Make Any Lens Look Vintage | OPTICAL DRIFT

[@dukecha]

I just purchased optical drift and this was the exact video I was waiting for! Great stuff!

[@MortyFilms]

Awesome! Glad to hear that :D

[@maxkunst3063]

focus falloff with the tilt shift blur and a mask with the alpha channel into the second input of the tilt shift blur is soo much nicer

[@MortyFilms]

I didn’t try it exactly like that, I’ll experiment with it

[@JoshuaFortuna]

I've been doing a version of this to my footage for a while now! It's nice to see someone else doing it too. I need to add the CA to my pipeline though. A little tip, if you add a node after the lens distortion, go to Sizing>Node Sizing, you can use Zoom to scale up without needing the Adjustment Clip. It's helpful for a cleaner timeline. I can't believe how good that iPhone footage looks! Great work

[@MortyFilms]

Thank you so much! I am trying to implemet the sizing node, but it still keeps the black borders, it’s scaling up the footage within them. Do you know how I can scale it up just how I would with an adjustment clip?

[@Champ.offisiell]

@@MortyFilms it is not possible in grading page. you have to go into fusion, apply the distortion effect (there's two different ones, i can't remember which is the right one. After that you can add a resizing node, also within fusion. I also think it is a better idea to make this powergrade entirirly in fusion if that is possible. That way you can copy it to all clips in the timeline, while still having a clean grade page for you actual color grading

[@MortyFilms]

@@Champ.offisiell I have actually found out how to do the scaling in the grading page, I have updated the user manual that comes with Optical Drift. I can try to see how it could be done in fusion, but I like the workflow of being able to just drag and drop it into the grading page.

[@Champ.offisiell]

@@MortyFilms That's awesome! Didn't know it was possible. Could you quickly explain it here?

[@MortyFilms]

You can go into Sizing and then choose node sizing, there you can adjust the zoom setting and make the border dissappear

[@Filmgoblin]

Great look to the cover of optical drift on the store link. I love the change. Clean elegant and modern.

[@MortyFilms]

@@Filmgoblin Thank you very much, appreciate the positive feedback 🙌🏼

[@Filmgoblin]

@@MortyFilms yeah of course I hope this emulation sells a billion dollars worth. I’m gonna try it out soon.

[@MortyFilms]

@@Filmgoblin 🫶🏼

[@ARTS3D]

Hi, great package, I am doing kinda same tweaks for a while, and I found that in the distortion node I add a node sizing tweak, instead of having an adjustment layer to add. This way I can enable/disable distortion and preview easily the behaviour of the node, in the color page only.

[@MortyFilms]

@@ARTS3D That’s an awesome tip! Thank you so much, I will make sure to add it.

[@reyals66]

@@MortyFilms Hi, any plans of releasing this for Premiere Pro?

[@MortyFilms]

@reyals66 I have kinda left Premiere behind for now, but if I get more requests I might look into how I can create something similar for it.

[@reyals66]

@@MortyFilms I hope you do as there are a lot of Premiere users like me who do a majority of their work on that NLE. Looking forward to it.

[@CharlieJamesMusic]

Nice stuff !

[@MortyFilms]

@@CharlieJamesMusic 🙌🏼

[@MatthewRumble]

How does this compare to juan melara's film emulation?

[@MortyFilms]

These are actually two very different tools that can both be used in combination. What I am offering is not a film emulation, but a lens emulation, recreating artifacts from vintage lenses digitally. You could combine it with Juan Melara’s film emulation to create an overall vintage look :)

Do U still have discount?

[@MortyFilms]

There will be a black friday deal coming up… 🫢

@@MortyFilms its possible earlier? then i will use it on my channel and make review

[@MortyFilms]

That would be great! Please DM me on Instagram: instagram.com/mortyfilms?igsh=OG0xdXhicjZlbXFw&

[@YoungBlaze]

will this work for Premiere pro

[@MortyFilms]

No, unfortunately it won’t. Just with DaVinci Resolve Studio

[@RebellionFilms0824]

I’m thinking on buying it for a project I’m working on but, there is a lot of hand held. Will it look good on handheld footage? Any chance for a sample video on this? Thanks!

[@MortyFilms]

@@RebellionFilms0824 It should work just fine, if you want, you can send me one or two shots to [e-mail] and I can send them back with Optical Drift applied so you have a little preview.

[@KrisztianNagyTodor]

great job, thank you!

[@MortyFilms]

Appreciate it 🫶🏼

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Why do you use radial blur and not lens blur (not sure if this is the correct name of the ofx at them moment) for the focus fall-off?

[@MortyFilms]

I tried both, to me the radial blur looks more authentic as I am not trying to replicate any lens blur at all, but in fact the uneven focal plain in the flange of the lens, so it has nothing to do with any distance from the subject to the lens, but with the lens to the sensor / film. Also it adds a little bit of swirly character to the edges and I don’t need to add any masks.

[@frankmichael1317]

Does OpticalDrift work with digitally created movies from Blender/3DS Max/Cinema 4D etc?

[@MortyFilms]

@@frankmichael1317 well, it depends how you import it into your DaVinci timeline. As long as it is a gradable clip in DaVinci, Optical Drift can be applied to anything, even graphics or other animations. I even think Optical Drift could be a wonderful tool for 3D artists, to make their renders look even more authentic :)

[@fgrain3302]

Hi! Is optical drift also compatible with the free version of davinci?

