Lens effects with lens distortion?

Common Common :: Render Theory
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Is it not possible to generate lens effects alongside physical camera lens distortion?

Remarkably just playing with this for the first time ever, and if I apply some cubic lens distortion, my lens effects are not calculated – there is nothing shown in the VFB and although a glare and effectsResult channel are generated they are actually empty (and I don’t mean black, they are simply not there even though the channel name appears in the drop-down at the top left of the VFB window).

Since these are post effects I’m confused as to why these would not work with a distorted image. If I want lens distortion but also to generate lens effects, am I limited to overscan rendering and applying lens distortion in post?

Or am I missing something here?

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Working fine on my end. The lens effects are a post-render effect that depends on pixel values. Maybe the distortion manipulates the pixels below the lens effects’ threshold.

Do attach a simple scene.

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This appears to have been related to the unreliable and rather confusing UI feedback given in the VFB of the Lens Effects on or off state.

This is the subject of another thread on this forum.