Adobe includes numerous third-party plug-ins with its After Effects graphics software package that provide you with additional image-manipulation options without the need to spend your time and money ...

Mocha Pro 3.1 is a free update of this planar tracking and rotoscoping software. (What "planar" means is that it can track whole surfaces and not just points - so if a "surface" moves partly out of ...

One of the lesser-known ways that camera manufacturers have been able to make digital cameras ever smaller and less expensive is by using in-camera software to correct for lens distortion on the fly.

A Princeton-led research team develops three-dimensional "metamaterials," which they hope will someday produce lenses that eliminate image distortion For years, researchers have struggled to find an ...

With most wide-angle lenses, distortion is a way of life. Warped edges and a bulging center are often byproducts of a wide field of view, but Venus Optics created its new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens with a ...

The miniaturization of electronics, in particular the electronic sensors on which digital images are captured, has seen digital cameras shrink to such a degree that they are now standard equipment on ...

Fresnel, pancake or aspherical: VR glasses contain a lot of optical know-how, but choosing the right lens remains a compromise. Choosing the right lens is crucial for image quality, comfort and ...