by RE:Vision Effects·VFX
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RE:Lens earns its place in the toolfarm library for the breadth of projection formats it covers, from equirectangular 360 panoramas to mirror-ball and parabolic lens-mirror setups, plus a spherical stabilizer built for 360 VR and fisheye footage. The 2.6.0 release extended that stabilizer to Premiere Pro, and a demo video is available.
RE:Vision Effects RE:Lens is a set of lens tools for After Effects, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve that converts between lens projections, corrects distortions and stabilizes 360 VR, 180 VR and fisheye footage. It handles rectilinear, equirectangular LatLong 360 panoramic VR, fisheye, super fisheye, super wide-angle zoom, mirror ball and parabolic lens-mirror projection formats.
For single-camera 360 work, you can shoot with a superfish lens and convert to LatLong format suitable for 360 VR viewers; with the proper lens and camera setup, stitching can often be eliminated from the workflow. RE:Lens also converts 360 LatLong footage to 2D, lets you edit and animate a point of view, and can project motion graphics, titles or 3D material back onto non-rectilinear source. Straightening turns fisheye into rectilinear output, with perspective correction and pincushion and barrel handling for wide-angle zoom lenses.
The spherical stabilizer tracks and stabilizes global camera orientations directly on 360 VR and fisheye footage: press Track to analyze, then optionally adjust the stabilization profile. Version 2.6.0 added spherical stabilizer support in Premiere Pro.
RE:Vision Effects RE:Lens is best for artists working with 360 VR, 180 VR and fisheye footage who need to convert between lens projections, correct distortions, or stabilize spherical footage in After Effects, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
RE:Vision Effects RE:Lens is completely free to download and use.
RE:Lens supports DaVinci Resolve 15.1.1 and up, alongside a broad range of other hosts including After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Flame, Fusion Studio, HitFilm, Natron, Nuke, Scratch and Silhouette. In Resolve you can use it for lens conversions, projection changes and spherical stabilization on 360 VR and fisheye footage. Some individual features carry host-specific availability notes, so check the developer's page to confirm which tools are enabled in your Resolve version before building a project around them.
RE:Lens runs in After Effects CS6 through 2026 and Premiere Pro CS6 through 2026. If you are on Premiere Pro CS6, you will need version 6.0.5 or later for it to work. That span covers a wide range of current and older Adobe releases. Beyond Adobe, RE:Lens also supports several OFX and Apple hosts. Check the developer's page for the full, up-to-date host list if you work across multiple applications.
RE:Lens added spherical stabilizer support in Premiere Pro with version 2.6.0. The spherical stabilizer tracks and stabilizes global camera orientations, which is what 360 VR and fisheye footage requires, and you start it by pressing Track to analyze the footage. You track once and can optionally modify the stabilization profile afterward. If you rely on stabilization inside Premiere Pro specifically, make sure you are on version 2.6.0 or later, since earlier releases did not offer it in Premiere Pro.
RE:Lens can convert super fisheye footage into a 360 panoramic VR video in a single step, and with the proper lens and camera setup this can often eliminate stitching from your 360 workflow. It is aimed at single-camera 360 capture: shoot with a superfish lens, then convert the result to LatLong format suitable for 360 VR viewers. Whether stitching can be dropped entirely depends on your specific lens and camera setup, so results vary with the footage you feed it.
RE:Lens is listed as free in this catalog. That said, licensing terms can change and are set by RE:Vision Effects, so for current pricing, trial options and license details it is best to check the developer's page directly before you download it or deploy it on a project. The catalog listing reflects how the entry is categorized here rather than a guarantee of long-term terms.
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