ePaperPress PTLens is software created for the first time Thomas Niemann, which corrects the distortion introduced by the camera lens: pincushion or barrel (barrel), vignetting, chromatic aberration, distortion of perspective. PTLens available as a standalone application or plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.
PTLens is the first application to automate the correction of distortion. All started on 20 August 2002 when the newsgroup following message appears:
“I need a program with a batch process that reads the EXIF information of JPEG
file, finds the closest match in the table, and automatically corrects distortions. ”
No one responded, and September 19, 2002 Thomas Niemann released version 1.0 PTLens. Several years of work and 30,000 lines of source code of a simple DOS program with the launch from the command line later turned into PTLens application and Photoshop plugin that corrects distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration and perspective. “Table” is made up of more than 2,500 individual calibration – is much more than in any other application .
To date PTLens – the first and the best program for correcting distortions (geometric distortion) introduced imperfection optics camera lenses, it is possible to control the white balance.
The program uses the raw data from the EXIF, which simplifies the setup for non experienced users. If EXIF damaged, not complete or is missing, it is possible to manually specify the brand of the camera and lens (if removable). PTLens familiar with a variety of models of cameras and interchangeable lenses, an extensive database on the lenses. Full list of supported profiles can be found here.
PTLens will be extremely useful for both novice amateur photographers and professional photographers.
Key features PTLens:
• Automatic distortion optics
• Elimination of aliasing, barreling, pincushion
• Chromatic aberration
• vignetting.
PTLens is Windows software that corrects lens pincushion / barrel distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. PTLens is available as a standalone application or Photoshop plug-in. Both the standalone application and plug-in versions of PTLens run under Windows 2000 or later with a monitor resolution of at least 1024x768 (DPI 96). The plug-in version works with Photoshop version 6 and above and all versions of Photoshop Elements. Although PTLens is compatible with Paint Shop Pro and Irfanview, camera make, model, lens, and focal length must be manually specified as they do not furnish EXIF information to plug-ins.
PTLens is software that corrects lens pincushion / barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and perspective.
The following languages are supported: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (PRC), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian , Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, and Turkish.
Profiles for Cameras with Fixed Lenses
If an entry indicates JPEG: no distortion then no correction is necessary for JPEG images. This is because distortion is corrected in camera’s firmware and no calibration (or profile) is necessary. If the camera has the capability to shoot Raw images calibration will still be required as Raw images represent unprocessed sensor data. Calibrated profiles are based on images submitted by users.
With the advent of in-camera distortion correction some cameras are calibrated Raw only. These calibrations are suitable for raw converters that do not correct lens distortion.
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Thanks Max, you’re the best!
LOL Mordekai, am not the best in any way, thank you very much