1 Tutorials LightWave 3D Easy DOF for non-Photographers using Digital Confusion Qua Jan 26, 2011 3:18 am
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Depth of Field can be very tedious and painful
to set up and generates slow renderings if
you use the normal Camera DOF in the camera
properties.
LightWave 7.0 introduced the
Digital Confusion Depth of Field filter, which
works as a post processing effect and it is very
precise, smooth and renders very fast compared
to the normal Camera DOF settings.
There is a very easy and convenient
way to set up the Digital Confusion effect:
Create
a Null object and name it as “Focus”.
Open the Digital Confusion panel:
Scene > Digital Confusion
or
Scene > Image Processing> Add Image
Processing > Digital Confusion
In the Digital Confusion panel,
define the Autofocus target and select the Null
object called “Focus” (or the name
you have assigned to).
In the Layout Scene, move the
Null object “Focus” to the desired
area you want the camera to be focused to, then
select the F-Stop value, keeping in mind that
the highest value the less DOF effect is achieved,
the lowest value will blur all objects out of
the “Focus” Null object (in front
or behind the Null).
Try some quick renderings using
Antialiasing set to Off since Digital Confusion
works as a post-processing filter so it’s
not Antialiasing dependant, although when you
set up the final Antialiasing settings, the Digital
Confusion Filter will work on every pass but
don’t worry it is always faster and accurate
than the Camera DOF.]
to set up and generates slow renderings if
you use the normal Camera DOF in the camera
properties.
LightWave 7.0 introduced the
Digital Confusion Depth of Field filter, which
works as a post processing effect and it is very
precise, smooth and renders very fast compared
to the normal Camera DOF settings.
There is a very easy and convenient
way to set up the Digital Confusion effect:
Create
a Null object and name it as “Focus”.
Open the Digital Confusion panel:
Scene > Digital Confusion
or
Scene > Image Processing> Add Image
Processing > Digital Confusion
In the Digital Confusion panel,
define the Autofocus target and select the Null
object called “Focus” (or the name
you have assigned to).
In the Layout Scene, move the
Null object “Focus” to the desired
area you want the camera to be focused to, then
select the F-Stop value, keeping in mind that
the highest value the less DOF effect is achieved,
the lowest value will blur all objects out of
the “Focus” Null object (in front
or behind the Null).
Try some quick renderings using
Antialiasing set to Off since Digital Confusion
works as a post-processing filter so it’s
not Antialiasing dependant, although when you
set up the final Antialiasing settings, the Digital
Confusion Filter will work on every pass but
don’t worry it is always faster and accurate
than the Camera DOF.]