[@MortyFilms]

Unfortunately not, most of the effects like lens distortion or chromatic aberration are only available in the studio version

[@CartyCantDance]

Your radial blur node isn’t real focus fall off. You need to use a power window and the tilt shift blur tool to make the blur increase with distance.

[@MortyFilms]

Much appreciated! I will look into it and see if I can improve the effect. If I can, I will send the updated version to everyone who purchased it already and you will get it for free :)

[@ARTS3D]

@@CartyCantDance i am not sure about that. You are talking right now about recreating a fall off in a photometric accurate way, like a depth of field, which is a great tip anyway. But in this scenario, I think he wants to replicate the lack of resolution on the edges of the frame from certain lenses (cooke look is a great exemple). And this is not behaving like a depth of field, but just less sharp actually. However, after trying to do this with radial blur too, I found out some dirty aliasing if I add a power Window to feather it.

[@MortyFilms]

right, the effect this is supposed to replicate has nothing to di with depth of file, but just a non consistent projection plane of the flange distance (wich is also why it’s the last node in the emulation)

[@ARTS3D]

@@MortyFilms I just made up my mind, I know what Carty ment, it's to avoid a weird opacity blend if you add a power window to feather the blur. The only correct way to do it is to add a tilt shift because it has a second input, where you plug the alpha out of a power window node and it reacts of of it, instead of just superposing a blurred image to a non-blurred image

[@ARTS3D]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOVpJmrr6qZf5I this is the way

[@ColouristUnderground]

I love this idea and its something I would want to try out and also share with my audience so if you don't mind, we can collaborate but note it would be my genuine feedback. Btw, some vintage lenses make some bokar light star shapes and the rest can you also emulate that???. Great video btw.

[@MortyFilms]

Absolutely, I’d love to collaborate! What’s your email?

[@rexyCS]

for adobe premiere please

[@MortyFilms]

I don’t even know if this is possible in Premiere, but maybe I can look into it one day :)

[@eddyfromstaten]

pls make one for final cut pro pls pls pls

[@MortyFilms]

I must admit I have never worked with Final Cut, so I would have to team up with some people who have a better understanding of that NLE. But maybe in the future…

[@Qsandbank]

This looks dope af but I gotta be honest when I saw the price I was instantly turned off. I was expecting 5, maybe 10 bucks, but 30 is way too high for a super basic film emulation. I think if you lowered the price it would be awesome though! Just some constructive criticism :)

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks for your feedback, I will make sure to have some discounts here and there spread out in my videos ;)

[@CineGui]

is 30 euro expensive? if i got paid in euro, i would find that really unexpensive.

[@Qsandbank]

@@CineGui everything is relative. Davinci costs 10x more but does probably 10,000x more than this plugin, but if it's selling well, I wouldn't change the price. I personally wouldn't spend $30 on something I'd probably rather do myself anyways as an editor. I still think MortyFilms did a great job I just disagree with the pricepoint.

[@thaddeusswift]

When I read your comment I assumed that this plugin was like a few hundred bucks. But seeing you bitch about 30 Dollars is hilarious dude. If it's so basic , then just go make one and sell it for 5 bucks. How would you like people to disrespect your work?

[@stillcinematic3163]

30 dollars is too expensive for you?

[@olafdabrowski3956]

congrats on the idea of adding black bars on the sides of screen recording in a resolve tutorial kind of video just so that b-roll of a talking head could be in correct aspect ratio

[@TomLee-lv8ql]

You can't cheat in a 2d layer real physical based effects. Your approach is just an emulation far away from the real anamorphic or vintage spherical look/ character. Maybe good for social media but not professional pipeline. If this would be so easy we would not spending $$$ for glass... (Renting or buying)

[@MortyFilms]

@@TomLee-lv8ql I’m sorry if I didn’t make this clear enough, obviously this doesn’t replace actual lenses and it will never be as good as the real deal, no deny! But it is a way to spice up the lenses you already got lying around allowing you to be very flexible. Also it does work best for static shots, but I was positively surprised how this powergrade looks even on moving shots and I have got quite some positive feedback from industry professionals already.

[@TomLee-lv8ql]

@@MortyFilms All good. I'm sorry, maybe I missed the correct purpose. Thank you for the video.

[@kostyaprimachenko7671]

LOL, what's the point in paying for this? It's just a simple OFX plugin with no extra work under the hood. There are way better and more accurate ways to do distortion and bokeh. Poor work, dude. But hope you make some cash.

[@MortyFilms]

I make no secret about the fact that if you spend some time in DaVinci and understand how lens artifacts physically work, you could build this powergrade yourself. However, there are more than enough people who value the time and knowledge I put into creating this node tree. I never advertised this tool to be more than a simple powergrade for DaVinci and simply from the feedback I have gotten since making it available, it seems like a very fair deal. If you don’t find value in it, don’t buy it, but that doesn’t make it ‘poor work’.

[@Murmeldyrful]

Optical Grifter alert!! Don’t buy the snake oil kids!!

[@MortyFilms]

@@Murmeldyrful The algorithm thanks you for the engagement. If you tell me what you think is wrong with this powergrade, maybe we can turn this into some constructive feedback, I love to improve :)