens profile’s existing character.
• Bokeh Shape Mix & Match: select the bokeh shape independently of edge blur. This makes it easier to combine a specific bokeh shape with extreme edge-blur maps, such as Petzval or Floral Bloom.
• Coma Steps: increase the number of steps used to calculate coma rays, trading render speed for more accurate - or deliberately exaggerated -coma without visible stepping.
• Lens Whack Overlay snap-to-centre: the Lens Whack overlay target now snaps to the frame centre.
• Flat depth input: when no depth input is connected, LensNode can blur the entire image. On some hosts, Depth Gain is labelled Bokeh Boost when there’s no input connected.
• Distort Depth Input: enabled by default, this distorts the depth input along with the main image so depth maps stay aligned with the source clip.
• Help menu: replaced with Video Village licensing, update-management, and help links.

Backwards Compatibility

• LensNode 2 is not backwards compatible with projects saved after upgrading from earlier versions. Existing settings will transfer into LensNode 2, but projects saved in version 2 cannot be reopened with earlier LensNode versions.
• For full compatibility with existing projects and older shader versions, LensNode 1.4 remains available through the Video Village Plugins app.
• User defaults from version 1 do not import automatically.
• Early-access legacy Mix & Match lens-profile variants (v1, v2, v3, etc.) have been removed. Future profile upgrades will now be linked to the Shader Version menu.
• Angenieux lenses have been renamed without the accent.

New Lenses

• Nikon Nikkor set:
  • 24mm f/2
  • 35mm f/1.4
  • 50mm f/1.2
  • 85mm f/1.4
• Tokina Cinema Vista Prime set:
  • 18mm T1.5
  • 25mm T1.5
  • 35mm T1.5
  • 40mm T1.5
  • 50mm T1.5
  • 65mm T1.5
  • 85mm T1.5

Other

• 16-bit processing is enabled by default. Extremely bright input images may produce artefacts.
• Premiere and After Effects require the depth input to match the clip resolution. A toggle to upscale/match the depth will be available in a future release.

New Features

• Video Village Licensing: LensNode now uses Video Village Licensing.
• Backwards-Compatible Rebuild: Version 1.4.6 is a rebuild of the latest stable release, version 1.2.4. This release introduces licensing changes only; all existing LensNode features and workflows remain unchanged.

New Features

• Official OpenCL support: AMD and Intel GPUs are now supported on Windows. Set Resolve’s GPU Processing Mode to OpenCL or Auto.
• Lens Whack OFX Overlay: adjust the effect centre point by clicking and dragging in the viewer.
• User Defined Defaults: save preferred settings as the default for all new LensNode nodes.
• New colour spaces: Fuji F-Log, F-Log 2, F-Log 2C; DJI D-Log; and Apple Log 2.
• Shader Version 1.2: smoother Scale to Frame, sharper macOS aberration, and corrected Windows Input CST transforms.
• Improved f-stop Sharpener centre-sharpness retention.

New Lenses

• Angénieux Zoom 10X25HP 25–250mm T3.7 — all 9 focal lengths
• Asahi SMC Pentax 85mm f/1.4
• Contax Zeiss Distagon T* MM 25mm f/2.8
• Deakinizer set:
  • 1 - 60mm T3
  • 2 - 60mm T3
  • 2 - 60mm T5.6
  • 2A - 32mm T2.1
  • 3 - 60mm T3
• Node Mill Bokeh Shapes, usable with any lens profile via Mix & Match → Bokeh Blur:
  • Oval
  • Ninja Star
  • Crescent
  • Star (5-Point)
  • Star (8-Point)
  • Drop (inwards/outwards)
  • Triangle (inwards/outwards)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the “InstanceID not found” licensing bug.
• Fixed a CUDA memory leak during extremely long Windows/NVIDIA renders.

Other

• The trial version has been updated with OpenCL support.

Stable Release

New Features

• Bokeh Brightness: increases bokeh brightness and definition.
• Lens Whack: offsets the centre point of all effects.
• Bokeh Swirl: now supports negative values, stretching bokeh outward instead of squishing it.
• Improved macOS/Windows visual matching under Shader Version 1.1.0.

New Lenses

• Angénieux Zoom 10X25HP 25–250mm T3.7 — multiple focal lengths
• Canon FD S.S.C. Aspherical 24mm f/1.4
• DZOFilm Arles Prime FF-VV 14mm T1.9
• DZOFilm Arles Prime FF-VV 40mm T1.4
• Leica Summilux-R 50mm f/1.4
• Mamiya Sekor-C 80mm f/1.9
• Olympus OM-System 50mm Auto-Macro f/2.0
• Zeiss Contax 35mm Distagon T* f/2.8 MM

Bug Fixes

• Fixed edge glitching on Cooke and other moustache-distortion lenses when using Scale to Frame.
• Fixed the broken Depth Map input affecting some users.

Other

• Trial version now has a smaller watermark, a higher resolution limit, and all current features and lenses.

New Lenses

• 7Artisans Floralbloom 37mm — 3 T-stops
• Zeiss Contax 35mm Distagon T* MM

New Features

• Added a Shader Version dropdown in Technical Settings, with 1.0.2 and 1.0.15 options.

New Lenses

• Petzval 55mm and 80.5mm — 7 bokeh shapes each
• Kowa SETR 50mm
• Pocket Dispo
• Tokina AT-X Pro II 28–70mm — 28mm

Bug Fixes

• Fixed license churn affecting infrequent users. Some annual subscribers may need to manually deactivate a seat in LemonSqueezy; Node Mill can also do this on request.
• Fixed large black boxes when rendering on macOS.
• Fixed glitchy white boxes when rendering with CUDA.
• Improved macOS distortion sharpness.

Launch Release

• End of the Early Access period; first official 1.0 release.