Hi, i made the same mod but didn't realesed it. Nice work, I even made anamorphic lensflares! BTW you can recreated the anamorphic bokeh, but you need a widescreen monitor. The picture you showed, isn't actually "real" anamorphic. It is a filter by vid-atlantic, that i use btw. I creates only the oval bokeh and lensflares not the "stretched" look.

@Pantyshot
I know thats basically exactly what I wrote in the first paragraph xD anyway, the pucture i linked IS a REAL anamorphic lens, you might not have seen it but its from a video. VidAtlantic creates filters, yes, but this isn't one.
Also, GTA V already has anamorphic lens flares so not sure what you changed there.

So yeah Anamorphic Lenses stretch the image vertically and create after desqueezing that stretched bokeh. I was only able to stretch the bokeh lights so thats why i asked for help

Oh man, I'd really love it if someone could crack the whole thing stretch bokeh, background distortion, and all. I've been searching for a mod exactly like you described since release.

@danznewz yes it's so depressing xD

I can not do Anamorphic Lens Look. Can you tell me how to setup it more accurately?

@Pantyshot @danznewz @PaulToast If you're creating a cinematic with Rockstar Editor, this is the closest effect I can create through the use of Extended Video Export and After Effects. https://i.imgur.com/wELIV2B.jpg

@theBmag Hey, what settings did you use for that export?

@esuhesuh EXR, you have to use a program like AE or Photoshop that can read EXR depth maps. Then use the depth information to create the camera lens blur which can be customised to have the
anamorphic bokeh look.

@theBmag Thank you so much! I've gotten the EXR depth mapping to work and it looks exactly how I've always searched for with natural looking stretched bokeh using the depth map information. https://i.gyazo.com/b8bcdac3b530b8c1eb6f04886c19fa0c.png

My only issue that I'm coming across is the EXR files are exporting at a rate of 16x more frames than the rendered video (I've tried png sequence and mp4 render formats, same issue with the EXR output). A 20 sec render puts out nearly 100gb worth of EXR files (yikes!). To make it work I have to interpret the EXR files at 300+ frames per second and it causes a misalignment with the depth map to the footage that isn't frame perfect no matter how I try to shuffle it around to make it line up. It's most noticeable on shots with heavy motion around a subject (even with motion blurring disabled, since the EXR output doesn't have motion blurring). Do you have a solution around this, or have you come across this issue at all?

@danznewz Because motion blur cannot be generated on the EXRs, you would need to disable EVE's motion blur feature. The depth of field blur would need to be applied first then motion blur. You can use Pixel Motion Blur in After Effects.

It is possible to use the EXR frames by themselves that contain HDR values to generate the bright bokeh from the bright sources. The EXRs will need heavy colour grading, depth and motion blur and other missing effects like camera flares.
https://i.imgur.com/CpLVVOT.jpg

Also, the game renders distant streetlamps as circles rather than precise points, so the bokeh might not look right. A mod like NaturalVision will make it look better.

@theBmag Thanks for replying so quickly! Disabling motion blur did the trick getting rid of the multiplied EXR render issue and I took your advice about installing NaturalVision. Everything's looking real great. https://i.gyazo.com/66e5d15366181c7c2b3e18dad0350cd9.png I haven't messed around with the Pixel Motion Blur yet, but thanks for the heads up with all this! So happy to finally have achieved this look in the Rockstar Editor footage. Can't wait to make some cool looking shorts. Cheers!