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Create a Lens Profile

A lens profile tells Gyroflow how a lens distorts the image.

Using the correct lens profile can reduce edge distortion and unnatural warping after stabilization.

Basic Idea

  • Create the profile with the same camera, lens, resolution, frame rate, and stabilization settings you plan to use for real footage.
  • If in-camera stabilization or lens correction changes, the profile may behave differently.
  • Always test a new profile on real footage before using it for important work.

External Cameras

Gyroflow Desktop includes a built-in lens profile database for many cameras and lenses. First, check Lens profile in Gyroflow Desktop and look for a profile that matches your camera, lens, resolution, frame rate, and recording mode.

If no matching profile is available, create one with Gyroflow's calibration tool. See the official Gyroflow documentation for the full process:

Lens Calibration | Gyroflow documentation

Create the profile with the same camera, lens, focal length, resolution, frame rate, and in-camera correction settings that you will use for real footage. With zoom lenses or lenses that have variable correction settings, changing the focal length or correction mode may require a different profile.

iPhone Notes

  • 24mm currently gives good results and is the recommended profile for this workflow.
  • 100mm is on the telephoto side, where Gyroflow stabilization can become difficult. It is not recommended yet.
  • 13mm has strong distortion, and this workflow does not yet produce stable results with the current profile. It is not recommended yet.

Better 100mm and 13mm profiles may be shared later.

Naming Convention

Use names that make future searching easy:

Camera_Lens_Resolution_FrameRate_Mode.json

Example:

Apple_iPhone_17_Pro_Fusion_Main_1x_4224x3024_60fps_ProResRAW_OpenGate_nagilab_v1.json