The new digital service provides frame-accurate lens distortion and shading data for the visual effects (VFX) industry.

This data is essential for digital compositing and matchmoving in order to achieve a cinematic result that is as realistic and precise as possible.

“Normally, lens grids must be recorded and processed in order to obtain this data – a process that is not only very time-consuming, but also error-prone and limited in scope, – explained Jonathan Demuth, Product Manager, Digital Cinematography at ZEISS. – With just a few clicks, CinCraft Mapper now provides this data directly on the basis of the metadata (lens type, focus distance, aperture) captured during film production. Lost clip metadata can also be added without difficulty. For compositing and matchmoving artists, this means that they can be sure they are not only receiving accurate data without having to rely on the preceding capture and workflow procedures”.

CinCraft Mapper expands on the ZEISS eXtended Data (XD) technology that has been introduced with the ZEISS Compact Prime CP.3 and has been subsequently integrated into each new cine lens family.