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Thank you.

I contacted NBFX and they gave me a new file
NewBlueVideoEssentials6ForWindowsSetup30-140723
with a serial number.

That installed ok but crashed v16 every time I start it with a project which invokes the NB lens correction.

This is weird because the package showing as just installed in the Control Panel is Newblue video essentials VI for windows v3, but when I look at that in v16, there is no lens correction there.

In fact it's really confusing. For example on the XPS13 I see these installed in CP:

Newblue elements 3 ultimate
Newblue video essential for windows

but v14 sees none of them, while v16 sees something it calls Newblue Elements (and no lens correction there).

On the PC it is more complicated... showing six groups of NB products. Lens correction is found under Essentials but adding the FX doesn't actually add it. It just drops it when I click OK to add it.

So I deleted newblue* in Program files, program files (x86), Programdata, and likewise uninstalled all in CP. Now v16 starts ok, even with the project which invoked the lens correction.

I might try reinstalling just the one file they gave me today...

I think it is obvious that only some of these products appear in the CP program list, and some are incompatible with some versions of vegas, and there is no system for loading only the compatible ones.

I think -as your other problems- it has to do with your hardware or installed drivers or Windows version a.s.o.
I cannot trigger all the problems you have with my Vegas 14,15 and 16, all latest builds and W10 version 1803 and uptodate.

Interesting.

I don't need any of this stuff anyway. I deleted everything nb* but v16 still shows the six groups of NB fx. Where are these stored?

Edit: I did it by doing the 2-finger start of v16. Now nothing NB is shown.

There is no need to do a Ctrl-Shift start of Vegas if you

- delete all from C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\?????
- delete the NB stuff from C:\Users\username\AppData\Local
- delete the NB stuff from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\
- delete the remains from C:\Program Files
- delete the remains from C:\ProgramData
You can also delete the remains in the register editor but there is no need for not showing up ever

OK; thank you. I got there in the end :)

I also uninstalled v13, leaving just v14 and v16.

The main issue with lens correction is that most of the products on the market support only a simple spherical correction, while most action cams produce a complex distortion pattern. Some come with software which does lens correction and that does it correctly but these are not plug-ins for Vegas.

My main requirement for lens correction almost went away when I started using the Sony X3000 which produces much less distortion than all the other action cams. It still does a bit of a curved horizon though, just a few % but it is visible. So I use the Distort FX to fix that...

The feeling I get is that v16 comes with so many plug-ins that these 3rd party ones are just not required unless you are doing something special. The projects I do are pretty basic...

I have stripped out nb* on the XPS13 also, just to make sure.

Is there a generic lens correction FX for v16 which can be calibrated for an arbitrary correction?

Years ago when I started looking at this, I was using the Sony X1000 camera which distorted quite badly (not as badly as the go-pro ones though) and I found a standalone program (mp4 in, mp4 out) which applied a geometric correction according to a transformation matrix, which you could construct by taking a photo (with the said camera) of a pattern of equal size squares. So any lens could be corrected.