2024 Showreel Challenge
Every video professional has good intentions to refresh their showreel, it inevitably gets put off until later. This is your encouragement to get it done early!
Timeless films with Hugo Visuals.
To create timeless films,you need timeless music. Watch our brand film in collaboration with Hugo Cheng. Hugo Cheng’s work is visually stunning, but his films go beyond aesthetics. They resonate at a deeper level that is more emotionally satisfying and seem to transcend time. Timeless human stories are the focus of everything we do at…
ASRV
Creating brand ethos for ASRV How ASRV crafts cinematic worlds with our assets. Scott Christie is a filmmaker for the apparel brand ASRV, telling deeply cinematic stories about people and products. In the age of short-form content, Scott crafts genuine narratives that make you feel something. Whether he’s using our music as a centerpiece such…
MVMT
Building immersive worlds for MVMT. How Totale brings a watch brand to life. From ocean plastic to clean, modern design, MVMT Watches leans on powerful visual storytelling to help them stand out in a world of noise. Enter Corey Milne of Totale. Corey Milne is a VFX Producer at Totale and is based in Los…
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If you are new to Lens Distortions, this page offers a quick jumping-off point to learn more about our offering and get a feel for how everything on our boutique platform helps you achieve your cinematic vision.
Sound Design Tracks™
Cinematic sound effects, pre-arranged into powerful sequences, and then baked into a single audio file you can cut your footage to. Get pre-built, professional sound design in the simplicity of a single audio track.
Finishing LUTs™
While most LUTs out there are heavy-handed at the expense of quality, Finishing LUTs offer a lighter touch and are rigorously stress-tested to work well across a wide variety of footage and lighting conditions.
SFX Techniques
One of the best ways you can enhance your visual projects is to use the power of sound. In this 12 minute tutorial, we take you behind the scenes of many Lens Distortions videos to see the tried and true techniques we’ve been using for years.
Statement Sound Effects
Cutting edge brand pieces, innovative product launches, and revolutionary campaigns evoke more emotion by using meaningful sound design. Statement SFX gives you the essential sounds to make your mark.
Snow for Video
Time and time again we’ve witnessed how great directors use snow to create a feeling of transcendence. We worked with the visual experts behind the snow scenes in many of today’s top films and series to make this iconic filmmaking aesthetic available to you in an easy-to-use format.
Cinematic Editing with Matt Komo
Get a behind the scenes look at some of Komo’s best editing techniques in these exclusive tutorials. Matt shares some very clever use cases for our visual effects and a full breakdown of how he did the sound design in his Sequoia film.
Rolls Royce + The Mill
Working with Daughter.Studio, Mill+ created this stylish spot for Rolls Royce and their latest Ghost model. The Mill’s VFX team utilized 4K Signature Glass Effects from Lens Distortions to create a highly stylized aesthetic.
Classic Light Hits and Modern Light Hits for Video
As visual creatives, we all obsess over light. At Lens Distortions, we’ve developed two libraries to make it more available in post for today’s filmmakers, editors, and VFX artists.
Cinematic Wedding Editing Tutorial with White In Revery
Get a behind the scenes look at how cinematic wedding filmmakers White In Revery edit their wedding videos in these VFX and sound effects tutorials.
Introducing Maven
For our next video product, we wanted to offer something a bit more provocative and stylized… for filmmakers who aren’t afraid to push their visuals.
Endurance
Syncopated percussive elements, pulsing drones, abstract patterns, organic textures — Endurance blurs the line between sound design and soundtrack.
“The Bowl” by Peter McKinnon
See how Peter uses a powerful visual metaphor, cinematic footage, and well-executed sound design to convey a life-changing experience in Kenya.
What’s New in Luminary for Video
To better showcase the diversity of looks in this pack, we’ve organized it into curated categories, created some quick clips to make one of the most popular use cases (transitions) easier, and added a few previously unreleased overlays to really round out the mix.
Anticipation Sound Effects
Our first sound effects library focused on the darker, weightier side of cinematic sounds. Our latest offering focuses on the more hopeful, anticipatory side of things.
Fog, Rain & Dust 4K Video Effects
We’ve added three new packs to our lineup of natural video effects with the discriminating filmmaker and VFX artist in mind.
Archetype Sound Effects
Sound design is essential to creating a visceral experience for your viewer. Archetype SFX puts iconic sound design within reach.
The Mill
The Mill’s VFX Supervisor Pete Rypstra shares a little glimpse into their project for Castrol EDGE which utilizes our Legacy 4k glass elements.
Peter McKinnon “Better iPhone Photography”
Learn the driving idea behind Peter’s YouTube success and a few of his favorite mobile photography techniques.
Behind the Scenes // Audi R8 “Masterpiece”
Director Chris Leclerc wanted to embark on a project that would push the level when it comes to dramatic lighting and cinematic shots and raise the bar for upcoming client work. Learn how he used our Luminary and Light Hits effects in this behind the scenes interview.