Depth of Field Generator PRO. v3.0.74

Depth of Field Generator PRO. 3.0.74 | 2.3 mb

Depth Of Field Generator PRO Brings The Subject Into Focus
The Depth of Field (DoF) Generator PRO is a Photoshop compatible plug-in capable of delivering high quality, sophisticated Depth of Field and 'Bokeh' effects quickly and efficiently as a post process. All stemming from an R&D programming collaboration between Richard Rosenman and Martin Vicanek.
The term 'Bokeh', which literally means 'blurring' in Japanese, has been introduced into the film, photography and computer graphics industries to describe the out-of-focus blur characteristics. It is determined mainly by the shape of the camera lens and can be seen best on out-of-focus highlights which assume the shape of the lens aperture.

DoF Generator PRO uses Z-Depth information/maps to produce accurate depth of field generation for final renders, both CGI and/or photographic. DoF PRO gives you full control over the shape of the aperture, size, orientation, curvature, edge artefact reduction, Depth Map editing and generation, highlight enhancement and much more
DoF Generator PRO supports pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal and circular apertures with the ability to rotate, size and smooth (curvature) the bokeh.

Depth Of Field Generator PRO Brings The Subject Into FocusIn computer graphics, physically accurate Depth of Field can be effectively generated using complex ray tracing techniques that tend to increase rendering times significantly. As a result, most computer generated broadcast and film production often lacks DoF as a result of these lengthy calculation times.

In its most advanced and powerful mode, DoF Generator PRO uses a specified depth map to derive an accurate DoF effect. A Depth Map is a greyscale image where the grey level at any given point represents the distance of the object from the camera at the same point in the original image.

DoF Generator PRO is intended for single frames and currently does not support animation. This is a plug-in architecture limitation as well as Adobe compatibility limitation, but animation support may be added in future releases.

There are options for dealing with edge artefacting and effectively reducing, if not completely eliminating them altogether. There's additional powerful features such as highlight color tinting, a highly optimized rendering console, the ability to generate your own gradients on the fly for depth map use, and the ability to completely edit your depth maps on the fly.

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